Geeks2Meats
Geeks2Meats is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 28 at the Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #361 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2024
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 1.6 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.95)
Road miles
288
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
320.48 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 159.9772 | 160.53 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 159.3716 | 159.95 | top 86% |
“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
Opponents faced
59
finished ahead 9 times, behind 50
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Aug 23, 2024 → Mar 20, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.0856 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score320.5028 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 32 / 33 (320.4572) | 33 (161.0856) | 32 (159.3716) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 20 / 28 (320.5028) | 17 (159.9772) | 21 (160.5256) | — | — |