Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
SOUTH RYLAND
SOUTH RYLAND is a competition barbecue team with 38 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 23 at the Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1538 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1562
peak 1562 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
38
in the data
First seen
Mar 8, 2019
latest Oct 8, 2021 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
16% of 38 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
340.99 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 340.45 (+0.54)
Walk rate
34%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.82
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.11 · weakest Pork (166.17)
Road miles
2,250
across 37 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
340.45 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
501.06 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 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.
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 SOUTH RYLAND, each with one reason worth a look.
58 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1561
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1564
Fewer contests behind them than SOUTH RYLAND has cooked, 10 to 38, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#1,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1562
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#1,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1567
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#1,548 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1561
Level with SOUTH RYLAND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,534 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1562
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTTY ALL KNIGHT | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Thin Blue Swine | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Simply Smoked | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| All Smoked Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Blowin Smoke BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweet Cheeks BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 180 🔥 | 160.5256 | 172.11 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 177.1544 | 160.5256 | 168.50 | top 36% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 157.0628 | 166.17 | top 46% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 48% | Aug 6, 2021 |
| Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 21% | Mar 6, 2020 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
7 contests
Contests a season
3.8
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
27 of 38 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
195
finished ahead 253 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Mar 6, 2020 → Aug 6, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20213 milestones
- Career-best overall score502.1828 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- Peak power rating (1562) Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
- Most recent contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY)
20192 milestones
- First overall podium Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
20171 milestone
- 25th tracked contest Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest
20151 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff
—6 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.9312 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 21, 2019 |
| +12.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2019 |
| +12.2 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
| +11.9 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 6, 2020 |
| +7.3 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 8, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.1 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 9, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 93% | 93% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 97% | 94.3% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2021 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 14 / 31 (334.7768) | 16 (167.4056) | 11 (167.3712) | — | — |
| Aug 6, 2021 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 13 / 31 (502.1828) | 4 (175.4056) | 26 (160.5256) | 11 (166.2516) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL | 4 / 32 (339.9888) | 11 (167.3944) | 5 (172.5944) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 26 (499.9312) | 23 (160.5256) | 10 (167.9656) | 6 (171.4400) | — |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | 2 / 23 (349.1316) | 4 (171.9772) | 2 (177.1544) | 19 (157.0972) | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 7 / 39 (337.0972) | 4 (172.5600) | 10 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 6 / 30 (342.8572) | 9 (172) | 8 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 10 / 34 (335.3600) | 3 (173.7144) | 27 (161.6456) | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 23 (164.5372) | 4 (168.5600) | 39 (157.0628) | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 4 (174.2628) | 14 (167.3944) | 17 (167.3944) | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 19, 2017 | Barber Q Battle (PRO/MASTER AND BACKYARD) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 1 (179.4400) | 2 (174.8572) | 16 (167.4056) | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2016 | Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2016 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2016 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 2 (176) | 20 (165.0856) | 2 (176.5716) | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 31, 2015 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 7 (174.2628) | 5 (176.5600) | — | — |
| May 15, 2015 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2014 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 18, 2014 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | Smoke on the Falls Noccalula BBQ Fest Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 5 / 23 (343.9312) | 1 (180) | 18 (163.9312) | — | — |