High-water mark
337.7144
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.7144 at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 5, 2025
Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ
Pork Ribs Fire Department BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 38 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #243 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Sep 5, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.91
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.71 · weakest Chicken (152.56)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
2%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1503)
Purse competed for
$2,340
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
322.28 / 360
4 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 144.0344 | 152.56 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 162.8344 | 169.71 | top 16% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 7 | 0 | top 31% | Sep 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
97
finished ahead 106 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 16, 2023 → Sep 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20256 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.7144 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score337.7144 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1520) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- First overall top-10 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 5, 2025 |
| +9.3 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.5 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 16, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 22% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 7 / 38 (337.7144) | 22 (159.9772) | 1 (177.7372) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 18 / 35 (321.6684) | 27 (154.8228) | 13 (166.8456) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 9 / 41 (322.8572) | 25 (151.4172) | 5 (171.4400) | — | — |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 13 / 39 (306.8688) | 29 (144.0344) | 5 (162.8344) | — | — |