High-water mark
669.5884
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.5884 at Cruisin' and BBQin' — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 31, 2026
Barefoot BBQ
Barefoot BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 28 at the Smokin' in Steele (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2023
latest Jul 31, 2026 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.77
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.11 · weakest Pork (164.54)
Road miles
320
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.59 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.09 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 165.0856 | 170.41 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 158.2972 | 166.15 | top 56% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 164.5372 | 164.54 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 173.1084 | 173.11 | top 27% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
139
finished ahead 94 times, behind 85
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Aug 19, 2023 → May 30, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Peak power rating (1517) Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score669.5884 Cruisin' and BBQin'
- Most recent contest Cruisin' and BBQin'
20251 milestone
- First overall top-10 Smokin' in Steele
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.4172 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Smokin' in Steele | May 30, 2025 |
| +7.8 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 3, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Cruisin' and BBQin' | Jul 31, 2026 |
| -3.8 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 19, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 60% | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA | 22 / 26 (669.5884) | 23 (165.0856) | 20 (166.8572) | 23 (164.5372) | 7 (173.1084) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 15 / 42 (340.5144) | 17 (170.8228) | 12 (169.6916) | — | — |
| May 30, 2025 | Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 6 / 28 (342.3316) | 3 (172.5944) | 10 (169.7372) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 12 / 16 (331.4172) | 3 (173.1200) | 13 (158.2972) | — | — |