High-water mark
171.9656
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 171.9656 at Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 95.5% of a perfect 180.
- Competitor Series
- Sep 4, 2025
Black and Veatch
Black and Veatch is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 41 at the Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2023
latest Sep 4, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Road miles
4
across 3 mapped stops
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 71 times, behind 41
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First overall top-10 Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score171.9656 Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score164.5828 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2025 | Wings 4 Water IV (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 6 / 41 (171.9656) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 25 / 37 (160.5372) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2023 | WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 13 / 37 (164.5828) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.