Paul's Barbeque
Paul's Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 23 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 28, 2023
latest Aug 1, 2025 · 2.3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 149.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (147.93)
Road miles
3
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$7,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
296.47 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
449.54 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 144.5488 | 149.42 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9200 | 143.9312 | 147.93 | top 98% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3256 | 148.5256 | 149.93 | top 92% |
“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
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 3 times, behind 54
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
Apr 28, 2023 → Aug 1, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score449.5424 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)154.2856 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 21 / 23 (296.4688) | 22 (144.5488) | 22 (151.9200) | 20 (148.5256) | — |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 35 / 36 (449.5424) | 33 (154.2856) | 36 (143.9312) | 35 (151.3256) | — |