A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Lil T's BBQ
Lil T's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 27th of 54 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Lil - T's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest Sep 8, 2022 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.58
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.56 · weakest Pork (147.87)
Road miles
109
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
309.47 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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.
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Lil T's BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 153 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than Lil T's BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Lil T's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Fewer contests behind them than Lil T's BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
They turned up 5 years after Lil T's BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#3,918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than Lil T's BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than Lil T's BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 151.9428 | 158.83 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 152.5488 | 155.53 | top 78% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.8740 | 147.8740 | 147.87 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 164.5600 | 164.56 | top 50% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 101% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 91% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
233
finished ahead 128 times, behind 215
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1497) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20182 milestones
- Career-best overall score641.4968 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1200 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| -7 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival | Sep 14, 2018 |
| -2.4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 117% | 86% | 86% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 41 / 35 (309.6688) | 34 (157.1200) | 40 (152.5488) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 32 / 49 (306.2056) | 33 (151.9428) | 29 (154.2628) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 27 / 54 (312.5252) | 24 (157.1540) | 36 (155.3712) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | 27 / 32 (641.4968) | 18 (169.1200) | 23 (159.9428) | 32 (147.8740) | 16 (164.5600) |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |