The heartbreaker
4.0456
points from the title
Came within 4.0456 points of the Grand Championship at Torry Island BBQ Showdown (Mar 21, 2025).
Pompano Pit Kings
Pompano Pit Kings is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1545
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2024
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
2 reserve
Category wins
3
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 6%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.54
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.43 · weakest Chicken (169.12)
Road miles
4
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
340.54 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 1 GC
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 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 171.4056 | 167.9656 | 169.12 | top 7% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 176.0228 | 163.4060 | 171.43 | top 8% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 6% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
First title
Mar 1, 2024
Torry Island BBQ Showdown
Opponents faced
79
finished ahead 108 times, behind 4
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Mar 1, 2024 → Mar 21, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0228 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1545) Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
20251 milestone
- First Reserve Championship Torry Island BBQ Showdown
202410 milestones
- First tracked contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First call Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Chicken) Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First overall podium Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First Grand Championship Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First state championship Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First multi-meat day Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.2628 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score346.2628 Torry Island BBQ Showdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 2 / 34 (343.9884) | 4 (167.9656) | 3 (176.0228) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 2 / 26 (331.3832) | 1 (167.9772) | 3 (163.4060) | — | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 1 / 21 (346.2628) | 1 (171.4056) | 1 (174.8572) | — | — |