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
- Sep 10, 2022
small town girl barbeque
small town girl barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 15 at the Big Island BBQ Backyard (2021). They are ranked #3457 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1494 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 22, 2021
latest Sep 9, 2023 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.53
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.85)
Road miles
247
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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to small town girl barbeque, each with one reason worth a look.
131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,448 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
Level with small town girl barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
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.
⚔ Compare careers#3,474 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before small town girl barbeque's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
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.
⚔ Compare careers#3,470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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% |
“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 field size and state
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% |
Repeat visits (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% | Sep 9, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
71
finished ahead 64 times, behind 82
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20232 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score336.5140 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1497) Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20213 milestones
- 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)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 10, 2022 |
| +1.1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | Oct 15, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Big Island BBQ Backyard | Aug 22, 2021 |
| -3.1 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 9, 2023 |
| -0.6 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) | Oct 16, 2021 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2023 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 20 / 30 (327.9428) | 27 (155.9656) | 7 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 13 / 30 (336.5140) | 11 (169.6912) | 14 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 21 / 36 (326.7884) | 27 (159.3600) | 12 (167.4284) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 21 / 40 (324.4684) | 13 (166.2400) | 31 (158.2284) | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2021 | Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN | 12 / 15 (323.9540) | 6 (169.1428) | 12 (154.8112) | — | — |