Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #3815 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
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.
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #188 (259 pts) | #196 (259 pts) | #192 (259 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1056 (117 pts) | #1116 (117 pts) | #956 (171 pts) | #1103 (117 pts) | #1095 (117 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #917 (120 pts) | #773 (195 pts) | #1023 (120 pts) | #924 (130 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |
The teams rated closest to Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
130 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Fewer contests behind them than Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersThey were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Hump's Haven Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORKRASTINATORS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ BUS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE U | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| iBQ'n | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 150.9032 | 162.59 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 152.5144 | 160.77 | top 72% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 159.9884 | 163.96 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 143.8972 | 151.92 | top 90% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 1 | top 30% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 40% | Sep 15, 2023 |
| Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) | 2 | 30 | 0 | top 95% | Jun 25, 2022 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 8, 2024 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) | Jun 25, 2021 |
| -9.9 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) | Jun 24, 2022 |
| -6.6 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) | Jun 25, 2022 |
| -1.8 | Route 66 Smoke Out | May 1, 2021 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 89.2% | 88.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 11% | 97.3% | 97.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 89% | 88.2% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 69% | 91.3% | 90.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2024 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) Sycamore, IL | 1 / 9 (350.2972) | 1 (175.4400) | 1 (174.8572) | 6 (159.9884) | — |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 5 / 17 (682.7656) | 3 (176.5600) | 15 (162.8344) | — | — |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 30 / 32 (640.9256) | 28 (165.0972) | 28 (162.8344) | 25 (164.5256) | 32 (148.4684) |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 35 / 36 (629.5088) | 36 (154.8000) | 29 (162.2516) | 32 (161.0972) | 33 (151.3600) |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs Belvidere, IL | — | — | 24 (155.9084) | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 9 / 18 (655.3716) | 16 (154.8116) | 9 (162.8572) | — | — |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 45 / 49 (632.9712) | 39 (159.4056) | 38 (160.5484) | 24 (169.1200) | 48 (143.8972) |
| May 1, 2021 | Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL | 29 / 44 (657.5656) | 10 (172) | 34 (156.5144) | 24 (165.0856) | 31 (163.9656) |
| — | Saluting With Smoke (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 25 / 38 (481.7716) | 29 (154.2628) | 26 (156.5716) | — | — |
| — | Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 18 / 22 (631.3832) | 21 (150.9032) | 17 (152.5144) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.