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Flaps Up BBQ

Flaps Up BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1536 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,536
of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1562
peak 1577 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

13
in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2019
latest Mar 7, 2025 · 5.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#146
Backyard 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

3
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
62% of 13 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%
overall standings

Best overall

507.9428 / 540
Backyard · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

313.37 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 322.41 (-9.04)

Walk rate

69%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372
Pork Ribs · The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±43.36
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.30)

Road miles

1,665
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi

Schedule strength

48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$153K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

322.41 / 360
11 Backyard contests · 1 GC

Backyard (3-meat) avg

499.63 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, 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.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

22-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 78 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) (May 3, 2024) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 22-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, RIBLIFE.

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

9–2 behind in the head-to-head

LEE LA Q ahead in 82% of their meetings

LEE LA Q has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.85 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 54% of the time against 54%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 156.30
  • Chicken avg 168.15
  • 7 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Holy Smokers in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

LEE LA Q ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LEE LA Q has out-cooked them in 7 of 11 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±11.15% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±11.15% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 90.0% of a perfect score
  • best 98.7%

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Backyard #411 (55 pts) #296 (125 pts) #416 (55 pts) — —
2024 ↗ Backyard #146 (398 pts) #163 (358 pts) #110 (538 pts) — —
2022 ↗ Backyard — #106 (418 pts) #128 (318 pts) — —
2021 ↗ Backyard — #126 (228 pts) #119 (228 pts) — —
2020 ↗ Backyard — #27 (471 pts) #25 (461 pts) — —

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Flaps Up BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Sweet Bayou BBQ
#1,534 of the rated field
1562 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
2
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1562

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Oct 24, 2025
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EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM
#1,550 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
1
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1568

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Flaps Up BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 14 contests
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DEAD PIG WALKING
#1,537 of the rated field
1562 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1565

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Mar 29, 2019
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HOGGERQ
#1,528 of the rated field
1562 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
64%
Peak
1562

Level with Flaps Up BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Aug 19, 2023
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Hog Diesel
#1,545 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1561

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Oct 7, 2022
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Free Range Friends BBQ
#1,530 of the rated field
1562 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1562

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Oct 7, 2022
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
RIBLIFE 11 6 5 55% ⚔ compare
LEE LA Q 11 2 9 18% ⚔ compare
RAMMER JAMMER BBQ 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
Holy Smokers 8 6 2 75% ⚔ compare
Groundhog Smokers 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover 7 3 4 43% ⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
LEM'S MEAT VARNISH 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
HELL ON SQUEALS 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
PERFECTLY BLENDED 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
The Real Squeal BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 13 7 1 3 177.7028 150.7888 168.15 top 36%
Pork Ribs 13 7 2 3 177.7372 20 156.30 top 46%
Pork 4 2 0 0 173.7028 158.8000 166.83 top 39%

“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

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)21top 38%
Medium (20–39)90top 45%
Large (40+)20top 31%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AL111top 41%
MS10top 25%
FL10top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) 4 2 0 top 40% Mar 7, 2025
Poosa Q 2 5 0 top 31% May 5, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2020 4 contests
Contests a season 2.2 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AL 11 of 13 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 9 2 of them more than once
First title May 3, 2024 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
Opponents faced 337 finished ahead 321 times, behind 220
Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Oct 21, 2022 → Mar 9, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
20243 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. Peak power rating (1577) The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
20213 milestones
  1. First overall podium Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. First Reserve Championship Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. Career-best overall score507.9428 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
20195 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Poosa-Q
  2. First call Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. First category win (Chicken) Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. First overall top-10 Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.2516 Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.9Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)Mar 12, 2021
+15.7Poosa QMay 5, 2022
+15.3The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)May 3, 2024
+11.7Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY)Oct 11, 2019
+10.8Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)Oct 21, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.1Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)Mar 7, 2025
-6.3Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard ContestSep 25, 2020
-4.8Smoke on the FallsApr 8, 2022
-3.2Bonifay All American Smoker CompetitionOct 2, 2020
-1.3Poosa-QJun 14, 2019

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 93% 52.5% 52.5%
20242122 100% top 21% 98.7% 96.1%
20223020 67% top 41% 95.4% 94%
20211010 100% top 7% 94.1% 94.1%
20204020 75% top 50% 94% 92%
20192011 50% top 37% 94% 90.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Mar 7, 2025 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL 28 / 30 (189.1200) 11 (169.1200) 29 (20) 16 (165.7028) —
May 3, 2024 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Mobile, AL 1 / 10 (355.4400) 2 (177.7028) 1 (177.7372) — —
Mar 9, 2024 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL 9 / 28 (336.5828) 11 (164.5484) 1 (172.0344) 5 (173.7028) —
Oct 21, 2022 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS 7 / 28 (343.4056) 9 (171.4284) 7 (171.9772) — —
May 5, 2022 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 5 / 72 (342.2972) 6 (173.7372) 17 (168.5600) — —
Apr 8, 2022 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 31 / 34 (329.0744) 16 (168.5372) 39 (160.5372) — —
Mar 12, 2021 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL 2 / 28 (507.9428) 3 (174.2628) 3 (174.8800) 19 (158.8000) —
Oct 2, 2020 Bonifay All American Smoker Competition 🏅 Bonifay, FL 12 / 18 (336) 9 (167.3828) 13 (168.6172) — —
Sep 25, 2020 Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL 17 / 23 (323.3372) 15 (163.9544) 17 (159.3828) — —
Mar 13, 2020 Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL 6 / 23 (491.3256) 15 (159.3828) 7 (162.8228) 4 (169.1200) —
Feb 21, 2020 Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL 8 / 25 (338.2288) 7 (170.8344) 10 (167.3944) — —
Oct 11, 2019 Butlerfest 2019 (BACKYARD ONLY) Butler, AL 4 / 20 (338.2516) 1 (174.2628) 10 (163.9888) — —
Jun 14, 2019 Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 26 / 48 (314.7316) 29 (150.7888) 20 (163.9428) — —

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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