NOBO's BBQ
NOBO's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 25 at the Fire in the Foothills (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 13, 2023
latest Sep 26, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.48 · weakest Brisket (147.90)
Road miles
96
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
646.08 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.97 / 360
2 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.4744 | 169.1316 | 170.48 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 154.7888 | 158.81 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 157.1200 | 166.66 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.8972 | 147.8972 | 147.90 | top 96% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
79
finished ahead 58 times, behind 40
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Aug 30, 2024 → Sep 26, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1514) Fire in the Foothills
- Most recent contest Fire in the Foothills
20242 milestones
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5716 Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
- First call Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best overall score646.0804 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025 | Fire in the Foothills 🏅 King, NC | 6 / 25 (331.3600) | 3 (170.8228) | 9 (160.5372) | 2 (168.5944) | — |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC | 6 / 28 (332.5716) | 5 (171.4744) | 7 (161.0972) | 9 (157.1200) | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 21 / 25 (646.0804) | 14 (169.1316) | 23 (154.7888) | 7 (174.2628) | 24 (147.8972) |