Hardwood BBQ 1
Hardwood BBQ 1 is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the Bear-B-Q (2026). They finished #206 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 18, 2025
latest May 1, 2026
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.12 · weakest Chicken (154.81)
Road miles
460
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 460 mi
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
641.02 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
318.16 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2172 | 151.3944 | 154.81 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 161.0856 | 159.9428 | 160.51 | top 48% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 159.4172 | 159.42 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 169.1200 | 169.12 | 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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score641.0172 Buckeye BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1200 Buckeye BBQ Classic
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | Bear-B-Q 🏅 New Bern, NC | 4 / 26 (318.1600) | 4 (158.2172) | 3 (159.9428) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 36 / 40 (641.0172) | 37 (151.3944) | 34 (161.0856) | 37 (159.4172) | 20 (169.1200) |