High-water mark
333.0628
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 333.0628 at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) — 92.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-06-14
Hot Shots BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2023-10-13
latest 2025-06-14
Best ToY finish
#209
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
326.10 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 326.95 (-0.85)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.92
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.20 · weakest Chicken (164.12)
Road miles
342
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 109 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
326.95 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
FENDER BENDER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
FENDER BENDER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Black Crown Barbeque in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Ribs nemesis
8 of 9
shared pork ribs entries lost
FENDER BENDER BBQ ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, FENDER BENDER BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
WHEN PIGS DIE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The metronome
±1.64%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.8% of a perfect score
- 10 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.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hot Shots BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hot Shots BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4050 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4033 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Hot Shots BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Hot Shots BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hot Shots BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Racks BBQ | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FENDER BENDER BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Marty Party BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Porket About It | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sensuous BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Skinny Pig BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Wapatui Smokers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| What’cha Got BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Ten Bones | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIX BUTT BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Steel Smoke BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Ash Kickin' BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ MIKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Phoenix BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 153.0628 | 164.12 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 157.6572 | 164.20 | top 60% |
| 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 6 | 0 | top 72% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 52% | 2025-06-14 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 77% | 2025-06-13 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 87% | 2023-10-15 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2023-10-13 → 2025-06-14
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
9 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.20 · weakest Chicken (164.12)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 5 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 10 contests
Backyard average
326.95
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
104–253 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
342
10 mapped stops · furthest 109 mi
Schedule strength
1592
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,900
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #4052 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.3484 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Peak power rating (1496) Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD)
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8800 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 10th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Career-best overall score333.0628 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2025-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) | 2023-10-15 |
| -4.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2024-06-07 |
| -4.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2023-10-13 |
| -4.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 2025-06-13 |
| -2.1 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-08-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 65% | 92.5% | 91.9% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 67% | 92.4% | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 87% | 91.9% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 16 / 36 (333.0628) | 26 (162.7884) | 6 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 31 / 36 (328.4916) | 37 (159.3716) | 15 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 3 (174.8800) | — | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 13 / 18 (332.5484) | 7 (171.4172) | 13 (161.1312) | — | — |
| 2024-07-20 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI | — | — | 10 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-06-08 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 22 / 37 (319.8860) | 20 (161.6572) | 22 (158.2288) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 28 / 41 (316.4916) | 28 (153.0628) | 21 (163.4288) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | 25 (160.5488) | — | — |
| 2023-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 20 / 24 (330.8000) | 8 (173.1428) | 21 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 19 / 21 (327.3484) | 13 (167.4056) | 24 (159.9428) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #248 (161 pts) | #308 (116 pts) | #129 (516 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #751 (235 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #209 (221 pts) | #188 (276 pts) | #181 (292 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | — | — | #875 (171 pts) | — | — |