Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0056 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 3.6 years, then back at Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-04-02).
Something about September: average finish in the top 66% across 3 contests, versus top 78% the rest of the year.
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Rise and Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Rise and Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Rise and Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Rise and Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Rise and Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 154.8228 | 163.49 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 151.9200 | 160.15 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 150.2172 | 161.47 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 157.0972 | 159.11 | top 65% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 86% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 63% | 2018-09-07 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | 2018-09-07 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-04-02 |
| -10.2 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-03-21 |
| -8 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 2017-09-08 |
| -7.1 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) | 2022-10-07 |
| -1.1 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-05 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 93.8% | 90.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 133% | 109.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 21 / 29 (337.6572) | 17 (173.1200) | 20 (164.5372) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 40 / 43 (314.7312) | 34 (162.2400) | 43 (152.4912) | — | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 31 / 38 (311.3372) | 31 (159.4172) | 32 (151.9200) | — | — |
| 2022-04-02 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 19 / 20 (478.7428) | 18 (161.0856) | 14 (167.4400) | 20 (150.2172) | — |
| 2018-09-07 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN | 15 / 34 (665.0056) | 8 (170.2628) | 17 (166.8344) | 9 (170.8112) | 24 (157.0972) |
| 2017-09-08 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN | 34 / 42 (637.0172) | 37 (154.8228) | 34 (157.6916) | 31 (163.3828) | 25 (161.1200) |