Their season
2022
their best year
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 40%
CHUCK'S BBQ
CHUCK'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 19th of 53 at the BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (2022). They finished #2494 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 11, 2014
latest Mar 26, 2022 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.94)
Road miles
786
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 786 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
471.45 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
452.82 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2494 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2537 (71 pts) | #2549 (71 pts) | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7716 | 150.2400 | 153.52 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3088 | 143.4172 | 148.94 | top 49% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 144.5484 | 156.57 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 40% | Mar 26, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 66 times, behind 123
Longest layoff
8 yrs
Apr 11, 2014 → Mar 25, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5600 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Peak power rating (1492) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
- Career-best overall score471.4516 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 25, 2022 |
| +1.4 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 26, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Apr 11, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 86.2% | 83.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 65.5% | 65.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 22 / 50 (439.8972) | 21 (150.2400) | 21 (145.1088) | 21 (144.5484) | — |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 19 / 53 (465.7488) | 19 (157.7716) | 20 (143.4172) | 13 (164.5600) | — |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2014 | 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO | 46 / 46 (471.4516) | 42 (152.5372) | 31 (158.3088) | 29 (160.6056) | — |