The comeback
4.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.4 years, then back at Swine At the Shrine Porktobertfest (Oct 4, 2019).
- last seen May 23, 2015
- back Oct 4, 2019
Double Trouble
Double Trouble is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 16th of 17 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2023
latest Aug 26, 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 146.79 · weakest Chicken (146.18)
Road miles
2,194
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,083 mi
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Double Trouble has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Double Trouble's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Double Trouble on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Double Trouble's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Double Trouble's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Double Trouble's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.1828 | 146.1828 | 146.18 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7884 | 146.7884 | 146.79 | top 100% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ME
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
16
finished ahead 1 times, behind 15
Longest layoff
4.4 yrs
May 23, 2015 → Oct 4, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score292.9712 Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)146.7884 Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, AL | 16 / 17 (292.9712) | 16 (146.1828) | 17 (146.7884) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Swine At the Shrine Porktobertfest 🏅 Savannah, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2015 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |