Young Gun BBQ
Young Gun BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 21 at the Meat Inferno (2025). They finished #1050 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2025
latest Jun 5, 2026
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.96 · weakest Chicken (160.81)
Road miles
32
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
651.23 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6688 | 159.9544 | 160.81 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9660 | 162.8000 | 163.38 | top 83% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 158.2172 | 161.08 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 164.5372 | 165.96 | top 69% |
“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)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score654.0800 McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.3828 McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
- Most recent contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Meat Inferno
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.3892 Meat Inferno
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 24 / 30 (654.0800) | 29 (159.9544) | 27 (162.8000) | 24 (163.9428) | 17 (167.3828) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 17 / 21 (648.3892) | 15 (161.6688) | 16 (163.9660) | 20 (158.2172) | 17 (164.5372) |