High-water mark
623.9884
career-best overall
173.3% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 623.9884 at Bands & BBQ at the Point — 173.3% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-09-08
Dude's Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-09-08
latest 2025-09-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
402.98
last 3 Backyard vs avg 402.98 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±156.34
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.20 · weakest Chicken (148.93)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
402.98 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dogpatch Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
BBQ Maestros has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Dude's Q 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 128 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.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dude's Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Dude's Q's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Dude's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Dude's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Dude's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1428 | 146.2516 | 148.93 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 141.0628 | 151.20 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 147.3256 | 150.80 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 142.8000 | 149.68 | top 33% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 39% | 2024-09-13 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2023-09-08 → 2025-09-12
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
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 Ribs
averages 151.20 · weakest Chicken (148.93)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
402.98
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
63–84 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2023-09-08 → 2024-09-13
Power rating
1500
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score623.9884 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best overall score623.9884 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.3200 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- 2024
- First call Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Peak power rating (1506) Bands & BBQ at the Point
- 2025
- Most recent contest Bands and BBQ at the Point
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.5 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2023-09-08 |
| +0.2 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 2024-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Bands and BBQ at the Point | 2025-09-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 79.8% | 79.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 173.3% | 173.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | Bands and BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 20 / 29 (287.3144) | 17 (146.2516) | 20 (141.0628) | 16 (153.1200) | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 13 / 31 (297.6228) | 13 (147.3944) | 11 (150.2284) | 13 (147.3256) | 10 (142.8000) |
| 2023-09-08 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 12 / 33 (623.9884) | 14 (153.1428) | 11 (162.3200) | 16 (151.9656) | 11 (156.5600) |