They almost always walk
62%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 62% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Big Baker's BBQ
Big Baker's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 57 at the Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (2022). They are ranked #2235 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
peak 1530 · rated over 12 contests
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2021
latest Nov 14, 2025 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
23% of 13 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.34
last 5 Backyard vs avg 327.09 (+0.24)
Walk rate
62%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.19
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.91)
Road miles
366
across 13 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$121K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.21 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.09 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
486.00 / 540
4 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #368 (60 pts) | #330 (100 pts) | #380 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #158 (361 pts) | #138 (461 pts) | #161 (346 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #214 (196 pts) | #154 (376 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1680 (58 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big Baker's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,242 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1539
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Big Baker's BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Baker's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1532
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1530
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Big Baker's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,223 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1536
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#2,217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1541
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Big Baker's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewbabys BBQ | 12 | 7 | 4 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 10 | 5 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE SLINGERS - GA | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 9 | 6 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 143.8856 | 161.71 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.7260 | 147.3256 | 160.91 | top 45% |
| Pork | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 153.0628 | 162.28 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.0856 | 159.9312 | 162.51 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 43% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 31% | Nov 14, 2025 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 46% | Aug 16, 2024 |
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 67% | Mar 1, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
13 of 13 contests
Contests visited
5
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
13 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
326
finished ahead 399 times, behind 419
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1530) Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20241 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score604.2052 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score505.6228 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2972 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First call Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 18, 2022 |
| +8.2 | Pigs & Peaches | Aug 15, 2025 |
| +7.2 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
| +5.6 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 18, 2023 |
| +3.5 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 19, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 4, 2022 |
| -3.6 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 16, 2024 |
| -1.9 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 20, 2021 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 33% | 92.8% | 92.4% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75% | top 45% | 91.6% | 89.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 32% | 92% | 91.9% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 93.6% | 88.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 22 / 56 (331.3488) | 24 (162.8116) | 18 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 7 / 27 (334.2172) | 5 (169.6800) | 8 (164.5372) | 7 (166.2516) | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 25 / 58 (329.6228) | 17 (168.5372) | 32 (161.0856) | 17 (161.6456) | — |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 15 / 26 (319.3144) | 10 (168.5372) | 17 (150.7772) | 13 (162.8000) | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 13 / 34 (322.1828) | 14 (159.3716) | 11 (162.8112) | 16 (155.9200) | 3 (165.0856) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 23 / 59 (322.7544) | 8 (169.6800) | 29 (153.0744) | 24 (161.6684) | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 18 / 60 (330.2056) | 19 (166.8344) | 19 (163.3712) | 11 (167.3828) | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 9 / 27 (497.0172) | 13 (161.6456) | 3 (173.7260) | 13 (161.6456) | — |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 6 / 57 (505.6228) | 15 (162.8000) | 6 (168.5256) | 2 (174.2972) | — |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 31 (163.9428) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 12 / 30 (474.6860) | 14 (155.3600) | 4 (165.6916) | 17 (153.6344) | — |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 69 / 73 (604.2052) | 70 (143.8856) | 71 (147.3256) | 71 (153.0628) | 56 (159.9312) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 14 / 26 (466.6856) | 19 (151.3828) | 16 (148.4800) | 5 (166.8228) | — |