High-water mark
344.0004
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 344.0004 at Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) — 95.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 25, 2023
Big TD'S BBQ
Big TD'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 10 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2024). They are ranked #2621 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1519 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Mar 24, 2023
latest Jul 26, 2025 · 2.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
50% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
330.81 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 326.81 (+4.00)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.46
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.34)
Road miles
1,040
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
326.81 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big TD'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1527
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Big TD'S BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big TD'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,633 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,625 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,629 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Big TD'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,622 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1516
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Big TD'S BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,630 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Big TD'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 153.7256 | 164.46 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 175.4056 | 139.9656 | 162.34 | top 50% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 43% | Jul 26, 2025 |
| Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 20% | Aug 23, 2024 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 91% | Mar 22, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
164
finished ahead 120 times, behind 124
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4056 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1519) Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First call Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.0004 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score344.0004 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 25, 2023 |
| +11.7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
| +9.1 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 23, 2024 |
| +8.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Mar 22, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 24, 2023 |
| -10.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 22, 2024 |
| -3.7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50% | top 45% | 98.7% | 93% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 54% | 95.6% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 20 / 32 (326.7884) | 19 (163.9656) | 19 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 7 / 28 (337.6684) | 16 (162.2628) | 3 (175.4056) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 8 / 34 (337.0972) | 8 (170.2628) | 10 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 28 / 31 (308.4912) | 28 (153.7256) | 29 (154.7656) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 4 / 10 (177.7028) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 4 / 26 (344.0004) | 10 (169.7260) | 2 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 34 / 37 (306.8112) | 15 (166.8456) | 36 (139.9656) | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | — | — | — | — | — |