BUBBA LOU'S BBQ
BUBBA LOU'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 35th of 77 at the Minnesota in May (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 9, 2025
latest May 8, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.18)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
298.38 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | 162.8344 | 159.9544 | 161.39 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.4800 | 125.4856 | 141.18 | top 78% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 55% | May 8, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 68 times, behind 152
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best overall score311.3144 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8344 Minnesota in May
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 35 / 77 (285.4400) | 30 (159.9544) | 35 (125.4856) | — | — |
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 47 (144.5144) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 37 / 58 (311.3144) | 30 (162.8344) | 41 (148.4800) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 42 (146.2516) | — | — |