Laughing Scotsman BBQ
Laughing Scotsman BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at the City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off (2021). They finished #1029 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
Schedule strength
Purse competed for
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 148 | 157.90 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 144.5716 | 156.74 | top 70% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 161.6684 | 165.13 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5260 | 147.9656 | 152.25 | top 79% |
“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
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4284 Smokin' For Garrett
- Most recent contest Smokin' For Garrett
20214 milestones
- First tracked contest City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- First call City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- Career-best overall score645.5888 City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1497) City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2022 | Smokin' For Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 18 / 27 (460) | 17 (148) | 18 (144.5716) | 11 (167.4284) | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 17 / 25 (638.2172) | 21 (158.8344) | 14 (165.1200) | 12 (166.2972) | 21 (147.9656) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off 🏅 Welch, WV | 11 / 15 (645.5888) | 8 (166.8572) | 13 (160.5372) | 12 (161.6684) | 11 (156.5260) |