High-water mark
667.8856
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8856 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 9, 2022
Limp Brizkit
Limp Brizkit is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 47 at the Iowa State BBQ Championship (2023). They are ranked #4180 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2022
latest Oct 17, 2025 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.23
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.16 · weakest Pork (153.67)
Road miles
1,605
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 604 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.08 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.09 / 360
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #294 (101 pts) | #386 (56 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Limp Brizkit, each with one reason worth a look.
138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,168 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Limp Brizkit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Limp Brizkit's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Limp Brizkit's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Limp Brizkit's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 155.9200 | 166.16 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 135.3256 | 156.15 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 152.5144 | 153.67 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 152.5144 | 161.67 | top 63% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 67% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 69% | Oct 17, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
251
finished ahead 100 times, behind 194
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20233 milestones
- Peak power rating (1494) Iowa State BBQ Championship
- First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Jiggy With The Piggy
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8856 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score667.8856 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 31, 2023 |
| +2.2 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest | Sep 9, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Jiggy With The Piggy | May 13, 2022 |
| -8.1 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 17, 2025 |
| -6.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| -0.3 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 18, 2024 |
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 82% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 90.2% | 89.6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 92.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2025 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 32 / 39 (325.6348) | 37 (155.9432) | 17 (169.6916) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 28 / 50 (329.6228) | 20 (168.5372) | 31 (161.0856) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 37 / 50 (320.5600) | 2 (177.7144) | 47 (142.8456) | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 19 / 47 (324.5600) | 16 (164.0116) | 25 (160.5484) | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2022 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN | 22 / 38 (667.8856) | 12 (174.8572) | 23 (167.3828) | 36 (154.8228) | 16 (170.8228) |
| May 13, 2022 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 44 / 46 (596.2744) | 41 (155.9200) | 45 (135.3256) | 46 (152.5144) | 39 (152.5144) |