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Matt's Backyard BBQ CT

Power ranking

#1923
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1485
peak 1485

Contests

38
in the data

First seen

2021-06-12
latest 2026-05-02

Best ToY finish

#220
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 60%
overall standings

Best overall

691.3828

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

665.00 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 656.95 (+8.05)

Walk rate

55%
contests with a top-10 call

Consistency

±19.75
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 164.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.83)

Road miles

3629
mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 304 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Big Bobby's Q has finished one call ahead of Matt's Backyard BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Q42 has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

ELJEFE SMOKE has come out ahead in 23 of their 25 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BBQ Bandits in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CT first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 32 4 0 1 176.5600 141.1888 164.69 top 64%
Pork Ribs 38 8 0 1 173.7028 146.2400 163.83 top 60%
Pork 32 7 0 1 177.7028 150.2172 164.12 top 61%
Brisket 32 11 1 1 177.7144 143.3256 164.13 top 52%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CT70top 58%
MA60top 55%
NY40top 49%
NH40top 69%
VT30top 66%
ME30top 61%
QC20top 59%
NJ10top 62%
RI10top 72%
PA10top 89%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 60%
Medium (20–39)220top 60%
Large (40+)70top 61%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026200 685.6572 677.91
2025300 674.7200 656.39
20241101 679.3372 663.15
20231300 691.3828 658.86
2022600 672.4800 654.28
2021300 644.4572 620.05

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-02 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) New Paltz, NY 3 / 59 (685.6572) 56 (163.4172) 32 (169.6800) 8 (174.8456) 4 (177.7144)
2026-04-10 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT 21 / 33 (670.1716) 15 (170.8344) 12 (171.9656) 30 (159.3828) 16 (167.9888)
2025-07-12 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ 39 / 63 (634.6172) 24 (168.5372) 32 (163.3828) 38 (159.3716) 56 (143.3256)
2025-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT 18 / 35 (674.7200) 9 (176.5600) 29 (163.3944) 16 (170.8228) 20 (163.9428)
2025-04-11 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT 21 / 30 (659.8400) 10 (171.9656) 28 (159.9544) 19 (167.3828) 21 (160.5372)
2024-10-26 Weekend of Giving Wrentham, MA 10 / 25 (670.1600) 11 (171.9656) 15 (165.6800) 8 (170.8344) 16 (161.6800)
2024-09-14 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) Braintree, VT 19 / 25 (662.7544) 19 (166.2744) 14 (164.5716) 17 (167.9656) 18 (163.9428)
2024-09-13 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) Braintree, VT 20 / 25 (654.1600) 24 (157.0972) 21 (162.2400) 18 (164.5484) 7 (170.2744)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids Hiram, ME 30 / 39 (652.9828) 29 (164.5256) 19 (167.4172) 34 (155.9428) 21 (165.0972)
2024-08-17 Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 29 (160.5256)
2024-08-02 La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC 14 / 26 (661.6568) 15 (165.1428) 4 (170.8456) 24 (159.9312) 9 (165.7372)
2024-07-27 Operation Up in Smoke Epping, NH 13 / 19 (668.5256) 11 (169.1200) 17 (163.4284) 17 (159.9428) 1 (176.0344)
2024-07-12 Connecticut Barbecue Challenge Somers, CT 20 / 30 (664.4456) 19 (164.5372) 25 (163.4056) 20 (165.6800) 10 (170.8228)
2024-06-22 Frog Alley Brew-B-Que Cookoff Schenectady, NY 17 / 21 (645.0404) 12 (170.2972) 16 (159.9544) 20 (153.0744) 12 (161.7144)
2024-04-13 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) Bristol, CT 23 / 37 (672.4340) 30 (162.2284) 8 (173.7028) 30 (165.0856) 9 (171.4172)
2024-04-12 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Bristol, CT 5 / 29 (679.3372) 2 (176.5600) 16 (166.2400) 15 (165.1316) 7 (171.4056)
2023-09-23 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Southwick, MA 27 / 42 (665.5544) 32 (166.2516) 35 (159.9428) 18 (171.9772) 22 (167.3828)
2023-09-23 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Southwick, MA 14 (158.8116)
2023-09-22 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) Southwick, MA 23 / 31 (667.8856) 27 (163.9544) 16 (169.6800) 17 (168.5256) 20 (165.7256)
2023-09-01 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY 17 / 18 (638.0800) 17 (157.6572) 14 (158.2172) 13 (163.3828) 17 (158.8228)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition Hiram, ME 27 / 46 (665.0056) 24 (167.4172) 35 (162.8000) 36 (161.6800) 7 (173.1084)
2023-08-19 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME 23 (157.6456)
2023-08-04 La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC 21 / 33 (624.4568) 20 (157.1656) 32 (146.2400) 9 (165.1084) 20 (155.9428)
2023-06-24 Frog Alley BREW-B-QUE Cookoff Schenectady, NY 3 / 19 (691.3828) 7 (171.9772) 6 (171.4172) 2 (177.7028) 8 (170.2856)
2023-06-03 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 16 / 39 (669.0972) 24 (166.3084) 26 (163.9656) 7 (173.7144) 18 (165.1088)
2023-05-20 Somerset Sizzle Somerset, MA 7 / 24 (673.5996) 17 (163.9540) 9 (166.8344) 6 (171.9656) 7 (170.8456)
2023-05-06 HOGS 4 HEROES Jamestown, RI 36 / 50 (639.8972) 31 (163.3828) 23 (166.2744) 47 (150.8228) 28 (159.4172)
2023-04-15 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Bristol, CT 33 / 43 (653.5996) 20 (170.8572) 28 (162.2284) 34 (161.7028) 34 (158.8112)
2023-04-15 Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT 4 (173.1200)
2022-10-01 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Southwick, MA 22 / 33 (649.5428) 26 (159.3484) 5 (172.5716) 21 (159.9772) 22 (157.6456)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) Braintree, VT 11 / 26 (658.1260) 12 (169.1200) 14 (165.1088) 10 (169.1084) 22 (154.7888)
2022-09-17 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT 16 (160.5144)
2022-06-25 Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff Skowhegan, ME 12 / 25 (672.4800) 20 (164.5372) 3 (173.1316) 11 (170.8228) 14 (163.9884)
2022-06-25 Central Maine BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Skowhegan, ME 6 (166.8572)
2022-06-04 Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Merrimack, NH 27 / 37 (636.9712) 32 (153.6684) 17 (165.1200) 24 (162.2628) 27 (155.9200)
2021-09-25 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown Southwick, MA 14 / 26 (644.4572) 19 (157.1088) 16 (159.3828) 19 (155.3828) 4 (172.5828)
2021-08-27 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 39 / 44 (601.5888) 44 (141.1888) 37 (150.8112) 36 (150.2172) 25 (159.3716)
2021-06-12 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 30 / 32 (614.1144) 27 (157.0972) 30 (148.5028) 26 (157.7028) 29 (150.8116)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #649 (230 pts) #574 (340 pts) #861 (175 pts) #663 (250 pts) #689 (220 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #222 (965 pts) #209 (1040 pts) #217 (1055 pts) #263 (835 pts) #115 (1365 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #220 (945 pts) #287 (795 pts) #221 (1043 pts) #154 (1190 pts) #205 (995 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #542 (369 pts) #638 (309 pts) #298 (856 pts) #539 (389 pts) #641 (304 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #674 (223 pts) #767 (198 pts) #754 (213 pts) #743 (198 pts) #578 (318 pts)

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