High-water mark
669.6112
career-best overall
186.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 669.6112 at Anchor City Cook off — 186.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-10-11
NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1513 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2017-10-13
latest 2023-09-08
Best ToY finish
#1077
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
434.24
last 3 Backyard vs avg 434.24 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±166.44
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.38 · weakest Brisket (156.01)
Road miles
0
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.97 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
434.24 / 360
3 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 (5 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
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE ahead in 75% of their meetings
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Anchor City Cook Off (2017-10-13).
- last seen 2015-10-09
- back 2017-10-13
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 9 at their very first tracked contest, Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) ().
- 9-team field
An October team
Top 45%
average finish in October
Something about October: average finish in the top 45% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.
- 3 October contests
- top 55% the rest of the year
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.
NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ has 4 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 110 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 10 years before NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after NOW SEE HERE BOY BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 167.4056 | 146.2628 | 159.30 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.0000 | 148.5600 | 159.07 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 155.9428 | 161.38 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 141.1664 | 156.01 | top 71% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor City Cook-Off | 4 | 2 | 0 | top 55% | 2023-09-08 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.9 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2023-09-08
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.38 · weakest Brisket (156.01)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
3 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
631.97
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
434.24
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
52–58 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,450
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2017-10-13
Power rating
1505
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2019
- First overall podium Anchor City Cook off
- First Reserve Championship Anchor City Cook off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6112 Anchor City Cook off
- Career-best overall score669.6112 Anchor City Cook off
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1513) Anchor City Cook Off
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0000 Anchor City Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Anchor City Cook off | 2019-10-11 |
| +5.6 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2021-10-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2017-10-13 |
| -8.5 | Anchor City Cook-Off | 2023-09-08 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 56% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 8% | 186% | 186% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86% | 86% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-08 | Anchor City Cook-Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 11 / 13 (645.0512) | 13 (146.2628) | 8 (172.0000) | 12 (155.9428) | 6 (170.8456) |
| 2021-10-08 | Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 7 / 19 (317.1312) | 5 (162.8800) | 9 (154.2512) | — | — |
| 2019-10-11 | Anchor City Cook off 🏅 Centralia, MO | 2 / 25 (669.6112) | 6 (161.6684) | 2 (167.9656) | — | — |
| 2017-10-13 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 24 / 27 (618.8808) | 25 (158.2972) | 25 (152.5944) | 13 (166.8228) | 26 (141.1664) |
| 2015-10-09 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bowling Green Backyard Event (BACKYARD ONLY) Bowling Green, MO | 5 / 9 (315.9656) | 1 (167.4056) | 7 (148.5600) | — | — |
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 ↗ | Master | #1077 (108 pts) | #1165 (98 pts) | #1071 (133 pts) | #1129 (103 pts) | #907 (153 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #159 (160 pts) | #196 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2814 (57 pts) | #2920 (52 pts) | #2926 (52 pts) | #1970 (112 pts) | #2914 (52 pts) |