High-water mark
666.1600
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1600 at Smoke in the Spring — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 7, 2023
Twins BBQ
Twins BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 29th of 59 at the Minnesota in May (2023). They finished #1255 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Twin's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 5, 2018
latest May 12, 2023 · 4.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.13 · weakest Brisket (149.42)
Road miles
651
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.07 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.30 / 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.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 137.7028 | 154.07 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 141.7256 | 158.13 | top 70% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 138.2856 | 152.85 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 130.2744 | 149.42 | top 74% |
“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.
By field size and state
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
219
finished ahead 69 times, behind 167
Longest layoff
4.5 yrs
Oct 5, 2018 → Apr 7, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1600 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best overall score666.1600 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.5600 Smoke in the Spring
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest SMOKEToBERFEST
- Peak power rating (1488) SMOKEToBERFEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | SMOKEToBERFEST | Oct 5, 2018 |
| -1.5 | Smoke in the Spring | Apr 7, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 92.5% | 91% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 76.1% | 76.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 29 / 59 (322.2972) | 25 (160.5828) | 25 (161.7144) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 34 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 73 / 103 (666.1600) | 81 (163.9312) | 67 (166.2516) | 63 (167.4172) | 53 (168.5600) |
| Oct 5, 2018 | SMOKEToBERFEST Ottumwa, IA | 40 / 40 (547.9884) | 40 (137.7028) | 39 (141.7256) | 40 (138.2856) | 39 (130.2744) |