High-water mark
691.9428
career-best overall
96.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.9428 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 96.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 13, 2024
Heavys BBQ
Heavys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 67 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2024). Also listed in KCBS results as “Heavy's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 26, 2014
latest Sep 12, 2025 · 11 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±221.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.13)
Road miles
501
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 482 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
537.37 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 160.5600 | 166.10 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 154.8228 | 162.13 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 159.9772 | 166.64 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 155.9656 | 167.60 | top 31% |
“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.
By field size and state
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 31% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
204
finished ahead 114 times, behind 131
Longest layoff
5.4 yrs
Sep 26, 2014 → Feb 14, 2020
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1498) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20245 milestones
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.9428 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score691.9428 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4056 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +0.7 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.5 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival | Sep 26, 2014 |
| -3.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | Feb 14, 2020 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 92% | 92% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 96.1% | 96.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 21.5% | 21.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 49 / 92 (662.2056) | 70 (160.5600) | 64 (164.5600) | 57 (165.6684) | 12 (171.4172) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 6 / 67 (691.9428) | 15 (172.5484) | 31 (169.7144) | 11 (174.2744) | 2 (175.4056) |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 32 / 42 (640.5256) | 25 (165.1772) | 32 (159.4056) | 32 (159.9772) | 32 (155.9656) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR | 48 / 48 (154.8228) | — | 36 (154.8228) | — | — |