BBQT'S
BBQT'S is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 34th of 37 at the Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest (2015). Also listed in KCBS results as “B.B.Q.T.'s”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2015
latest Jan 27, 2023 · 7.4 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.12 · weakest Pork (149.94)
Road miles
1,162
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1,162 mi
Master avg
596.43 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
647.27 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 153.6572 | 158.25 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 149.1200 | 159.12 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9084 | 143.9656 | 149.94 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 149.6916 | 154.54 | top 73% |
“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
Opponents faced
139
finished ahead 38 times, behind 101
Longest layoff
7.4 yrs
Sep 12, 2015 → Jan 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score647.2684 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 35 / 51 (647.2684) | 27 (162.8456) | 24 (169.1200) | 44 (155.9084) | 33 (159.3944) |
| Sep 12, 2015 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 34 / 37 (596.4344) | 30 (153.6572) | 31 (149.1200) | 34 (143.9656) | 30 (149.6916) |