High-water mark
336.5140
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 336.5140 at Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-09-10
small town girl barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-08-22
latest 2023-09-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.93
last 5 Backyard vs avg 327.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.53
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.85)
Road miles
247
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
327.93 / 360
5 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Porket About It ahead in 100% of their meetings
Porket About It has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Penny's Cut BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared 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.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before small town girl barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before small town girl barbeque's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with small town girl barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before small town girl barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before small town girl barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN' PIT PATRIOTS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Porket About It | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Wrecking Crew BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 155.9656 | 164.08 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 154.8112 | 163.85 | top 52% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 55% | 2023-09-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2021-08-22 → 2023-09-09
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.85)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Backyard average
327.93
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
71
64–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
247
5 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,800
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1494
peak 1494 · #3450 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Big Island BBQ Backyard
- First call Big Island BBQ Backyard
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.4684 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD)
- 2022
- Career-best overall score336.5140 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1497) Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-09-10 |
| +1.1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | 2021-10-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Big Island BBQ Backyard | 2021-08-22 |
| -3.1 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-09-09 |
| -0.6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | 2021-10-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 64% | 90.8% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-09 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 20 / 30 (327.9428) | 27 (155.9656) | 7 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2022-09-10 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 13 / 30 (336.5140) | 11 (169.6912) | 14 (166.8228) | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 21 / 36 (326.7884) | 27 (159.3600) | 12 (167.4284) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 21 / 40 (324.4684) | 13 (166.2400) | 31 (158.2284) | — | — |
| 2021-08-22 | Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN | 12 / 15 (323.9540) | 6 (169.1428) | 12 (154.8112) | — | — |
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 | — | #381 (55 pts) | #231 (160 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #252 (125 pts) | #276 (110 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #96 (335 pts) | #99 (290 pts) | — | — |