Their season
2017
their best year
2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 24%.
- 3 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 1 category win
- average top 24%
B&K BBQ
B&K BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 6th of 18 at the Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown (2017). They finished #164 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BK BBQ” and “BKBBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 10, 2017
latest Apr 26, 2019 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170 · weakest Chicken (156.83)
Road miles
4,116
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 2,057 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
643.41 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
304.59 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #164 (1,188 pts) | #189 (1,123 pts) | #167 (1,218 pts) | #160 (1,208 pts) | #105 (1,463 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #433 (421 pts) | #610 (276 pts) | #431 (486 pts) | #322 (641 pts) | #391 (516 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #746 (106 pts) | #838 (86 pts) | #551 (196 pts) | #805 (96 pts) | #656 (131 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #887 (344 pts) | #846 (394 pts) | #816 (434 pts) | #800 (434 pts) | #913 (354 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to B&K BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
B&K BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 80 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with B&K BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before B&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before B&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 155.9428 | 156.83 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 170.2628 | 169.7372 | 170 | top 7% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7256 | 154.2856 | 158.01 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160.0228 | 157.1200 | 158.57 | 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 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 5 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
115
finished ahead 70 times, behind 54
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
20177 milestones
- First tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
- First call Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score647.9540 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2628 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1520) Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival | Jun 10, 2017 |
| +7.3 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | Aug 12, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition | Apr 26, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 24% | 90% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2019 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA | 23 / 32 (304.5944) | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 12, 2017 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 6 / 18 (638.8684) | 13 (157.7256) | 1 (169.7372) | 12 (154.2856) | 6 (157.1200) |
| Jun 10, 2017 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton | 6 / 39 (647.9540) | 22 (155.9428) | 3 (170.2628) | 7 (161.7256) | 8 (160.0228) |
| Apr 28, 2017 | 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA | — | — | — | — | — |