A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Porkasaurus Rex BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Porkasaurus Rex BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bad Larry's BBQ
Bad Larry's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the September Fest (2025). They finished #146 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 19, 2025
latest Oct 2, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±70.31
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.56 · weakest Chicken (150.65)
Road miles
151
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
253.49 / 360
3 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 Bad Larry's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Bad Larry's BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1502
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Bad Larry's BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bad Larry's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 38
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1580
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bad Larry's BBQ)
They've been 1580 at their best, 77 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,149 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Bad Larry's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,148 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before Bad Larry's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Bad Larry's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 145.6916 | 150.65 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 151.9544 | 160.56 | top 45% |
“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 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 23% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
77
finished ahead 48 times, behind 43
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1516) Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
- Most recent contest Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call September Fest
- First overall top-10 September Fest
- Career-best overall score308.5600 September Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.3 | September Fest | Sep 19, 2025 |
| +4.5 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana | May 15, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 2, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 82.7% | 62.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 15% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) Argos, IN | 18 / 19 (154.2516) | 18 (154.2516) | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 11 / 35 (297.6460) | 11 (145.6916) | 11 (151.9544) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 30 (163.4400) | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2025 | September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 4 / 26 (308.5600) | 5 (152) | 4 (156.5600) | — | — |
| May 16, 2025 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN | — | — | 13 (170.2744) | — | — |