Better Half BBQ
Better Half BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 35 at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 2, 2018
latest Sep 13, 2019 · 1.5 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.95)
Road miles
387
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 387 mi
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
648.41 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.94 / 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 160 | 161.97 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 151.9428 | 153.95 | top 66% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 164.5372 | 164.54 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 163.9772 | 163.98 | top 63% |
“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
Opponents faced
108
finished ahead 49 times, behind 58
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
Mar 2, 2018 → Sep 13, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First call Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
20184 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4116 Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Career-best overall score648.4116 Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5372 Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2019 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 9 / 35 (311.9428) | 7 (160) | 16 (151.9428) | — | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN | 43 / 57 (648.4116) | 35 (163.9428) | 49 (155.9544) | 37 (164.5372) | 36 (163.9772) |