FIRST GUARANTY BANK

FIRST GUARANTY BANK is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 17th of 48 at the Hammond BBQ (2019).

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Rating

1507

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2019

latest Mar 22, 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

289.7716 / 360

Backyard · Hammond BBQ

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

152.6172

Pork Ribs · Hammond BBQ

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 152.62 · weakest Chicken (137.15)

Road miles

across 6 mapped stops

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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FIRST GUARANTY BANK has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it.

SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ

#2,946 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FIRST GUARANTY BANK)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team FIRST GUARANTY BANK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Dec 6, 2019

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Smokin' Good Times

#2,940 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1532

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FIRST GUARANTY BANK)

16 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where FIRST GUARANTY BANK's is still finding its level.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 17, 2024

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Salt and Pepper BBQ

#2,939 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Level with FIRST GUARANTY BANK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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FOUR GUYS PORKIN

#2,962 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 7, 2025

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MOKAN BBQ MOB

#2,968 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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BOSSMAN BAR-B-QUE

#2,970 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before FIRST GUARANTY BANK's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2022

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	0	0	0	137.1544	137.1544	137.15	top 52%
Pork Ribs	1	0	0	0	152.6172	152.6172	152.62	top 25%

“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.

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Contests a season 1 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in LA 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 1 a different one every time

Opponents faced 87 finished ahead 54 times, behind 32

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 21, 2014 → Mar 27, 2015

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20193 milestones

Mar 22 Career-best overall score289.7716 Hammond BBQ
Mar 22 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)152.6172 Hammond BBQ
Mar 22 Most recent contest Hammond BBQ

20141 milestone

Mar 21 First tracked contest Hammond BBQ

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 35%	80.5%	80.5%
2018	1	0%	—	—	—
2017	1	0%	—	—	—
2016	1	0%	—	—	—
2015	1	0%	—	—	—
2014	1	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 22, 2019	Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA	17 / 48 (289.7716)	25 (137.1544)	12 (152.6172)	—	—
Mar 23, 2018	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—

FIRST GUARANTY BANK

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Strongest meat

Road miles

Purse competed for

State championships

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Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)