High-water mark
331.3944
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 331.3944 at Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.1% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 24, 2024
Pickles Posse
Pickles Posse is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 36 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2023
latest Sep 5, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.19
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.39 · weakest Chicken (157.85)
Road miles
2
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$1,740
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
317.24 / 360
3 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 150.2056 | 157.85 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 155.4172 | 159.39 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 60% | Sep 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
69
finished ahead 44 times, behind 62
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Aug 24, 2024 → Sep 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20246 milestones
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3944 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score331.3944 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2744 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1499) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
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 | 27 / 38 (312.4800) | 26 (157.0628) | 26 (155.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 24, 2024 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 8 / 36 (331.3944) | 14 (166.2744) | 9 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 30 / 35 (307.8396) | 32 (150.2056) | 23 (157.6340) | — | — |