The comeback
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (May 28, 2021).
- last seen Sep 14, 2018
- back May 28, 2021
EAT_A_COW
EAT_A_COW is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 13th of 20 at the Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #1567 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest May 28, 2021 · 2.7 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 155.66 · weakest Brisket (129.11)
Road miles
71
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 36 mi
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
581.56 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
304 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 148.0572 | 151.83 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155.9428 | 137.6344 | 147.37 | top 80% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 153.0740 | 155.66 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.2972 | 123.9200 | 129.11 | top 95% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 10 times, behind 74
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Sep 14, 2018 → May 28, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships
20182 milestones
- Career-best overall score583.8628 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.8572 America's Finest BBQ State Championship
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2021 | Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA | 25 / 27 (579.2568) | 23 (148.5712) | 26 (148.5256) | 20 (158.2400) | 25 (123.9200) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | America's Finest BBQ State Championship 🏅 San Diego, CA | 39 / 40 (583.8628) | 30 (158.8572) | 40 (137.6344) | 37 (153.0740) | 39 (134.2972) |
| — | Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Spring Valley, CA | 13 / 20 (304) | 14 (148.0572) | 9 (155.9428) | — | — |