High-water mark
345.7260
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.7260 at Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) — 96.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 11, 2025
Wit's End
Wit's End is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 9 at the Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #210 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2025
latest Jun 5, 2026
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.39)
Road miles
55
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$5,900
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
336.81 / 360
2 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5944 | 166.2400 | 171.42 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 161.6572 | 165.39 | top 65% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 170.2628 | 170.26 | top 42% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY)
20258 milestones
- First tracked contest Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score345.7260 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score345.7260 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5944 Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Loudoun Rotary BBQ Classic (BACKYARD ONLY) Leesburg, VA | 8 / 12 (327.8972) | 7 (166.2400) | 9 (161.6572) | 5 (170.2628) | — |
| Oct 11, 2025 | Page County Heritage Festival - Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Luray, VA | 3 / 9 (345.7260) | 1 (176.5944) | 5 (169.1316) | — | — |