High-water mark
346.2628
career-best overall
96.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 346.2628 at Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2026-08-22
J. R. Boys BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-08-17
latest 2026-08-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
329.69
last 3 Backyard vs avg 329.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.23
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.35)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
329.69 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
All Smoked Up BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
All Smoked Up BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
J. R. Boys BBQ 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 109 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before J. R. Boys BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before J. R. Boys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with J. R. Boys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before J. R. Boys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before J. R. Boys BBQ'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 163.4516 | 169.34 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 153.6800 | 160.35 | top 72% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 59% | 2026-08-22 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-08-17 → 2026-08-22
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.35)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Backyard average
329.69
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
37
23–36 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2025-08-16 → 2026-08-22
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- First call Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6684 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score346.2628 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1503) Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-08-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-08-17 |
| -3 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-08-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 4 / 16 (346.2628) | 5 (174.8572) | 9 (171.4056) | — | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 14 / 20 (325.6684) | 5 (169.7028) | 16 (155.9656) | — | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 21 / 26 (317.1316) | 21 (163.4516) | 21 (153.6800) | — | — |