Big Racks BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#446

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1689

peak 1690 · rated over 59 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-10-07

latest 2026-08-28

Best ToY finish

#77

Backyard 2024

Grand champs

5 reserve

Category wins

27 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 81 contests

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

705.7032 / 720

Master · Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1)

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

337.55 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 338.32 (-0.76)

Walk rate

72%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest

Consistency

±8.51

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.85)

Road miles

12,112

mi across 81 mapped stops · furthest 991 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$471K

listed at 68 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

GCs in 41 state-championship entries

Master avg

681.35 / 720

27 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard avg

338.32 / 360

33 Backyard contests · 3 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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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Storylines (22 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

0.5716 points from the title

Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at 10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest (2026-07-24).

Among the elite

#446 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 7% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1689 puts them #446 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 7% of the field.

rating 1689
peak 1690
59 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×3
Pork ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) (2025-06-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD).

2023-06-10

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships here

American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 1st
average top 15%

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) (2025-06-27).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

72% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 58 of 81 contests

A top-10 category call in 72% of their 81 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

705.7032 career-best overall

98.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.7032 at Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) — 98.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-06-27

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 41 entries at contests carrying the title.

41 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Furlongs Smoke & Seafood has finished one call ahead of Big Racks BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 3 Grand Championships

2023 was the year it came together: 19 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

19 contests
12 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

28–9 behind in the head-to-head

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead in 76% of their meetings

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 37 shared contests.

A strong matchup

18–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of UGLY BABY BBQ in 18 of their 20 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Minnesota in May (Masters) (2022-05-13).

last seen 2019-05-10
back 2022-05-13

Pork nemesis

16 of 25 shared pork entries lost

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT DADDY'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 25 shared pork entries.

Always the bridesmaid

5 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 5 times against 4 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

4 Grand Championships
81 contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Porket About It has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A March team

Top 19% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 19% across 5 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.

5 March contests
top 35% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,112 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,112 miles across 81 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 991 miles to Char-Broil Challenge.

81 mapped stops
furthest 991 mi

The metronome

±2.13% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.3% of a perfect score
81 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 1st

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

BBQ Pit Bros

#445 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1693

13–8 in 21 shared contests (62% to Big Racks BBQ)

These two have cooked 21 of the same contests — Big Racks BBQ ahead 13–8 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE

#444 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1710

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Big Racks BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 64 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

ROAST BEAST BBQ

#442 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1713

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Big Racks BBQ has cooked, 54 to 81, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 54 contests
last seen 2023-11-17

⚔ Head-to-head

LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER

#441 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 67
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1731

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1731 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 67 contests
last seen 2019-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

PUDDLEDUCK BBQ

#443 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1692

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 36 contests, alongside a 64% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2026-08-15
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Curly Bird BBQ

#440 of the rated field

1689 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1707

2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to Big Racks BBQ)

They turned up 6 years after Big Racks BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	37	8	28	22%	⚔ compare
Sensuous BBQ	34	12	21	35%	⚔ compare
DAWGS BBQ	31	13	17	42%	⚔ compare
Sugar Shack	29	19	10	66%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	27	13	13	48%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	26	14	12	54%	⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
Big Ten Bones	25	12	13	48%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY GQ	25	11	14	44%	⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ	25	8	17	32%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	25	5	20	20%	⚔ compare
FENDER BENDER BBQ	24	9	14	38%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	23	17	6	74%	⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ	21	16	4	76%	⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ	21	15	6	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	62	29	4	10	180.0000 🔥	156.5372	170.61	top 38%
Pork Ribs	73	41	0	7	176.5600	148.4912	168.85	top 42%
Pork	29	13	3	5	180.0000 🔥	161.0856	171.04	top 43%
Brisket	27	9	0	5	177.1428	142.2172	169.97	top 42%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MN	19	0	top 37%
IA	15	1	top 33%
WI	14	2	top 36%
MO	6	1	top 18%
TN	2	0	top 79%
KS	1	0	top 14%
SD	1	0	top 30%
NE	1	0	top 44%
AR	1	0	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	12	2	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	28	1	top 35%
Large (40+)	20	1	top 35%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	4	1	1	top 26%	2026-06-13
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	4	6	0	top 41%	2026-06-12
Minnesota in May	4	7	0	top 27%	2026-05-08
Iowa State BBQ Championship	4	8	0	top 35%	2026-04-03
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest	3	1	1	top 15%	2025-03-21
MN Masters BBQ	3	3	0	top 31%	2026-08-28
Smokin' in Steele	3	2	0	top 31%	2025-05-30
Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	10	0	top 46%	2024-09-07
Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	9	0	top 56%	2024-08-17
Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	2	0	top 30%	2024-06-21
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD)	2	8	0	top 24%	2023-10-28
Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD)	2	4	0	top 37%	2023-10-15
Minnesota in May (Backyard)	2	20	0	top 56%	2022-05-13

The story so far (22 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.9 yrs 2016-10-07 → 2026-08-28

Busiest season 2025 23 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 9 across 9 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 28 of 81 contests · 11 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 37 13 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 73 entries · 0 wins · 41 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.04 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.85)

Walk rate 72% a top-10 call in 58 of 81 contests

Overall top-10 rate 41% 33 of 81 contests

Wins it all 5% 4 Grand Championships · 5 reserve

First title 2023-03-24 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest

Best top-10 run 9 straight contests

Master average 681.35 out of 720 · 27 contests · 1 GC

Backyard average 338.32 out of 360 · 33 contests · 3 GCs

Perfect 180s 4 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,038 2,032–1,054 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 12,112 81 mapped stops · furthest 991 mi

Schedule strength 1579 average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests

Purse competed for $470,885 listed at 68 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 2 from 41 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2019-05-10 → 2022-05-13

Power rating 1689 peak 1690 · #446 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Nov 14 First tracked contest Char-Broil Challenge
2016
Oct 7 First call *BBQ & Blues on the Levee
2022
Aug 5 First overall top-10 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Aug 5 First overall podium B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Aug 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.6684 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 15 10th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
2023
Mar 24 First Grand Championship American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Jun 2 First Reserve Championship Smokin in Steele
Jun 10 First category win (Chicken) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Jun 10 First state championship Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Jun 10 Biggest field won (40 teams) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Oct 13 25th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD)
2025
Mar 21 First perfect 180 (Chicken) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Apr 4 50th tracked contest Iowa State BBQ Championship
Jun 27 First multi-meat day Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1)
Jun 27 Career-best overall score705.7032 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1)
2026
May 1 Peak power rating (1690) SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL)
Aug 28 Most recent contest MN Masters BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest	2023-03-24
+15.7	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2023-06-10
+14.7	Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1)	2025-06-27
+14.6	B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)	2022-08-05
+13.5	Smokin in Steele	2023-06-02

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Smokin' in Steele	2025-05-30
-9.3	Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY)	2024-07-05
-9.1	Minnesota in May	2026-05-08
-8.9	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2026-06-12
-7.6	Minnesota in May (Backyard)	2022-05-13

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	13	0	4	1	69%	top 37%	97.9%	95.2%
2025	23	1	7	4	65%	top 36%	98%	94.8%
2024	16	0	8	0	75%	top 43%	96%	93.7%
2023	19	3	12	2	84%	top 22%	97.5%	95%
2022	6	0	2	0	67%	top 43%	94.9%	92.6%
2019	1	0	0	0	100%	top 35%	86%	86%
2017	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2016	1	0	0	0	100%	top 62%	89.3%	89.3%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-08-28	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	6 / 22 (687.9312)	11 (170.8456)	16 (167.3828)	7 (173.1200)	2 (176.5828)
2026-07-31	Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA	11 / 26 (686.1712)	4 (177.7028)	21 (166.8228)	3 (176.5600)	21 (165.0856)
2026-07-24	10th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	2 / 17 (705.1200)	4 (180.0000)	14 (167.9772)	1 (180.0000)	2 (177.1428)
2026-07-10	KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN	—	—	10 (161.0972)	—	—
2026-07-10	KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2026-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	9 / 37 (688.4684)	28 (169.1200)	13 (171.9772)	3 (177.7028)	19 (169.6684)
2026-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	27 / 40 (666.1372)	32 (165.6800)	36 (162.8000)	35 (161.0972)	2 (176.5600)
2026-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	8 (174.2860)	—	—
2026-05-22	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	—	40 (171.9772)	—	—	—
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	41 / 77 (678.2168)	21 (174.2972)	52 (166.8112)	72 (162.2628)	13 (174.8456)
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	15 (169.7260)	—	—
2026-05-01	SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) 🏅 Cambridge, IA	5 / 17 (689.6228)	6 (176.5600)	16 (169.6800)	8 (174.2628)	13 (169.1200)
2026-04-03	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	18 / 42 (680.4684)	11 (174.8456)	9 (173.7144)	34 (166.2400)	29 (165.6684)
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	57 / 401 (694.2744)	88 (174.2628)	174 (170.2744)	14 (178.8572)	125 (170.8800)
2025-09-19	Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	3 / 26 (693.6344)	10 (174.2628)	10 (169.6916)	4 (176.5600)	6 (173.1200)
2025-08-29	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD	13 / 44 (685.0972)	12 (173.7144)	28 (167.4172)	19 (171.4172)	11 (172.5484)
2025-08-22	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	14 / 26 (669.0516)	23 (156.5372)	10 (169.6800)	19 (166.8344)	3 (176.0000)
2025-07-25	9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	20 / 31 (669.0288)	22 (165.6800)	18 (166.8344)	13 (169.6800)	16 (166.8344)
2025-07-11	KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN	6 / 26 (682.7884)	3 (175.4056)	4 (170.8344)	17 (168.0228)	15 (168.5256)
2025-07-11	KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN	—	—	5 (173.1200)	—	—
2025-06-27	Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA	1 / 15 (705.7032)	1 (180.0000)	4 (173.1316)	1 (178.8572)	6 (173.7144)
2025-06-27	Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA	—	—	5 (173.1200)	—	—
2025-06-20	Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	10 / 25 (683.9088)	13 (169.6800)	8 (170.8344)	13 (171.9772)	11 (171.4172)
2025-06-14	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	16 / 36 (679.9204)	13 (173.1316)	20 (168.5372)	11 (170.2744)	18 (167.9772)
2025-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	7 (173.1200)	—	—
2025-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	21 / 36 (670.7200)	6 (174.2628)	34 (157.6688)	10 (173.7028)	28 (165.0856)
2025-05-30	Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	19 / 28 (671.3256)	21 (167.9772)	20 (167.3828)	17 (168.5600)	17 (167.4056)
2025-05-16	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	10 / 33 (685.6456)	12 (174.8572)	2 (176.5600)	30 (162.8228)	9 (171.4056)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	19 / 58 (685.6688)	11 (175.4172)	47 (165.1316)	42 (168.5600)	5 (176.5600)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	27 (166.8228)	—	—
2025-04-04	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	21 / 49 (677.6228)	33 (165.6800)	9 (173.1200)	35 (165.7144)	11 (173.1084)
2025-03-21	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	2 / 33 (351.9772)	1 (180.0000)	12 (171.9772)	—	—
2025-03-21	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO	2 (177.7028)	—	—	—	—
2025-02-21	Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN	21 / 42 (672.4456)	17 (170.8228)	34 (160.5372)	9 (172.5484)	21 (168.5372)
2025-01-24	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	14 / 32 (676.4804)	21 (165.1088)	23 (165.1316)	1 (177.7028)	13 (168.5372)
2024-09-07	Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN	10 / 18 (326.2400)	15 (162.8228)	6 (163.4172)	—	—
2024-08-23	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	3 / 27 (690.8576)	9 (170.8228)	10 (170.8804)	9 (172.5600)	2 (176.5944)
2024-08-17	Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN	10 / 18 (334.2400)	13 (166.8456)	6 (167.3944)	—	—
2024-07-12	Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Miles, IA	6 / 11 (343.3944)	6 (171.9656)	7 (171.4288)	4 (173.1200)	—
2024-07-05	Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI	11 / 16 (331.9084)	11 (162.2284)	7 (169.6800)	—	—
2024-06-21	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	8 / 17 (333.1656)	7 (167.4628)	9 (165.7028)	—	—
2024-06-08	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	12 / 37 (335.9084)	14 (166.2284)	6 (169.6800)	—	—
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	10 / 41 (338.8116)	15 (168.5372)	9 (170.2744)	—	—
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	5 (170.8344)	—	—
2024-05-31	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	6 / 32 (333.0856)	7 (162.8228)	7 (170.2628)	—	—
2024-05-25	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN	38 / 47 (337.0744)	44 (165.0972)	19 (171.9772)	—	—
2024-05-24	6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN	90 / 118 (677.0168)	112 (164.5484)	6 (176.5600)	56 (171.9656)	96 (163.9428)
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	7 / 58 (343.9656)	15 (170.2628)	5 (173.7028)	7 (167.9772)	—
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	15 (170.8572)	—	—
2024-03-29	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	15 / 42 (339.3484)	18 (169.6684)	12 (169.6800)	—	—
2024-03-22	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	11 / 31 (342.2516)	13 (171.4172)	11 (170.8344)	—	—
2023-10-28	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Oak Grove, MO	—	22 (168.5372)	—	—	—
2023-10-28	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	8 / 40 (344.0116)	6 (173.7372)	8 (170.2744)	—	—
2023-10-27	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	13 / 47 (335.9200)	11 (169.6800)	14 (166.2400)	—	—
2023-10-15	Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI	4 / 24 (346.2516)	6 (174.2628)	6 (171.9888)	—	—
2023-10-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	12 / 21 (334.2516)	10 (169.7028)	15 (164.5488)	—	—
2023-10-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	3 (175.4056)	—	—
2023-09-15	Cranberry Country Rally Days Backyard BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Tomah, WI	1 / 8 (348.0000)	1 (174.2628)	2 (173.7372)	—	—
2023-09-09	Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN	11 / 30 (338.2284)	9 (170.8228)	15 (167.4056)	—	—
2023-08-19	Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN	9 / 16 (333.6684)	2 (173.7028)	11 (159.9656)	—	—
2023-07-21	Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN	5 / 15 (340.5144)	9 (168.5372)	3 (171.9772)	—	—
2023-06-23	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	2 / 15 (345.7028)	2 (174.8456)	4 (170.8572)	—	—
2023-06-10	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	1 / 40 (350.8688)	1 (175.4172)	2 (175.4516)	—	—
2023-06-09	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	6 / 43 (338.8000)	3 (171.9656)	9 (166.8344)	—	—
2023-06-09	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	8 (169.6800)	—	—
2023-06-02	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	2 / 29 (346.3200)	6 (170.3200)	3 (176.0000)	—	—
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	7 / 59 (340.5256)	11 (169.1200)	7 (171.4056)	—	—
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN	—	—	29 (163.9428)	—	—
2023-03-31	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	8 / 47 (337.6916)	8 (168.5600)	11 (169.1316)	—	—
2023-03-24	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	1 / 37 (348.5372)	3 (173.1200)	2 (175.4172)	—	—
2022-10-15	Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI	12 / 20 (335.9316)	14 (166.2516)	6 (169.6800)	—	—
2022-10-14	Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI	5 / 22 (338.2628)	3 (173.7372)	13 (164.5256)	—	—
2022-08-05	B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN	3 / 21 (341.6684)	5 (171.9656)	6 (169.7028)	—	—
2022-05-13	Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN	29 / 38 (318.2632)	12 (167.4516)	36 (150.8116)	—	—
2022-05-13	Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN	—	—	9 (168.5716)	—	—
2022-05-13	Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2019-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅	20 / 57 (309.6456)	10 (161.1544)	28 (148.4912)	—	—
2017-06-02	*Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN	—	—	—	—	—
2016-10-07	*BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	13 / 21 (643.2572)	5 (171.9772)	8 (167.9772)	15 (161.0856)	19 (142.2172)
2014-11-14	Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	—	—	—	—	—

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#122 (1056 pts)	#136 (1071 pts)	#146 (1056 pts)	#93 (1211 pts)	#88 (1206 pts)
2025 ↗	Backyard	#182 (258 pts)	#176 (283 pts)	#310 (123 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	#123 (1448 pts)	#113 (1500 pts)	#100 (1678 pts)	#86 (1592 pts)	#114 (1473 pts)
2024 ↗	Backyard	#77 (734 pts)	#90 (667 pts)	#60 (841 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	#593 (287 pts)	#777 (197 pts)	#410 (588 pts)	#771 (197 pts)	#593 (312 pts)
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#10 (1247 pts)	#20 (1185 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	#1291 (68 pts)	#525 (435 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#80 (618 pts)	#83 (635 pts)	—	—