Rocky Top BBQ
Rocky Top BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 24th of 30 at the Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2025
latest Mar 27, 2026
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.42 · weakest Chicken (159.96)
Road miles
56
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
323.38 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 155.9772 | 159.96 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8684 | 155.9772 | 163.42 | top 64% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.8456 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score326.8456 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8684 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
20251 milestone
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 33 / 43 (326.8456) | 40 (155.9772) | 16 (170.8684) | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 24 / 30 (319.9200) | 20 (163.9428) | 27 (155.9772) | — | — |