High-water mark
336.5372
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 336.5372 at Maryland State BBQ Bash — 93.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 15, 2021
Pool Crew BBQ
Pool Crew BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2021). They are ranked #3304 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1514 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 15, 2021
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.62
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.82)
Road miles
0
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
321.53 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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#3,298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Pool Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Pool Crew BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Pool Crew BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,290 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Pool Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Pool Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig Kahunas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Bone Suckin' Good BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Estancia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Oink N' Doink BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT MAXINE'S BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Barrel Proof BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Sticky Bones BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Meat Coma | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LAKEVIEW BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hair of the Hog | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Dixie BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 155.3944 | 162.72 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 149.6572 | 158.82 | top 76% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 62% | Oct 13, 2023 |
| MD State BBQ Bash | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 74% | Oct 10, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
169
finished ahead 141 times, behind 172
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20217 milestones
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.5372 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score336.5372 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1514) Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 15, 2021 |
| +0.2 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 11, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
| -5.9 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 10, 2025 |
| -1.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 25 / 29 (317.6000) | 18 (161.6456) | 26 (155.9544) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 16 / 26 (328.5256) | 20 (162.8228) | 13 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 17 / 23 (319.9544) | 9 (164.0116) | 25 (155.9428) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 29 / 30 (305.0516) | 27 (155.3944) | 33 (149.6572) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 4 / 25 (336.5372) | 4 (169.7028) | 6 (166.8344) | — | — |