A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big John's Backyard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2015-04-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.57
last 3 Master vs avg 619.57 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.28)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
619.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Big John's Backyard BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 140 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big John's Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 153.7372 | 157.34 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 130.7544 | 145.28 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 154.8800 | 162.30 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4284 | 149.1204 | 154.65 | top 69% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2 | 40 | 0 | top 71% | 2015-04-24 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2015-04-24
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.28)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
619.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
40–150 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1492) BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- 2015
- Career-best overall score647.9316 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.0228 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
- Most recent contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | BBQ Capital Cookoff | 2014-04-25 |
| -7.7 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2013-04-26 |
| -2 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2015-04-24 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-24 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 40 / 60 (647.9316) | 38 (163.4172) | 40 (161.0972) | 21 (168.0228) | 47 (155.3944) |
| 2014-04-25 | BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC | 60 / 62 (588.4920) | 58 (153.7372) | 62 (130.7544) | 52 (154.8800) | 53 (149.1204) |
| 2013-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 53 / 71 (622.2856) | 55 (154.8572) | 66 (143.9998) | 32 (164.0002) | 31 (159.4284) |