Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Invarique
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-06-10
latest 2025-06-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
323.00 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 321.47 (+1.53)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.73
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.25 · weakest Chicken (159.22)
Road miles
66
mi across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
321.47 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (5 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.
High-water mark
349.6684
career-best overall
97.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 349.6684 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 97.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2024-10-18
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
NORALA BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings
NORALA BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Boob-B-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 19th
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.
#4056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 67
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Invarique)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Invarique has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4052 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, 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 Invarique'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, 9 years before Invarique's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- 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-head#4051 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with Invarique on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Last Place Chicken | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Rocket Barbecue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTSY-Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 150.2056 | 159.22 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 149.0516 | 162.25 | top 58% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 19 | 0 | top 89% | 2025-06-13 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2022-06-10 → 2025-06-13
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.25 · weakest Chicken (159.22)
Walk rate
14%
a top-10 call in 1 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
14%
1 of 7 contests
Backyard average
321.47
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
193
135–168 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
66
7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,400
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #4050 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.8348 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1499) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2024
- First call WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score349.6684 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.6 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-10-18 |
| +5.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-06-09 |
| -10.1 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-06-13 |
| -6.9 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-06-10 |
| -5.7 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-06-07 |
| -4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-10-20 |
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 91% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 43% | 97.1% | 93.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89.8% | 86.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 90.8% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 32 / 35 (317.6344) | 31 (160.5372) | 32 (157.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-10-18 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 3 / 50 (349.6684) | 19 (169.6684) | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 28 / 35 (325.0860) | 27 (163.4172) | 25 (161.6688) | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 34 / 50 (323.3712) | 45 (152.5256) | 12 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 26 / 26 (299.2572) | 25 (150.2056) | 24 (149.0516) | — | — |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 17 / 35 (326.8348) | 22 (163.4288) | 16 (163.4060) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 23 (308.4456) | 20 (154.7884) | 19 (153.6572) | — | — |