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LAZY BACON BBQ

LAZY BACON BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 43 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 468 at the 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019). They are ranked #779 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#779
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1630
peak 1652 · rated over 39 contests

Contests

43
in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 12.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#525
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

5
15 podiums

Overall top-10s

12
28% of 43 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

671.81 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 668.86 (+2.95)

Walk rate

70%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±16.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.42 · weakest Pork (166.07)

Road miles

3,410
across 43 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi

Schedule strength

59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$413K
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.86 / 720
39 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×2
  • Pork ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 4th
  • average top 16%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Big Blue BBQ Championship (Jun 5, 2015).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 30 of 43 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RED OAK BBQ has finished one call ahead of LAZY BACON BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 17%.

  • 5 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 17%
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A tough matchup

18–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 95% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK RADIO 810 in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Big Blue BBQ Championship (Jun 4, 2021).

  • last seen Sep 12, 2019
  • back Jun 4, 2021

Chicken nemesis

14 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 14 of 19 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

UNFAMOUS DAVE'S has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 19% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

  • 3 August contests
  • top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,410 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,410 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 127 miles to When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In.

  • 43 mapped stops
  • furthest 127 mi

The metronome

±2.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.9% of a perfect score
  • 43 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Big Blue BBQ Championship every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

  • 9 visits in all
  • best finish 4th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1182 (60 pts) #1242 (60 pts) #1317 (60 pts) #1231 (60 pts) #1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #788 (178 pts) #513 (393 pts) #810 (228 pts) #744 (208 pts) #932 (143 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #781 (195 pts) #947 (150 pts) #800 (235 pts) #635 (310 pts) #916 (155 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #554 (303 pts) #627 (268 pts) #664 (258 pts) #505 (368 pts) #546 (343 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #822 (354 pts) #995 (284 pts) #1532 (129 pts) #739 (439 pts) #999 (289 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #915 (382 pts) #801 (492 pts) #807 (497 pts) #1073 (332 pts) #880 (437 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #570 (692 pts) #423 (927 pts) #463 (877 pts) #748 (527 pts) #609 (657 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #694 (519 pts) #673 (569 pts) #739 (514 pts) #951 (374 pts) #550 (684 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #525 (729 pts) #512 (749 pts) #938 (384 pts) #756 (494 pts) #440 (864 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #578 (536 pts) #582 (561 pts) #769 (431 pts) #695 (481 pts) #691 (471 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Cotton BBQ
#780 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
0
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1630
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to LAZY BACON BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LAZY BACON BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2026
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WICHITA SWINEMEN
#783 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
1
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1665
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to LAZY BACON BBQ)

They've been 1665 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ
#778 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
1
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1630
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LAZY BACON BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before LAZY BACON BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 15 contests
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EPIC BBQ CRU
#784 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
42
GCs
1
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1631

Careers of much the same size, 42 contests to 43, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Oct 26, 2018
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SMOKEN DUDES BBQ
#781 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
1
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1646

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 24% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
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DE FILOUS
#785 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
61
GCs
2
Top-10s
52%
Peak
1665

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 58 contests
  • last seen Aug 14, 2021
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
THE SMOKING HILLS 24 6 18 25% ⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS 19 7 12 37% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 19 1 18 5% ⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE 17 4 13 24% ⚔ compare
Theslabs.com 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS 15 10 5 67% ⚔ compare
SOCIAL SMOKERS BBQ SQUAD 15 9 6 60% ⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ 15 8 7 53% ⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q 14 6 8 43% ⚔ compare
913 BBQ 14 5 9 36% ⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers 14 5 9 36% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 39 17 3 5 180 🔥 145.1428 168.42 top 40%
Pork Ribs 39 11 0 4 176 151.3600 166.41 top 43%
Pork 39 9 0 3 180 🔥 147.3712 166.07 top 47%
Brisket 39 18 2 3 177.1428 154.2284 167.96 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.

By field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)200top 39%
Large (40+)190top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS340top 39%
MO50top 32%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Big Blue BBQ Championship 9 4 0 top 39% Jun 2, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 50 0 top 35% Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 278 0 top 76% Nov 5, 2025
Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ 2 13 0 top 64% Jul 27, 2018
Sertoma 48 BBQ 2 10 0 top 21% May 8, 2015
When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In 2 4 0 top 16% Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 7 contests
Contests a season 3.6 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 38 of 43 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 25 6 of them more than once
Opponents faced 2,214 finished ahead 3,170 times, behind 2,229
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone
  1. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20231 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1652) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20192 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Chicken) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
  2. Career-best overall score700.5028 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
20181 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge
20152 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff
  2. First multi-meat day Big Blue BBQ Championship
20142 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
  2. First overall podium Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smokin 'n' the Ville
  2. First call Smokin 'n' the Ville
  3. First overall top-10 Smokin 'n' the Ville
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8570 Smokin 'n' the Ville

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly InAug 23, 2013
+13.940th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTESTSep 12, 2019
+13.3Ol' Glory BBQ BashJun 20, 2014
+12.5Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-OffMay 2, 2014
+12.339th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 15, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.137th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Oct 29, 2016
-13American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestOct 30, 2024
-12.4American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021
-9.6Smokin Hot Cars & BBQJul 29, 2016
-8.5American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestNov 5, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20252000 0% top 69% 92.1% 92.1%
20242000 0% top 82% 89.6% 89.6%
20233001 67% top 27% 96.1% 95.1%
20223010 33% top 31% 94.5% 94.1%
20213000 67% top 46% 95.1% 92.7%
20192010 100% top 21% 97.3% 94.8%
20184000 100% top 36% 95.5% 93%
20174000 100% top 44% 94.8% 93%
20167021 71% top 49% 95.2% 92.1%
20154032 75% top 34% 93.6% 92.8%
20145031 80% top 17% 95.2% 94%
20134020 75% top 35% 93.1% 91.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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 278 / 401 (663.3716) 277 (166.2744) 351 (159.3600) 217 (168.5828) 165 (169.1544)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 365 / 444 (645.0056) 375 (160.5140) 342 (163.3944) 376 (158.8000) 319 (162.2972)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 50 / 487 (691.9884) 1 (180) 43 (176) 149 (171.4400) 299 (164.5484)
Jun 2, 2023 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 12 / 28 (678.1600) 14 (171.9656) 6 (171.9888) 8 (171.9772) 19 (162.2284)
Oct 1, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 135 / 505 (680.5368) 170 (170.2856) 96 (173.1544) 292 (165.6684) 105 (171.4284)
Jun 3, 2022 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 9 / 25 (674.1140) 17 (162.7884) 5 (173.1200) 2 (173.1200) 16 (165.0856)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 322 / 467 (646.1712) 209 (167.4056) 423 (151.4400) 216 (166.2284) 288 (161.0972)
Aug 20, 2021 Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS 11 / 46 (684.4796) 8 (173.1428) 17 (167.4056) 16 (170.8228) 9 (173.1084)
Jun 4, 2021 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 13 / 28 (672.4800) 27 (162.2284) 16 (168.0116) 4 (171.4172) 9 (170.8228)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 3 / 468 (700.5028) 4 (180) 130 (169.6800) 2 (180) 111 (170.8228)
May 31, 2019 Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS 12 / 29 (665.0168) 21 (159.9656) 22 (159.9312) 5 (172.5600) 3 (172.5600)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 38 / 467 (687.8852) 8 (178.8572) 149 (169.6684) 157 (168.5484) 98 (170.8112)
Jul 27, 2018 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS 13 / 27 (670.1940) 22 (161.6800) 3 (176) 12 (170.2512) 18 (162.2628)
Jun 1, 2018 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS 22 / 42 (652.4228) 21 (165.0972) 7 (170.2628) 34 (154.2284) 23 (162.8344)
Apr 20, 2018 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 17 / 46 (669.0284) 11 (172) 26 (165.0856) 36 (157.0856) 5 (174.8572)
Oct 27, 2017 Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS 19 / 46 (682.2288) 11 (174.2628) 3 (175.4288) 33 (162.8456) 20 (169.6916)
Jun 2, 2017 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS 17 / 35 (653.6116) 25 (161.7028) 16 (166.2744) 24 (158.2400) 7 (167.3944)
Apr 21, 2017 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS 18 / 64 (674.7312) 5 (176) 41 (159.3600) 25 (169.1084) 16 (170.2628)
Mar 24, 2017 Smoked & Sauced a BBQ for Badges Spring Hill, KS 16 / 27 (668.4688) 12 (168.5256) 16 (165.6916) 8 (170.2972) 19 (163.9544)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 512 / 557 (607.3140) 528 (145.1428) 362 (160.5716) 528 (147.3712) 413 (154.2284)
Sep 2, 2016 Rockin Apples Festival Appleton City, MO 11 / 23 (679.9544) 7 (174.2628) 17 (162.8572) 9 (170.2628) 5 (172.5716)
Jul 29, 2016 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS 29 / 36 (643.8512) 29 (159.3828) 3 (171.4056) 33 (155.9656) 24 (157.0972)
Jun 11, 2016 Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS 14 / 29 (672.4112) 1 (178.2972) 14 (167.3944) 17 (167.3712) 22 (159.3484)
Jun 3, 2016 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 4 / 30 (677.0740) 4 (174.8572) 2 (173.1084) 20 (159.9884) 8 (169.1200)
May 13, 2016 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition Greenwood, MO 9 / 30 (685.1084) 6 (173.1084) 10 (170.2972) 16 (170.2628) 9 (171.4400)
Apr 8, 2016 The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 16 / 53 (673.6916) 26 (165.1200) 13 (168.5944) 18 (169.7144) 13 (170.2628)
Sep 4, 2015 Smokin in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO 10 / 31 (673.6116) 19 (162.2744) 6 (169.6916) 11 (168.5256) 8 (173.1200)
Jun 5, 2015 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 6 / 30 (668.4684) 1 (175.4056) 26 (152.5144) 13 (164.5484) 1 (176)
May 8, 2015 Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS 10 / 45 (670.1716) 9 (171.4172) 7 (171.9772) 35 (157.6572) 10 (169.1200)
May 1, 2015 Brews, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cookoff Lansing, KS 20 / 33 (660.4340) 27 (158.8112) 12 (170.8228) 22 (162.8228) 13 (167.9772)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 113 / 552 (671.9656) 327 (162.8572) 165 (168.5600) 148 (169.1312) 79 (171.4172)
Aug 22, 2014 When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS 7 / 36 (685.6112) 8 (171.9772) 18 (167.3712) 12 (171.4056) 4 (174.8572)
Jun 20, 2014 Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS 5 / 42 (685.6456) 9 (170.8572) 11 (174.2628) 15 (169.7028) 9 (170.8228)
May 9, 2014 Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS 11 / 54 (666.1712) 6 (172.5600) 39 (158.7884) 28 (161.6912) 4 (173.1316)
May 2, 2014 Brew, Blues & Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Lansing, KS 3 / 26 (674.1712) 2 (173.7028) 20 (151.3600) 5 (171.9656) 1 (177.1428)
Aug 23, 2013 When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS 4 / 30 (670.2516) 9 (167.4172) 11 (163.9772) 3 (174.2856) 10 (164.5716)
Jun 7, 2013 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 32 / 69 (649.7140) 33 (161.7142) 42 (159.4286) 30 (164.5714) 28 (163.9998)
May 31, 2013 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 16 / 30 (646.8568) 12 (164.5714) 23 (156) 14 (163.4284) 10 (162.8570)
Apr 26, 2013 Smokin 'n' the Ville Edwardsville, KS 7 / 26 (662.8570) 3 (172) 6 (169.7142) 22 (154.8570) 9 (166.2858)

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