LoCo BBQ
LoCo BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 32 at the Smokin in Steele (2024). They finished #288 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 31, 2024
latest May 30, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.69 · weakest Chicken (156.01)
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
315.69 / 360
2 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 150.8572 | 156.01 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 158.2400 | 159.69 | top 48% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in Steele | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 53% | May 30, 2025 |
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokin' in Steele
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin in Steele
- First call Smokin in Steele
- First overall top-10 Smokin in Steele
- Career-best overall score319.3944 Smokin in Steele
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1544 Smokin in Steele
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2025 | Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 22 / 28 (311.9888) | 21 (150.8572) | 19 (161.1316) | — | — |
| May 31, 2024 | Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 9 / 32 (319.3944) | 9 (161.1544) | 9 (158.2400) | — | — |