High-water mark
335.4284
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 335.4284 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-10-17
Beefis and Butt-Head
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1501 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2021-08-13
latest 2025-10-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
323.01 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.87 (+2.14)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.23
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.87)
Road miles
19
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
320.87 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 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
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Hickory Hangover ahead in 100% of their meetings
Hickory Hangover has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Boob-B-Q in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
An October team
Top 50%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 66% the rest of the year
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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3678 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1509
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Beefis and Butt-Head)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — The Catering Vets ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Beefis and Butt-Head)
They've been 1522 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Level with Beefis and Butt-Head on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Beefis and Butt-Head's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3696 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1489
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boar on the Floor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Slice to Meat You | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Los Diablos | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Boob-B-Q | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Boss Hawgs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Last Place Chicken | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SportsPage Smokers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Just For Fun BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 150.1828 | 161.00 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 150.7884 | 159.87 | top 74% |
| 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) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 48% | 2025-10-17 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 76% | 2022-09-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2025-10-17
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.87)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Backyard average
320.87
out of 360 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
243
145–238 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
19
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$47,500
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2022-09-08
Power rating
1489
peak 1501 · #3703 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1501) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7884 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- Career-best overall score335.4284 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7256 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-10-17 |
| +2.5 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-10-18 |
| +1.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-10-20 |
| +0.6 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) | 2023-08-04 |
| -6.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
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 49% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 90.8% | 87.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 19 / 39 (335.4284) | 13 (169.7256) | 28 (165.7028) | — | — |
| 2024-10-18 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 24 / 50 (332.4684) | 23 (167.3712) | 28 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2023-10-20 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 26 / 50 (326.7884) | 35 (159.3712) | 24 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-08-04 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 55 / 58 (306.1372) | 56 (150.1828) | 49 (155.9544) | — | — |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 34 / 35 (314.2400) | 29 (159.9772) | 37 (154.2628) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 27 / 49 (310.1712) | 21 (159.3828) | 38 (150.7884) | — | — |