High-water mark
686.2172
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2172 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Baileys BBQ
Baileys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 81st of 158 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2025). Also listed in KCBS results as “Bailey's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Nov 5, 2025
latest Nov 5, 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 176.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.97)
Road miles
1,055
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,054 mi
Purse competed for
$149K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
683.64 / 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 174.2628 | 176.56 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 165.0972 | 165.97 | top 76% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 164.5600 | 166.55 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 171.4172 | 174.56 | top 19% |
“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
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
400
finished ahead 306 times, behind 251
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 28, 2022 → Jan 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.2172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best overall score686.2172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 95.3% | 95% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
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 - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 172 / 401 (681.0628) | 105 (174.2628) | 253 (166.8456) | 224 (168.5372) | 118 (171.4172) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 81 / 158 (686.2172) | 8 (178.8572) | 141 (165.0972) | 139 (164.5600) | 15 (177.7028) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.