Giant slayer
41
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES).
- Sep 4, 2025
UMB Bank
UMB Bank is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2024
latest Sep 4, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 3%
overall standings
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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
First title
Sep 12, 2024
Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Opponents faced
52
finished ahead 76 times, behind 0
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Biggest field won (41 teams) Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score177.7144 Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall podium Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First Grand Championship Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score176.5600 Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2025 | Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 1 / 41 (177.7144) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 1 / 37 (176.5600) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.