Rocket City Q

Rocket City Q is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 43 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They finished #207 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1485

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 27, 2026

latest Oct 16, 2026

Best ToY finish

#207

Backyard 2026 · every season

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

331.9656 / 360

Backyard · WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Best single call

170.8688

Pork Ribs · Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±9.22

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.58 · weakest Chicken (158.06)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

321.64 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

331.9656 career-best overall

92.2% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 331.9656 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.2% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Oct 16, 2026

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Big Fluff BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Big Fluff BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Backyard	#207 (191 pts)	#222 (176 pts)	#177 (261 pts)	—	—

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	164.5600	152.5144	158.06	top 81%
Pork Ribs	3	0	0	0	170.8688	152.4800	163.58	top 61%

“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

Most contests held in AL 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 84 finished ahead 30 times, behind 84

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20266 milestones

Mar 27 First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 27 Peak power rating (1490) Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 12 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8688 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.9656 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 16 Career-best overall score331.9656 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 16 Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 16, 2026	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	22 / 43 (331.9656)	26 (164.5600)	19 (167.4056)	—	—
Jun 12, 2026	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	26 / 31 (323.3832)	30 (152.5144)	14 (170.8688)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	39 / 43 (309.5772)	37 (157.0972)	40 (152.4800)	—	—