RIBDICULOUS BBQ
RIBDICULOUS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 22 at the Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019). They finished #2781 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2781 (59 pts) | #1734 (134 pts) | #2809 (59 pts) | #2794 (59 pts) | #2785 (59 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 165.1200 | 168.26 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 155.3600 | 161.38 | top 63% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 155.9428 | 155.94 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8572 | 150.8572 | 150.86 | top 94% |
“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
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5144 Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY)
20174 milestones
- First tracked contest Jack Town Throw Down
- First call Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best overall score633.5656 Jack Town Throw Down
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 Jack Town Throw Down
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2019 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) Meridian, MS | 8 / 22 (332.5144) | 11 (165.1200) | 7 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Jack Town Throw Down Jackson, MS | 31 / 34 (633.5656) | 10 (171.4056) | 32 (155.3600) | 33 (155.9428) | 32 (150.8572) |