Byrd Family BBQ
Byrd Family BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 20 at the Smokin on the Route (2025). They finished #282 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Sep 26, 2025
their only contest in the data
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.57)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #282 (137 pts) | #204 (232 pts) | #297 (137 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 174.2744 | 174.27 | top 10% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.5716 | 152.5716 | 152.57 | top 35% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 7 / 20 (326.8460) | 2 (174.2744) | 7 (152.5716) | — | — |