High-water mark
337.6572
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.6572 at Big Smoke Bonnyville — 93.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 6, 2025
Cougar BBQ
Cougar BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 15 at the Big Smoke Bonnyville (2025). They finished #269 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
latest Sep 6, 2025
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 19%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.97)
Road miles
137
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 69 mi
Backyard avg
321.92 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | #269 (147 pts) | #258 (157 pts) | #297 (137 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 167.3828 | 164.5256 | 165.95 | top 14% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.2744 | 141.6572 | 155.97 | top 20% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20258 milestones
- First tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First call Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First overall top-10 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First overall podium Big Smoke Bonnyville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.6572 Big Smoke Bonnyville
- Career-best overall score337.6572 Big Smoke Bonnyville
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 Big Smoke Bonnyville
- Most recent contest Big Smoke Bonnyville
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2025 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 3 / 15 (337.6572) | 2 (167.3828) | 3 (170.2744) | — | — |
| May 24, 2025 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 6 / 34 (306.1828) | 5 (164.5256) | 7 (141.6572) | — | — |