A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Kings BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HSW BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-03-16
latest 2025-03-14
Best ToY finish
#204
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
320.91
last 3 Backyard vs avg 320.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.83
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.71 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Road miles
23
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.62 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
320.91 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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.
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 strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Cool Guys BBQ in 3 of their 4 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.
HSW BBQ has 4 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 142 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.
#3763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HSW BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HSW BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with HSW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 165.7028 | 153.7028 | 158.97 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 153.6572 | 159.26 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 150.2856 | 159.71 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 146.8344 | 154.25 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 110% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 60% | 2025-03-14 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-03-16 → 2025-03-14
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.71 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
630.62
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
320.91
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
47–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
23
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$51,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First call Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Career-best overall score630.6172 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2400 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1494) Plant City Pig Jam
- 2025
- Most recent contest Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | 2025-03-14 |
| +5.3 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2024-11-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2025-01-24 |
| -11.6 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | 2024-03-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 90% | 89% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 89.3% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-14 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 5 / 15 (323.9772) | 3 (165.7028) | 5 (158.2744) | 8 (150.2856) | 4 (163.9772) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 44 / 40 (317.1428) | 49 (153.7028) | 34 (163.4400) | 38 (158.2628) | 41 (151.9656) |
| 2024-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 9 / 26 (321.6228) | 7 (159.9544) | 7 (161.6684) | 7 (164.0572) | 13 (146.8344) |
| 2024-03-16 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 13 / 15 (630.6172) | 12 (156.5144) | 14 (153.6572) | 7 (166.2400) | 12 (154.2056) |
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 | #204 (218 pts) | #184 (268 pts) | #217 (218 pts) | — | — |