Barkin' Iron BBQ IL
Rating
1500
peak 1500
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
2025-08-16
latest 2025-08-16
Best ToY finish
#335
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 1 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.95)
Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 167.3828 | 167.38 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.9544 | 159.95 | top 53% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in IL (1 of 1 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 327.34
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 327.3372 | 327.34 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke N for the Kids Troy, IL | 16 / 32 (327.3372) | 10 (167.3828) | 17 (159.9544) | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #335 (88 pts) | #302 (118 pts) | #358 (83 pts) | — | — |