The comeback
10.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10.8 years, then back at Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 (May 3, 2024).
- last seen Jul 5, 2013
- back May 3, 2024
Big Ox BBQ
Big Ox BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 45 at the Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 (2024). They finished #1637 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2013
latest Oct 24, 2025 · 12.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.28 · weakest Brisket (143.04)
Road miles
787
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 690 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
328.53 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1637 (134 pts) | #1349 (199 pts) | #1210 (244 pts) | #1743 (134 pts) | #1559 (149 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 125.4972 | 152.51 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1430 | 151.4172 | 160.28 | top 48% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 137.1424 | 153.52 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5714 | 138.2516 | 143.04 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
183
finished ahead 67 times, behind 146
Longest layoff
10.8 yrs
Jul 5, 2013 → May 3, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.5260 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- First call Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Career-best overall score625.1430 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1430 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) Westmont Red, White & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest | Jul 5, 2013 |
| -9.2 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown | Oct 24, 2025 |
| -7.7 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ | May 24, 2013 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 86.8% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 42 / 45 (578.5832) | 45 (125.4972) | 40 (151.4172) | 36 (163.4172) | 44 (138.2516) |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 14 / 45 (328.5260) | 14 (166.8344) | 16 (161.6916) | — | — |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Firin' Up the Fox BBQ Contest St. Charles, IL | 28 / 34 (608.5708) | 12 (163.9998) | 18 (158.8572) | 34 (137.1424) | 22 (148.5714) |
| May 24, 2013 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL | 53 / 70 (625.1430) | 59 (153.7144) | 10 (169.1430) | 44 (159.9998) | 64 (142.2858) |