FRANZ BBQ
FRANZ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 20th of 21 at the V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (2025). They finished #1104 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.85 · weakest Brisket (157.12)
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 | #1104 (71 pts) | #919 (131 pts) | #1181 (96 pts) | #1143 (71 pts) | #1143 (71 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 174.8456 | 174.85 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 167.3828 | 167.38 | top 71% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 159.3828 | 159.38 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1200 | 157.1200 | 157.12 | top 95% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2025 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs | 20 / 21 (658.7312) | 9 (174.8456) | 15 (167.3828) | 20 (159.3828) | 20 (157.1200) |