Their season
2022
their best year
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 47%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 0 category wins
- average top 47%
PORK FLOYD
PORK FLOYD is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 13 at the Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They are ranked #3668 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1502 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jun 2, 2017
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 8.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
11% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.26 · weakest Brisket (159.60)
Road miles
898
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 401 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$136K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.04 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
326.79 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #174 (205 pts) | #145 (265 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1404 (60 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PORK FLOYD, each with one reason worth a look.
161 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,659 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PORK FLOYD)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORK FLOYD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,664 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to PORK FLOYD)
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORK FLOYD)
They've been 1525 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1505
They turned up 8 years after PORK FLOYD did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with PORK FLOYD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1515
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sons of a Brisket | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 146.2172 | 160.04 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 155.3712 | 163.26 | top 61% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 157.6916 | 162.12 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 151.9084 | 159.60 | top 67% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 63% |
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 | 299 | 0 | top 82% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Smokin on the Summit | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 73% | Jul 19, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
6 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
740
finished ahead 277 times, behind 843
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Jul 19, 2019 → Sep 9, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score659.8172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20224 milestones
- First call Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1502) Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' On The Summit
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7084 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | Oct 28, 2022 |
| +4.4 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Oct 6, 2017 |
| +1.4 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 5, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -6 | Smokin' On The Summit | Jun 2, 2017 |
| -4.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -2.7 | Smokin on the Summit | Jul 19, 2019 |
| -1.7 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 9, 2022 |
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 | 0% | top 62% | 91.6% | 90.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 47% | 93.3% | 91.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91.5% | 89.5% |
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 | 299 / 401 (659.8172) | 213 (169.6916) | 270 (166.2400) | 316 (163.9312) | 328 (159.9544) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 19 / 38 (320.4800) | 17 (161.6800) | 20 (158.8000) | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 393 / 444 (629.5432) | 435 (146.2172) | 339 (163.3944) | 383 (157.6916) | 323 (162.2400) |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 13 / 40 (323.9428) | 17 (157.6800) | 11 (166.2628) | — | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO | — | — | 37 (157.7144) | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 8 / 13 (335.9544) | 9 (164.5372) | 6 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Smokin on the Summit 🏅 Unity Village, MO | 25 / 35 (642.0912) | 30 (156.5600) | 24 (165.0856) | 24 (162.2284) | 25 (158.2172) |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 34 / 76 (658.7084) | 33 (165.1200) | 33 (165.0856) | 47 (162.8228) | 27 (165.6800) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 48 / 65 (630.0452) | 46 (158.8344) | 45 (155.3712) | 39 (163.9312) | 48 (151.9084) |