High-water mark
663.4280
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4280 at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 3, 2013
GENERAL BBQ
GENERAL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 25th of 62 at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2013). They finished #1970 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest Jun 11, 2021 · 8.1 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172 · weakest Chicken (160.56)
Road miles
11
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$1,650
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
663.43 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.06 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #1936 (95 pts) | #1687 (140 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1426 | 159.9772 | 160.56 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 165.0856 | 166.26 | top 51% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 172 | 172 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8570 | 162.8570 | 162.86 | top 47% |
“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
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 41 times, behind 50
Longest layoff
8.1 yrs
May 3, 2013 → Jun 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4280 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score663.4280 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)172 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 27 / 31 (325.0628) | 28 (159.9772) | 21 (165.0856) | — | — |
| May 3, 2013 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 25 / 62 (663.4280) | 43 (161.1426) | 21 (167.4284) | 12 (172) | 29 (162.8570) |