The comeback
5.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.4 years, then back at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-03-10).
- last seen 2017-10-13
- back 2023-03-10
Backyard Brothers Bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-10-13
latest 2024-03-09
Best ToY finish
#2103
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.46 · weakest Brisket (144.51)
Road miles
565
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 565 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
565.63 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
384.15 / 360
2 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 (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.
Backyard Brothers 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 140 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Backyard Brothers Bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Backyard Brothers Bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Backyard Brothers 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 | 155.3712 | 135.4172 | 146.23 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9888 | 147.4400 | 154.46 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 138.2628 | 149.86 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5144 | 144.5144 | 144.51 | top 83% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
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) | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 82% | 2024-03-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.4 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2024-03-09
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 154.46 · weakest Brisket (144.51)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
565.63
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
384.15
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
60
11–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
565
3 mapped stops · furthest 565 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
5.4 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2023-03-10
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score565.6344 *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score456.9716 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.2284 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)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival | 2017-10-13 |
| -8.4 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-03-09 |
| -6.6 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-03-10 |
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 | 0% | top 86% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 126.9% | 126.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
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 | 24 / 28 (311.3368) | 24 (155.3712) | 23 (155.9656) | 18 (162.2284) | — |
| 2023-03-10 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 24 / 31 (456.9716) | 25 (147.9084) | 18 (159.9888) | 28 (149.0744) | — |
| 2017-10-13 | *Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Duncanville, TX | 18 / 18 (565.6344) | 18 (135.4172) | 18 (147.4400) | 18 (138.2628) | 15 (144.5144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #377 (56 pts) | #314 (91 pts) | — | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2103 (78 pts) | #2163 (78 pts) | #2211 (78 pts) | #2163 (78 pts) | #2070 (93 pts) |