High-water mark
677.7032
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.7032 at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 23, 2025
Black Bobby Flay
Black Bobby Flay 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 19 at the Jack 9 Memorial (2023). They finished #606 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 27, 2023
latest Aug 23, 2025 · 2.2 years on the trail
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±83.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.69 · weakest Brisket (161.69)
Road miles
32
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
611.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.3084 | 166.29 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 169.1428 | 169.14 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.6172 | 166.3088 | 170.69 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 158.8460 | 161.69 | top 70% |
“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
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ON
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
38
finished ahead 18 times, behind 46
Longest layoff
2 yrs
May 27, 2023 → May 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.6172 Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score677.7032 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
- Most recent contest Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Jack 9 Memorial
- First call Jack 9 Memorial
- First overall top-10 Jack 9 Memorial
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2628 Jack 9 Memorial
- Peak power rating (1505) Jack 9 Memorial
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2025 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 15 / 22 (677.7032) | 5 (175.4172) | 13 (169.1428) | 15 (166.3088) | 18 (166.8344) |
| May 24, 2025 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 26 / 26 (494.3084) | 18 (158.3084) | — | 1 (176.6172) | 17 (159.3828) |
| May 27, 2023 | Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON | 8 / 19 (662.2628) | 8 (165.1428) | 5 (169.1428) | 5 (169.1312) | 12 (158.8460) |