Blood, Sweat, & Titos

Blood, Sweat, & Titos is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 50 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #351 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1495

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 18, 2024

latest Oct 16, 2026 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#351

Backyard 2024 · every season

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

333.6456 / 360

Backyard · WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Best single call

169.1200

Pork Ribs · WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±7.16

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.12 · weakest Chicken (163.18)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

328.30 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

333.6456 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 333.6456 at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.7% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Oct 17, 2025

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Gustoso BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Gustoso BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Last Place Last Year in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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
2024 ↗	Backyard	#351 (85 pts)	#363 (75 pts)	#379 (60 pts)	—	—

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	167.3828	157.6456	163.18	top 63%
Pork Ribs	3	0	0	0	169.1200	160.5372	165.12	top 61%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	3	20	0	top 59%	Oct 16, 2026

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 90 finished ahead 55 times, behind 74

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

20261 milestone

Oct 16 Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20252 milestones

Oct 17 Career-best overall score333.6456 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20243 milestones

Oct 18 First tracked contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.0856 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1504) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 16, 2026	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	35 / 43 (318.1828)	34 (157.6456)	34 (160.5372)	—	—
Oct 17, 2025	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	22 / 39 (333.6456)	26 (164.5256)	21 (169.1200)	—	—
Oct 18, 2024	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	20 / 50 (333.0856)	22 (167.3828)	25 (165.7028)	—	—