Watson Beans and BBQ
Watson Beans and BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 54th of 58 at the Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) (2023). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
Contests
First seen
Avg finish
Strongest meat
Road miles
Purse competed for
Master avg
Backyard avg
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | — | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 154.2400 | 154.24 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9312 | 145.6228 | 148.78 | top 98% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0856 | 157.0856 | 157.09 | top 98% |
“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
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)157.0856 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL)
- Career-best overall score306.1712 Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2025 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 56 / 56 (302.7084) | — | 56 (145.6228) | 55 (157.0856) | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL | 54 / 58 (306.1712) | 53 (154.2400) | 56 (151.9312) | — | — |