Big Family BBQ

Big Family BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 48 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (2025).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1526

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 28, 2025

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 1 year on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

687.9656 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±5.56

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.60 · weakest Chicken (168.55)

Road miles

232

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Purse competed for

$80K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

680.17 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

687.9656 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.9656 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 28, 2025

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 48 at their very first tracked contest, Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (Mar 28, 2025).

Mar 28, 2025
48-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	170.8572	166.8228	168.55	top 38%
Pork Ribs	3	1	1	1	180 🔥	166.8228	171.60	top 35%
Pork	3	1	0	0	175.4400	165.7144	169.16	top 38%
Brisket	3	1	0	0	175.4400	165.7028	170.86	top 25%

“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

Busiest season 2025 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 154 finished ahead 132 times, behind 46

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

20262 milestones

Apr 10 Peak power rating (1526) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

20257 milestones

Mar 28 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 First category win (Pork Ribs) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.9656 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 Career-best overall score687.9656 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	17 / 41 (677.1088)	19 (167.9772)	20 (167.9772)	22 (165.7144)	10 (175.4400)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	27 / 92 (675.4284)	19 (170.8572)	51 (166.8228)	49 (166.3200)	11 (171.4284)
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	5 / 48 (687.9656)	22 (166.8228)	1 (180)	4 (175.4400)	19 (165.7028)