BYG'S BBQ

BYG'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 48 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1371 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bygs BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,371

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1574 · rated over 18 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 3, 2022

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#222

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

701.7372 / 720

Master · Original SD BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

690.58 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 676.90 (+13.67)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Tri-City BBQ Fest

Consistency

±18.67

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 172.36 · weakest Brisket (165.98)

Road miles

3,044

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 656 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$133K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

676.90 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5828 points from the title

Came within 0.5828 points of the Grand Championship at Original SD BBQ Championships (Jun 6, 2025).

On the rise

+49 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 49 points across 7 contests since Jan 30, 2026 — from 1524 up to 1574.

7 contests since Jan 30, 2026
now 1574

Happy hunting ground

Top 4% average finish here

Original SD BBQ Championships is their spot: an average finish in the top 4% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 4%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 20 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.7372 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.7372 at Original SD BBQ Championships — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 6, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of BYG'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 38%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 38%

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A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

TEAM CRAWFORD ahead in 83% of their meetings

TEAM CRAWFORD has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.38 points below their pork, and turns into a call 35% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 165.98
Pork avg 172.36
7 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 12 shared pork entries lost

TEAM CRAWFORD ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TEAM CRAWFORD has out-cooked them in 8 of 12 shared pork entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

18 rated contests

A June team

Top 24% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 24% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,044 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,044 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 656 miles to 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026).

20 mapped stops
furthest 656 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked SJV Winter Rub every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#222 (854 pts)	#304 (704 pts)	#339 (684 pts)	#145 (1,084 pts)	#175 (999 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#308 (702 pts)	#410 (562 pts)	#314 (832 pts)	#266 (862 pts)	#391 (557 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#652 (242 pts)	#707 (242 pts)	#824 (197 pts)	#610 (297 pts)	#766 (202 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#826 (161 pts)	#890 (161 pts)	#766 (251 pts)	#722 (221 pts)	#913 (151 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BYG'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

32 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Tame the Flame BBQ

#1,381 of the rated field

1573 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1573

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BYG'S BBQ)

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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InTheRedZoneBBQ

#1,377 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1574

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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THE SMOKING SECTION - NY

#1,368 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1574

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before BYG'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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Go Ham BBQ

#1,376 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1594

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ

#1,370 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1587

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2020

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MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ

#1,378 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1586

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before BYG'S BBQ's first contest.

rated over 22 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
Bucknutz BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Mr. Dudes BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Daddy Dutch BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
MadChad's BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
Broken BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	4	0	175.4400	158.8344	168.18	top 61%
Pork Ribs	19	8	1	176.5600	162.2400	170.45	top 42%
Pork	20	12	4	178.8572	159.3832	172.36	top 35%
Brisket	20	7	2	177.7372	146.8572	165.98	top 55%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 51%
Large (40+)	7	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NE	8	top 55%
IA	5	top 50%
SD	4	top 28%
TN	2	top 62%
MN	1	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SJV Winter Rub	4	6	top 49%	Jan 30, 2026
Tri City BBQ Fest	2	11	top 42%	Sep 18, 2026
SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway	2	11	top 52%	Sep 4, 2026
Original SD BBQ Championships	2	2	top 4%	Jun 5, 2026
Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ	2	14	top 70%	Jul 5, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 9 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NE 8 of 20 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 395 finished ahead 416 times, behind 463

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

20262 milestones

Sep 25 Peak power rating (1574) Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ
Sep 25 Most recent contest Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ

20255 milestones

Jun 6 First overall podium Original SD BBQ Championships
Jun 6 First Reserve Championship Original SD BBQ Championships
Jun 6 Career-best overall score701.7372 Original SD BBQ Championships
Aug 29 10th tracked contest SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway
Sep 19 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Tri-City BBQ Fest

20241 milestone

Jan 26 First overall top-10 SJV Winter Rub

20232 milestones

Jan 27 First call SJV Winter Rub
Jan 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 SJV Winter Rub

20221 milestone

Sep 3 First tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.8	Original SD BBQ Championships	Jun 5, 2026
+18.6	Original SD BBQ Championships	Jun 6, 2025
+14.8	SJV Winter Rub	Jan 26, 2024
+11	Iowa State BBQ Championship	Apr 3, 2026
+9.4	Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ	Sep 25, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.9	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Sep 3, 2022
-8.2	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge	Sep 2, 2023
-5.2	SJV Winter Rub	Jan 27, 2023
-4.1	Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ	Jul 5, 2024
-1.8	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway	Aug 29, 2025

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	9	2	78%	top 40%	97.3%	95.4%
2025	5	2	80%	top 38%	97.5%	94.9%
2024	2	1	100%	top 50%	95.8%	92.6%
2023	3	0	67%	top 75%	92.1%	91.4%
2022	1	0	0%	top 98%	87.6%	87.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2026	Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ 🏅 North Platte, NE	6 / 19 (697.6912)	16 (169.1428)	5 (174.8456)	7 (176)	4 (177.7028)
Sep 18, 2026	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	11 / 26 (687.8740)	11 (171.9656)	22 (165.0856)	7 (176.5600)	6 (174.2628)
Sep 4, 2026	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD	11 / 31 (687.3828)	21 (166.8228)	18 (169.1428)	8 (174.8572)	4 (176.5600)
Jul 10, 2026	KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN	15 / 33 (679.3716)	18 (169.7260)	—	6 (173.7028)	19 (166.8228)
Jun 5, 2026	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	2 / 48 (700.5716)	6 (174.2628)	9 (174.2744)	10 (174.2972)	2 (177.7372)
May 24, 2026	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	45 / 82 (692.4800)	67 (169.6916)	24 (176.5600)	34 (174.2628)	50 (171.9656)
May 23, 2026	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	80 / 117 (680.5144)	113 (162.2400)	42 (173.1544)	37 (174.8572)	62 (170.2628)
Apr 3, 2026	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	11 / 42 (685.6228)	30 (170.2628)	31 (166.2400)	3 (176.5600)	7 (172.5600)
Jan 30, 2026	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	19 / 38 (673.6112)	9 (173.1084)	19 (168.5256)	17 (170.2628)	33 (161.7144)
Sep 19, 2025	Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	11 / 26 (684.4916)	23 (164.5372)	2 (175.4172)	2 (178.8572)	23 (165.6800)
Aug 29, 2025	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD	30 / 44 (670.7884)	34 (166.2628)	21 (169.7144)	30 (167.9656)	24 (166.8456)
Jul 11, 2025	Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown 🏅 Papillion, NE	7 / 24 (685.0284)	11 (169.6800)	5 (171.4172)	5 (176.5600)	12 (167.3712)
Jun 6, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	2 / 48 (701.7372)	4 (175.4400)	7 (175.4400)	9 (173.7144)	2 (177.1428)
Jan 24, 2025	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	15 / 32 (673.0516)	14 (169.1200)	7 (174.2744)	3 (174.2744)	27 (155.3828)
Jul 5, 2024	Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA	20 / 26 (643.8632)	8 (170.2972)	17 (162.2400)	21 (159.3832)	24 (151.9428)
Jan 26, 2024	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	6 / 26 (689.7144)	16 (170.2628)	14 (169.7372)	3 (176.5716)	8 (173.1428)
Sep 2, 2023	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	29 / 34 (663.3144)	29 (165.6800)	17 (167.4288)	12 (171.9772)	32 (158.2284)
Jun 30, 2023	Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA	14 / 22 (661.6456)	14 (167.4056)	7 (169.6916)	15 (166.8228)	16 (157.7256)
Jan 27, 2023	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	24 / 31 (648.5372)	26 (158.8572)	8 (173.1200)	10 (169.7028)	30 (146.8572)
Sep 3, 2022	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	44 / 45 (630.7888)	42 (158.8344)	41 (162.3088)	41 (159.9772)	43 (149.6684)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BYG'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

A June team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)