High-water mark
651.8976
career-best overall
181.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 651.8976 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 181.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-01-27
Evans Ranch BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
18
in the data
First seen
2013-11-15
latest 2024-11-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 18 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
518.18 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 540.18 (-22.00)
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±153.13
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.15 · weakest Brisket (156.23)
Road miles
92
mi across 18 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$108K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
540.18 / 360
6 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 (8 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
GOOD AS ANY BBQ has finished one call ahead of Evans Ranch BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.91 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 44% of the time against 44%.
- Brisket avg 156.23
- Pork Ribs avg 163.15
- 4 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
5–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 83% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2023-01-27).
- last seen 2020-01-24
- back 2023-01-27
Pork Ribs nemesis
5 of 8
shared pork ribs entries lost
SWAMP BOYS ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SWAMP BOYS has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
Boom or bust
±45.17%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±45.17% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 129.6% of a perfect score
- best 181.1%
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.
84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2631 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1515
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Evans Ranch BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Evans Ranch BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2633 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1544
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Evans Ranch BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2643 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1515
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#2649 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Evans Ranch BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAMP BOYS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Gourmet Rednecks | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 7 | 2 | 4 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SWINOS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Two Crackers Cooking | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of Hamarchy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| The Rusty Pig | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Live Que | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD AS ANY BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT WACHULA'S | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Porkganic BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' And Pokin' | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 4 | 0 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 153.0512 | 162.32 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 152.5600 | 163.15 | top 44% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 149.6572 | 162.12 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 132.4800 | 156.23 | top 42% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 15 | 0 | top 48% | 2024-01-26 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 26% | 2024-11-22 |
| When Pigs Fly South | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 54% | 2015-11-06 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11 yrs
2013-11-15 → 2024-11-22
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 10 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
18 of 18 contests
Contests visited
4
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.15 · weakest Brisket (156.23)
Walk rate
44%
a top-10 call in 8 of 18 contests
Overall top-10 rate
11%
2 of 18 contests
Master average
639.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
540.18
out of 360 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
379
346–309 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
92
18 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$108,000
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2023-01-27
Power rating
1515
peak 1515 · #2639 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest When Pigs Fly South
- 2015
- First call When Pigs Fly South
- 2017
- 10th tracked contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1716 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- 2023
- Career-best overall score651.8976 Lakeland Pig Festival
- 2024
- Peak power rating (1515) Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| +7.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2024-11-22 |
| +6.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | 2019-11-22 |
| +4.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| +1.6 | When Pigs Fly South | 2015-11-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | When Pigs Fly South | 2016-12-02 |
| -3.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2024-01-26 |
| -2.4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2023-01-27 |
| -2.1 | When Pigs Fly South | 2013-11-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 90% | 89.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 181.1% | 181.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 179% | 179% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 180.6% | 180.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 49% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 7 / 26 (323.9200) | 6 (162.8228) | 9 (161.0972) | 15 (149.6572) | 16 (145.6572) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 40 / 61 (323.3600) | 40 (160.5372) | 37 (162.8228) | 17 (167.3828) | 2 (173.1200) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 33 / 51 (651.8976) | 42 (158.8344) | 30 (164.5488) | 38 (159.9428) | 10 (168.5716) |
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 19 / 53 (644.4456) | 22 (162.8228) | 3 (172.5600) | 11 (166.8228) | 41 (142.2400) |
| 2019-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 10 / 39 (647.2684) | 21 (153.0512) | 7 (165.6800) | 7 (166.8228) | 6 (161.7144) |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 15 / 58 (650.1716) | 2 (174.2972) | 35 (157.1088) | 15 (163.9772) | 26 (154.7884) |
| 2018-11-16 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-11-17 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-12-02 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 27 / 36 (634.6856) | 4 (171.4056) | 19 (163.9772) | 18 (166.8228) | 35 (132.4800) |
| 2016-01-29 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-11-20 | Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-11-06 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 17 / 35 (641.6340) | 26 (155.3828) | 10 (167.9656) | 26 (153.0856) | 9 (165.2000) |
| 2015-01-30 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-01-23 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-11-22 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-11-15 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 29 / 49 (641.1772) | 21 (161.7256) | 36 (152.5600) | 20 (164.5600) | 17 (162.3316) |