KNOW BS BBQ
KNOW BS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 6th of 7 at the Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019). They finished #2761 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “KNOW B-S BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Walk rate
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2761 (57 pts) | #2758 (57 pts) | #2762 (57 pts) | #1925 (122 pts) | #2757 (57 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146.2400 | 138.4000 | 142.32 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 141.6456 | 138.8344 | 140.24 | top 93% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7028 | 161.7028 | 161.70 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.3488 | 127.3488 | 127.35 | top 100% |
“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
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First call Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Lehigh Valley QueFest
- Career-best overall score576.9372 Lehigh Valley QueFest
- Career-best single call (Pork)161.7028 Lehigh Valley QueFest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2019 | Kincaid Fair Backyard BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Kincaid, KS | 6 / 7 (277.2344) | 6 (138.4000) | 6 (138.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Lehigh Valley QueFest Allentown, PA | 29 / 32 (576.9372) | 27 (146.2400) | 32 (141.6456) | 12 (161.7028) | 32 (127.3488) |