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Family Tradition BBQ

Family Tradition BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They are ranked #2134 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,134
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1533
peak 1534 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

11
in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2024
latest Jul 18, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#136
Backyard 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

0
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
45% of 11 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%
overall standings

Best overall

673.6572 / 720
Master · King of the Corn

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

342.58 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 338.42 (+4.16)

Walk rate

64%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Chicken · Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)

Consistency

±6.05
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.05 · weakest Brisket (163.10)

Road miles

1,583
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi

Schedule strength

55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$63K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.66 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

338.42 / 360
9 Backyard contests · 1 GC

Backyard (4-meat) avg

673.60 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 26, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ Pit Bros.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.6572 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6572 at King of the Corn — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • May 16, 2025

Their season

2026 1 Grand Championship

2026 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.

  • 5 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 37%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Bramble BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Bramble BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

Chester's Twisted Que ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Chester's Twisted Que has out-cooked them in 6 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

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The metronome

±1.53% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.53% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.9% of a perfect score
  • 11 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #136 (314 pts) #111 (439 pts) #126 (424 pts) — —
2025 ↗ Backyard #192 (234 pts) #159 (329 pts) #200 (245 pts) — —
2025 ↗ Master #1404 (58 pts) #1441 (58 pts) #896 (163 pts) #850 (153 pts) #1422 (58 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Family Tradition BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

UGLY BABY BBQ
#2,137 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
65
GCs
1
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1584
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Family Tradition BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Family Tradition BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 61 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
Freedom Meat Repeat
#2,141 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1543

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jun 26, 2026
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TEAM DANNY
#2,125 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1536

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jun 16, 2022
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SMOKIN' DOGS
#2,140 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1534

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Family Tradition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 10 contests
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Gettin Piggy With It Backyard BBQ
#2,131 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1540

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Sep 13, 2024
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BABY GOT BUTT BBQ MD
#2,122 of the rated field
1534 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1534

They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Family Tradition BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Oct 8, 2016
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Chester's Twisted Que 10 3 7 30% ⚔ compare
BBQ Pit Bros 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY GQ 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
Bramble BBQ 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
DAWGS BBQ 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
Rudes BBQ 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
All Smoked Up BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
BootsBBQ 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
Smokey Bros Barbecue 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
Skinny Pig BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
SmoQued On Main St 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Smoke N Poke BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Big Racks BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 11 3 0 2 178.8572 156.5028 168.75 top 51%
Pork Ribs 11 5 0 2 177.7028 163.9428 170.05 top 45%
Pork 3 2 0 0 174.8572 165.0856 168.35 top 76%
Brisket 2 0 0 0 164.5256 161.6800 163.10 top 110%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)41top 47%
Medium (20–39)40top 50%
Large (40+)30top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA101top 52%
MO10top 30%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) 3 9 0 top 61% Jul 18, 2026
Iowa State BBQ Championship 3 13 0 top 55% Apr 3, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 5 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IA 10 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once
First title Jun 26, 2026 Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Opponents faced 209 finished ahead 205 times, behind 230
Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 29, 2024 → Apr 4, 2025

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20265 milestones
  1. First overall podium Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. First Grand Championship Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. 10th tracked contest Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. Peak power rating (1534) Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  5. Most recent contest Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)
20254 milestones
  1. First call King of the Corn
  2. Career-best overall score673.6572 King of the Corn
  3. First overall top-10 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)
20242 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Iowa State BBQ Championship
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.7772 Iowa State BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)Jun 26, 2026
+9.5Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipApr 3, 2026
+9.2American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard ContestMar 20, 2026
+6.7Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)Jun 20, 2025
+3.9Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipApr 4, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.5Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipMar 29, 2024
-3.8King of the CornMay 16, 2025
-1.9Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1)Jul 11, 2025
-0.8Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2)Jul 18, 2026
-0.5SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL)May 1, 2026

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20265130 60% top 37% 96.5% 94.8%
20255020 80% top 56% 95.2% 93.7%
20241000 0% top 88% 90.8% 90.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 18, 2026 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 17 / 28 (336.5144) 13 (170.2744) 21 (166.2400) — —
Jun 26, 2026 Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA 1 / 19 (347.4056) 6 (171.4056) 2 (176) — —
May 1, 2026 SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) 🏅 Cambridge, IA 10 / 17 (673.6000) 3 (176.5600) 14 (170.2628) 25 (165.0972) 23 (161.6800)
Apr 3, 2026 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 13 / 42 (342.8000) 11 (173.1200) 15 (169.6800) — —
Mar 20, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 10 / 33 (343.3712) 21 (169.6684) 5 (173.7028) — —
Jul 12, 2025 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 9 / 16 (342.8000) 3 (178.8572) 15 (163.9428) — —
Jul 11, 2025 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 12 / 18 (338.8116) 11 (169.6800) 9 (169.1316) 10 (165.0856) —
Jun 20, 2025 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA 7 / 20 (334.2056) 11 (156.5028) 2 (177.7028) — —
May 16, 2025 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 25 / 33 (673.6572) 31 (161.7144) 7 (172.5600) 8 (174.8572) 28 (164.5256)
Apr 4, 2025 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 22 / 49 (333.0744) 21 (169.1200) 26 (163.9544) — —
Mar 29, 2024 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 37 / 42 (326.7772) 42 (159.3828) 20 (167.3944) — —

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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