The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) (Dec 5, 2025).
- last seen Dec 6, 2019
- back Dec 5, 2025
Kickin' Butt BBQ
Kickin' Butt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 17th of 25 at the COTR BBQ (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Kickin Butt BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Dec 6, 2019
latest Dec 5, 2025 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.80 · weakest Brisket (143.36)
Road miles
445
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 435 mi
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
605.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
306.72 / 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4172 | 150.2172 | 152.82 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 151.9544 | 154.23 | top 92% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 154.8000 | 154.80 | top 124% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3604 | 143.3604 | 143.36 | top 129% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
65
finished ahead 10 times, behind 58
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Dec 6, 2019 → Dec 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score605.5320 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)156.5028 COTR BBQ
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 21 / 21 (605.5320) | 24 (155.4172) | 25 (151.9544) | 26 (154.8000) | 27 (143.3604) |
| Dec 6, 2019 | COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 17 / 25 (306.7200) | 16 (150.2172) | 16 (156.5028) | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC | — | — | — | — | — |