Holy Cow

Holy Cow is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1517

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 2, 2026

latest Oct 2, 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 5%

overall standings

Best overall

354.8800 / 360

Backyard · Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 177.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (172.96)

Road miles

311

across 3 mapped stops · furthest 155 mi

Purse competed for

$3,775

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.

Storylines (3 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 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 2, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BLACK EYE BBQ.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 2, 2026).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

High-water mark

354.8800 career-best overall

98.6% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 354.8800 at Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) — 98.6% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Oct 2, 2026

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	1	1	1	177.7028	177.7028	177.70	top 5%
Pork Ribs	3	1	1	1	177.1772	169.7488	172.96	top 34%

“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

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 1 a different one every time

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 3 entries · 1 win · 1 call

First title Oct 2, 2026 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Opponents faced 18 finished ahead 18 times, behind 0

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs May 9, 2025 → Oct 2, 2026

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

202610 milestones

Oct 2 First call Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First category win (Chicken) Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First overall top-10 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First overall podium Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First Grand Championship Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First multi-meat day Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score354.8800 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 Career-best overall score354.8800 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Oct 2 Most recent contest Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20241 milestone

May 17 First tracked contest Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 2, 2026	Octoberfest (BACKYARD ONLY) Argos, IN	1 / 19 (354.8800)	1 (177.7028)	1 (177.1772)	—	—
May 9, 2025	Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	11 (169.7488)	—	—
May 17, 2024	Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN	—	—	14 (171.9656)	—	—