Ribs and Rails BBQ Team
Ribs and Rails BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 311th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Sep 30, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.10 · weakest Pork (160.82)
Road miles
12
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$144K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
651.02 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 166.8228 | 167.10 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 158.8000 | 161.67 | top 84% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 157.6916 | 160.82 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 160.5944 | 161.43 | top 79% |
“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
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
525
finished ahead 134 times, behind 625
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3828 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score655.8972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
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 88% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 316 / 360 (646.1488) | 254 (167.3828) | 331 (158.8000) | 320 (157.6916) | 284 (162.2744) |
| 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 | 311 / 401 (655.8972) | 274 (166.8228) | 301 (164.5372) | 315 (163.9428) | 315 (160.5944) |