High-water mark
336.5488
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 336.5488 at American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest — 93.5% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 12, 2021
Bonzai BBQ
Bonzai BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 7th of 24 at the American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Mar 12, 2021
their only contest in the data
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 176.56 · weakest Chicken (159.99)
Purse competed for
$5,300
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #219 (104 pts) | #113 (249 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9888 | 159.9888 | 159.99 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 176.5600 | 176.56 | top 8% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | American Royal Backyard and Steak Contest Kansas City, MO | 7 / 24 (169.1428) | 14 (159.9888) | 2 (176.5600) | — | — |