High-water mark
482.1828
career-best overall
133.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 482.1828 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 133.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-03-10
Bama Smokin N Grillin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-03-13
latest 2024-03-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
426.39
last 3 Backyard vs avg 426.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±68.65
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.62)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
426.39 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LEE LA Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-03-10).
- last seen 2020-03-13
- back 2023-03-10
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.
Bama Smokin N Grillin 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 107 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Bama Smokin N Grillin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Bama Smokin N Grillin's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bama Smokin N Grillin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Bama Smokin N Grillin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3110 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Bama Smokin N Grillin'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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9656 | 140.5028 | 158.82 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 147.9316 | 158.62 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 162.2856 | 163.99 | top 46% |
| 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 54% | 2024-03-09 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2020-03-13 → 2024-03-09
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.62)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
426.39
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
59
40–39 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$14,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2020-03-13 → 2023-03-10
Power rating
1502
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score467.3028 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Career-best overall score482.1828 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9656 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- Peak power rating (1502) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-03-09 |
| +6 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-03-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-03-13 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 133.9% | 133.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 129.8% | 129.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-09 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 11 / 28 (329.6800) | 12 (163.9884) | 10 (165.6916) | 14 (165.1200) | — |
| 2023-03-10 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 12 / 31 (482.1828) | 3 (171.9656) | 27 (147.9316) | 12 (162.2856) | — |
| 2020-03-13 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 19 / 23 (467.3028) | 21 (140.5028) | 10 (162.2400) | 11 (164.5600) | — |