High-water mark
506.2404
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 506.2404 at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) — 93.7% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Aug 11, 2023
Maggie's Farm
Maggie's Farm is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 39 at the Smoke on the Falls (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1526
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2023
latest Aug 11, 2023
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 19%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.85 · weakest Pork (163.98)
Road miles
15
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
345.70 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
506.24 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 172.5600 | 172.85 | top 20% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 169.1316 | 171.14 | top 21% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 163.9772 | 163.98 | top 54% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
98
finished ahead 102 times, behind 16
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Aug 6, 2021 → Apr 7, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20236 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Falls
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score345.7028 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best overall score506.2404 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 9 / 35 (506.2404) | 6 (173.1316) | 11 (169.1316) | 19 (163.9772) | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 5 / 39 (345.7028) | 9 (172.5600) | 4 (173.1428) | — | — |
| Aug 6, 2021 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | — | — | — | — | — |