High-water mark
662.7316
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7316 at The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-11-15
BACKWOODS SMOKER
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-11-15
latest 2014-05-30
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
172.0116
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.27 · weakest Pork (159.11)
Road miles
118
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Master avg
655.31 / 720
2 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.
BACKWOODS SMOKER has 2 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 147 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BACKWOODS SMOKER did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with BACKWOODS SMOKER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 155.9428 | 161.39 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 168.5256 | 170.27 | top 30% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 155.9772 | 159.11 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 163.9540 | 164.54 | top 55% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-11-15 → 2014-05-30
Busiest season
2014
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.27 · weakest Pork (159.11)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
655.31
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
38–87 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
118
2 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7316 The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score662.7316 The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier)
- 2014
- First call The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0116 The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 90% | 90% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-30 | The Rotary Club of West Knoxville - Rocky Top Hummin' & Strummin' BBQ Cook-Off Knoxville, TN | 37 / 48 (647.8856) | 43 (155.9428) | 8 (172.0116) | 43 (155.9772) | 25 (163.9540) |
| 2013-11-15 | The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA | 52 / 79 (662.7316) | 53 (166.8344) | 35 (168.5256) | 67 (162.2516) | 46 (165.1200) |