High-water mark
345.7028
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.7028 at Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2024-09-06
Green Dragon BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2024-03-22
latest 2025-03-21
Best ToY finish
#153
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
339.61
last 5 Backyard vs avg 339.61 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±6.40
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.78)
Road miles
183
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
339.61 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Electro-Que-ted ahead in 100% of their meetings
Electro-Que-ted has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bonnie Blue BBQ in 5 of their 5 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.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Level with Green Dragon BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Green Dragon BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before Green Dragon BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie Blue BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin Smoke BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Electro-Que-ted | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 160.5488 | 169.12 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 160.5028 | 168.78 | top 46% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 42% | 2025-03-21 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-03-22 → 2025-03-21
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.78)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Backyard average
339.61
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
107–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
183
6 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,200
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1531
peak 1531 · #2185 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score339.9544 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score345.7028 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1531) Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-06-07 |
| +9.4 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-09-06 |
| +6.9 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-03-22 |
| +3.7 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-03-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-05-17 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | top 39% | 96% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 19 / 43 (339.3828) | 31 (164.5372) | 5 (174.8456) | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 12 (160.5488) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 8 / 27 (345.7028) | 2 (179.4400) | 19 (166.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 4 / 35 (345.1200) | 10 (173.1200) | 8 (172.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 29 / 39 (327.8856) | 24 (167.3828) | 33 (160.5028) | — | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 15 / 38 (339.9544) | 18 (169.6800) | 16 (170.2744) | — | — |
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 | #332 (90 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #241 (185 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #153 (380 pts) | #180 (295 pts) | #172 (320 pts) | — | — |