Bearded Dudes Smokin' Meats
Bearded Dudes Smokin' Meats is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 381st of 444 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024). They finished #1065 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 30, 2024
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (146.22)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$136K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
565.66 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.0344 | 157.6916 | 166.86 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5488 | 154.8460 | 157.70 | top 88% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 163.9884 | 167.99 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2172 | 146.2172 | 146.22 | top 93% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 381 | 0 | top 92% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
565
finished ahead 68 times, behind 775
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 30, 2024 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score636.4576 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 396 / 401 (494.8688) | 48 (176.0344) | 374 (154.8460) | 306 (163.9884) | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 381 / 444 (636.4576) | 393 (157.6916) | 369 (160.5488) | 124 (172) | 412 (146.2172) |