A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Brinkerhoff BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Brinkerhoff BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Wyoming Backyard BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-10-07
latest 2024-07-12
Best ToY finish
#1548
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.31
last 3 Master vs avg 605.31 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.49 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Road miles
20
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
605.31 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Wyoming Backyard BBQ has 3 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 133 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.
#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before Wyoming Backyard BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Wyoming Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with Wyoming Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Wyoming Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 150.2628 | 153.68 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 142.7428 | 148.48 | top 98% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 147.3600 | 157.49 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 141.0972 | 145.66 | top 96% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke & Soul Fest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 98% | 2023-10-06 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2024-07-12
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.49 · weakest Brisket (145.66)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.31
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
2–78 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1574
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2856 Smoke & Soul Fest
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke & Soul Fest
- 2024
- Career-best overall score618.0916 Smoke & Soul Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke & Soul Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2022-10-07 |
| -12.3 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2023-10-06 |
| -10 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2024-07-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 25 / 26 (618.0916) | 25 (159.3944) | 25 (157.0972) | 26 (147.3600) | 25 (154.2400) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 28 / 28 (596.9032) | 27 (151.3716) | 28 (145.6116) | 24 (158.8228) | 28 (141.0972) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 28 / 29 (600.9256) | 28 (150.2628) | 28 (142.7428) | 15 (166.2856) | 27 (141.6344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1548 (51 pts) | #1584 (51 pts) | #1622 (51 pts) | #1550 (51 pts) | #1544 (51 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1604 (53 pts) | #1631 (53 pts) | #1726 (53 pts) | #1557 (58 pts) | #1601 (53 pts) |