High-water mark
676.4684
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4684 at Smoking in the Woods — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 22, 2016
Big and Bigger BBQ
Big and Bigger BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 18 at the Smoking in the Woods (2016).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 22, 2016
latest Sep 11, 2021 · 5.1 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.48 · weakest Pork (159.40)
Road miles
68
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$1,225
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
647.93 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
314.31 / 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 153.7028 | 160.94 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 154.8460 | 162.48 | top 50% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 151.3944 | 159.40 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 152 | 160.56 | top 63% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
47
finished ahead 15 times, behind 35
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
Jul 7, 2017 → Sep 11, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
20167 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoking in the Woods
- First call Smoking in the Woods
- First overall top-10 Smoking in the Woods
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.4684 Smoking in the Woods
- Career-best overall score676.4684 Smoking in the Woods
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Smoking in the Woods
- Peak power rating (1511) Smoking in the Woods
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2021 | So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO | 8 / 10 (314.3088) | 8 (153.7028) | 5 (160.6060) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 25 / 25 (619.3832) | 23 (161.1428) | 22 (154.8460) | 24 (151.3944) | 23 (152) |
| Jul 22, 2016 | Smoking in the Woods Kingdom City, MO | 5 / 18 (676.4684) | 11 (167.9656) | 2 (171.9772) | 9 (167.4056) | 6 (169.1200) |