A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ MIKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ MIKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Buck-Wild BBQ
Buck-Wild BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 33 at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2019). They are ranked #4076 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Buckwild BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2013
latest Jun 13, 2025 · 12.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.05 · weakest Brisket (152.54)
Road miles
1,474
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 809 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.64 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.81 / 360
4 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.
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 Buck-Wild BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
121 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Buck-Wild BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Buck-Wild BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Buck-Wild BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Buck-Wild BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with Buck-Wild BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1482
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,060 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Buck-Wild BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.8116 | 163.05 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 125.0972 | 160.06 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 145.6456 | 155.18 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1430 | 135.9998 | 152.54 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 72% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 51% | Apr 4, 2025 |
| BBQ Capital Cook-Off | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 79% | Apr 24, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 8 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
381
finished ahead 186 times, behind 339
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Mar 29, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.0856 Iowa State BBQ Championship
20153 milestones
- First call Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score646.1716 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1488) Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 4, 2025 |
| +4.2 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +1.3 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 13, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | Apr 24, 2015 |
| -11.8 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | Apr 19, 2013 |
| -6.2 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Oct 2, 2015 |
| -2.1 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off | Apr 26, 2013 |
| -2 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 29, 2024 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 95.1% | 94% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 91% | 89.7% | 86% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 88.3% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 24 / 36 (334.2744) | 30 (164.5600) | 13 (169.7144) | — | — |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 14 / 49 (342.2400) | 18 (170.2628) | 13 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 31 / 42 (329.0856) | 20 (169.6684) | 37 (159.4172) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 13 / 33 (321.6572) | 12 (160.5372) | 14 (161.1200) | 18 (153.0856) | — |
| Oct 2, 2015 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 38 / 45 (646.1716) | 44 (154.8116) | 22 (168.0116) | 10 (172.0228) | 41 (151.3256) |
| Apr 24, 2015 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 59 / 60 (592.4000) | 36 (163.9772) | 60 (125.0972) | 59 (145.6456) | 43 (157.6800) |
| Apr 26, 2013 | BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC | 42 / 71 (636.0002) | 42 (158.8572) | 19 (165.7144) | 66 (146.2856) | 14 (165.1430) |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 48 / 55 (615.9998) | 37 (161.7142) | 36 (159.4286) | 41 (158.8572) | 54 (135.9998) |