The heartbreaker
3.4512
points from the title
Came within 3.4512 points of the Grand Championship at NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jul 12, 2024).
AMP Cookers
AMP Cookers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 10 at the NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1528
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2023
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.56 · weakest Chicken (167.27)
Road miles
41
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Purse competed for
$135K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
673.04 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
343.98 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 160.5600 | 167.27 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 163.9884 | 170.56 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 163.3828 | 169.49 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 163.3828 | 167.78 | top 34% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 37% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 3 | 19 | 0 | top 37% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
194
finished ahead 169 times, behind 95
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1528) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20244 milestones
- First overall top-10 NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score680.4340 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0856 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 12, 2024 |
| +7.7 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +4.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +3.4 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 8, 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 | 100% | top 39% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 95.5% | 95% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 36 / 92 (669.6112) | 46 (166.8456) | 8 (176) | 67 (163.3828) | 43 (163.3828) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 19 / 67 (680.4340) | 32 (167.9656) | 17 (171.9772) | 6 (175.4056) | 33 (165.0856) |
| Jul 12, 2024 | NSDDF presents the Inaugural Baylor Backyard BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Tomball, TX | 2 / 10 (343.9772) | 3 (173.7028) | 3 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 42 / 99 (669.0856) | 69 (160.5600) | 64 (163.9884) | 37 (169.6800) | 6 (174.8572) |