BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4263

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1501 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2024-02-23

Best ToY finish

#1153

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

672.4344 / 720

Master · Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.50

last 5 Master vs avg 651.68 (-0.18)

Walk rate

27%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest

Consistency

±13.29

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.59)

Road miles

485

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.68 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

672.4344 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.4344 at Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-08-02

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.34 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 18%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.59
Chicken avg 166.93
0 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEXAS RIB RANGERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

5.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.4 years, then back at Mission Farm's King of the Farm (2023-02-24).

last seen 2017-10-13
back 2023-02-24

Chicken nemesis

5 of 5 shared chicken entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 52% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 52% across 4 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 65% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.85% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.85% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.5% of a perfect score
11 contests

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.

135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

QUE TALKIN' TO ME

#4256 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

RUB THIS BBQ

#4278 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1513 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-08-04

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKE IT IF YA GOT IT

#4258 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-01-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Taken Care of BBQ

#4264 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

FAST EDDIE'S FINE SWINE

#4272 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Level with BUBBA'S BACKYARD BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-11-09

⚔ Head-to-head

J&D SMOKIN

#4286 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUBBAJACK'S	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BANJOMAN'S BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SUE E PIGG	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	2	1	1	177.1428	154.8570	166.93	top 48%
Pork Ribs	11	0	0	0	168.0000	146.8572	160.59	top 68%
Pork	11	0	0	0	172.5600	148.5256	161.22	top 66%
Brisket	11	1	0	0	171.9772	153.0628	162.94	top 59%

“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	Avg finish
NC	9	top 68%
SC	1	top 66%
GA	1	top 38%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 53%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2	25	0	top 46%	2015-06-12

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 10.8 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2024-02-23

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 9 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.59)

Walk rate 27% a top-10 call in 3 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 11 contests

Master average 651.68 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 325 210–300 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 485 11 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength 1555 average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,770 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.4 yrs 2017-10-13 → 2023-02-24

Power rating 1477 peak 1501 · #4263 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4344 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Aug 2 Career-best overall score672.4344 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2014
Jun 6 First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 6 Peak power rating (1501) Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
2015
Jun 5 First category win (Chicken) Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
Jun 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest
2023
Feb 24 10th tracked contest Mission Farm's King of the Farm
2024
Feb 23 Most recent contest Mission Farms King of the Farm

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.8	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2015-06-12
+6.4	Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	2014-06-06
+6.2	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-08-02
+2.1	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off	2016-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Mission Farms King of the Farm	2024-02-23
-9.5	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	2013-04-19
-8.8	Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest	2015-06-05
-8.2	Mission Farm's King of the Farm	2023-02-24
-4.9	*Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off	2017-10-13

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	100%	top 100%	89.6%	89.6%
2023	1	0	0%	top 94%	91.4%	91.4%
2017	1	0	0%	top 76%	88.2%	88.2%
2016	1	0	0%	top 54%	92%	92%
2015	3	1	33%	top 60%	92.7%	90.8%
2014	1	0	100%	top 34%	91.8%	91.8%
2013	3	0	0%	top 59%	93.4%	90.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-02-23	Mission Farms King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	26 / 26 (644.9372)	6 (175.4056)	26 (160.5144)	25 (155.3600)	26 (153.6572)
2023-02-24	Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	31 / 33 (658.0912)	26 (167.3828)	31 (160.5144)	29 (161.6456)	20 (168.5484)
2017-10-13	*Grillin & chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC	22 / 29 (635.2572)	22 (157.0856)	11 (166.8344)	25 (158.2744)	25 (153.0628)
2016-04-15	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	22 / 41 (662.7428)	18 (166.8228)	22 (163.9772)	12 (167.9656)	24 (163.9772)
2015-09-11	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	19 / 29 (656.4912)	18 (164.5256)	18 (162.2628)	13 (168.5600)	22 (161.1428)
2015-06-12	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	25 / 78 (667.3484)	11 (173.7028)	46 (160.5372)	24 (167.4056)	32 (165.7028)
2015-06-05	Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC	28 / 34 (636.9484)	1 (177.1428)	31 (153.0628)	33 (148.5256)	27 (158.2172)
2014-06-06	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	13 / 38 (661.1200)	24 (162.8228)	11 (168.0000)	30 (159.4400)	8 (170.8572)
2013-08-02	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	23 / 61 (672.4344)	36 (166.2516)	42 (161.6456)	13 (172.5600)	19 (171.9772)
2013-06-14	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	58 / 97 (637.7142)	20 (170.2854)	91 (146.8572)	65 (158.2858)	39 (162.2858)
2013-04-19	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	44 / 55 (635.4284)	45 (154.8570)	32 (162.2856)	47 (155.4286)	28 (162.8572)

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)	#850 (166 pts)	#1622 (51 pts)	#1550 (51 pts)	#1544 (51 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2155 (69 pts)	#2234 (69 pts)	#1804 (124 pts)	#2883 (54 pts)	#2879 (54 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1305 (203 pts)	#734 (503 pts)	#1370 (208 pts)	#1302 (238 pts)	#1408 (188 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1153 (235 pts)	#1159 (250 pts)	#1271 (225 pts)	#1065 (285 pts)	#1132 (255 pts)