The heartbreaker
1.7256
points from the title
Came within 1.7256 points of the Grand Championship at The MoCo Smoke Show (Oct 16, 2026).
Lil Meat, Big Flavor
Lil Meat, Big Flavor is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 15 at The MoCo Smoke Show (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #134 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Lil Meat Big Flavor”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 21, 2026
latest Oct 16, 2026
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.27
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.89 · weakest Chicken (167.59)
Road miles
258
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
337.48 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | #134 (342 pts) | #158 (287 pts) | #127 (437 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2628 | 159.3828 | 167.59 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 167.3944 | 169.89 | top 36% |
“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
Most contests held in
MD
1 of 3 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
98
finished ahead 74 times, behind 52
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202611 milestones
- First tracked contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.1088 Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
- First call First State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2972 First State BBQ Bash
- First category win (Chicken) The MoCo Smoke Show
- First overall top-10 The MoCo Smoke Show
- First overall podium The MoCo Smoke Show
- First Reserve Championship The MoCo Smoke Show
- Career-best overall score341.6572 The MoCo Smoke Show
- Peak power rating (1523) The MoCo Smoke Show
- Most recent contest The MoCo Smoke Show
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | The MoCo Smoke Show Silver Spring, MD | 2 / 15 (341.6572) | 1 (174.2628) | 6 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2026 | First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE | 13 / 39 (333.6800) | 15 (159.3828) | 5 (174.2972) | — | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 14 / 26 (337.1088) | 17 (169.1316) | 14 (167.9772) | — | — |