Dirty Shirt BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Keystone Classic Cookoff (2026).
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.19 / 720
2 Master contests · 1 GC
Backyard avg
315.43 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.
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Against the odds
10-in-100shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Keystone Classic Cookoff (Oct 2, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CHUNKY BBQ.
“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 94%
Medium (20–39)
2
1
top 43%
Large (40+)
1
0
top 97%
By state / province (where the contests were held)