TBDQ
TBDQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 28th of 30 at the Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (2025). They finished #1440 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2020
latest Jun 6, 2025 · 4.7 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.43 · weakest Brisket (145.02)
Road miles
143
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
635.54 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1440 (55 pts) | #1476 (55 pts) | #1535 (55 pts) | #1171 (65 pts) | #1453 (55 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 157.6800 | 158.24 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 166.8916 | 167.43 | top 70% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 161.1428 | 164.85 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 131.2228 | 145.02 | top 98% |
“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
70
finished ahead 2 times, behind 73
Longest layoff
4.7 yrs
Sep 25, 2020 → Jun 6, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0172 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score653.0172 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2025 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 28 / 30 (653.0172) | 30 (157.6800) | 25 (167.9656) | 23 (168.5600) | 29 (158.8116) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest 🏅 Savannah, TN | 47 / 47 (618.0572) | 42 (158.8000) | 27 (166.8916) | 42 (161.1428) | 47 (131.2228) |