Rural Rumps BBQ
Rural Rumps BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 17 at the SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) (2026). They finished #335 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Best overall
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Backyard avg
Backyard (4-meat) avg
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #335 (88 pts) | #345 (83 pts) | #342 (98 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2284 | 157.7028 | 157.97 | top 133% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 146.7428 | 153.91 | top 130% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 151.3716 | 155.94 | top 127% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.8972 | 147.8972 | 147.90 | top 165% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score613.3712 SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL)
- Most recent contest SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL)
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.0856 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) 🏅 Cambridge, IA | 13 / 17 (613.3712) | 29 (158.2284) | 31 (146.7428) | 27 (160.5028) | 28 (147.8972) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA | 16 / 18 (318.7884) | 17 (157.7028) | 14 (161.0856) | 17 (151.3716) | — |