A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIG ON FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIG ON FIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1459
peak 1459 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2014-06-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.21
last 4 Master vs avg 613.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.71 · weakest Chicken (150.69)
Road miles
915
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 803 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
613.21 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Going the wrong way
-29
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 29 points across 4 contests since 2013-09-20 — from 1488 down to 1459.
- 4 contests since 2013-09-20
- now 1459
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.
CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE has 4 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 113 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.
#5138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Level with CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after CAROLINA BACKYARD BARBAQUE did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#5155 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2512 | 146.2972 | 150.69 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 146.8000 | 153.55 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 146.2400 | 157.71 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 143.9772 | 151.26 | top 82% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2014-06-20
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.71 · weakest Chicken (150.69)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
613.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
166
24–204 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
915
4 mapped stops · furthest 803 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1459
peak 1459 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- First call Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.3200 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1488) Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- 2014
- Career-best overall score626.2856 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2013-09-20 |
| -11.3 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-09 |
| -9.9 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2014-04-18 |
| -8 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship | 2014-06-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-20 | State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA | 22 / 25 (605.1088) | 24 (146.2972) | 19 (153.1544) | 23 (146.2400) | 16 (159.4172) |
| 2014-05-09 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 73 / 80 (602.1828) | 64 (154.2512) | 66 (151.9772) | 72 (151.9772) | 74 (143.9772) |
| 2014-04-18 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 48 / 55 (626.2856) | 53 (150.8456) | 28 (162.2856) | 43 (158.2972) | 43 (154.8572) |
| 2013-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 65 / 72 (619.2796) | 67 (151.3712) | 67 (146.8000) | 5 (174.3200) | 66 (146.7884) |