High-water mark
335.9544
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 335.9544 at Trekking for CDH — 93.3% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 14, 2024
Better BBQ Co
Better BBQ Co is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 35 at the Trekking for CDH (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2024
latest Sep 13, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.54 · weakest Chicken (165.96)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
332.22 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 165.6800 | 165.96 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.2400 | 168.54 | top 47% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trekking for CDH | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 49% | Sep 13, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
80
finished ahead 53 times, behind 54
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First call Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Trekking for CDH
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Trekking for CDH
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.9544 Trekking for CDH
- Career-best overall score335.9544 Trekking for CDH
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2025 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 17 / 27 (328.4800) | 12 (166.2400) | 19 (162.2400) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2025 | Trekking for CDH (ONE MEAT RIBS) Pierron, IL | — | — | 7 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 12 / 35 (335.9544) | 13 (165.6800) | 12 (170.2744) | — | — |