BBQ HIGH LIFE
BBQ HIGH LIFE is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 40 at the Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (2020). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Master avg
Backyard (3-meat) avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 155.3600 | 158.51 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 163.9544 | 165.39 | top 50% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.4400 | 159.70 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.9316 | 135.9316 | 135.93 | top 100% |
“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)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score620.9944 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland
- Most recent contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8228 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC | 37 / 39 (620.9944) | 32 (161.6684) | 29 (163.9544) | 35 (159.4400) | 39 (135.9316) |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 22 / 40 (482.1372) | 24 (155.3600) | 10 (166.8228) | 19 (159.9544) | — |