The heartbreaker
0.5484
points from the title
Came within 0.5484 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (Aug 22, 2026).
Slab Daddy
Slab Daddy is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #168 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Aug 22, 2026
their only contest in the data
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 13%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 176.57 · weakest Chicken (173.74)
Purse competed for
$3,400
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #168 (241 pts) | #240 (146 pts) | #181 (241 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 173.7372 | 173.74 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 176.5716 | 176.57 | top 13% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 2 / 16 (350.3088) | 7 (173.7372) | 2 (176.5716) | — | — |