High-water mark
667.9428
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9428 at Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 25, 2025
Tall Boy BBQ
Tall Boy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 19 at the Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #309 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2024
latest Apr 25, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.75 · weakest Brisket (156.52)
Road miles
49
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
653.35 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
332.54 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1166 (75 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #309 (109 pts) | #316 (114 pts) | #317 (119 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 166.2628 | 168.75 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 150.8572 | 162.29 | top 70% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 163.3828 | 166.54 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 156.5144 | 156.52 | top 89% |
“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 the Creek BBQ Contest | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | Apr 25, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
79
finished ahead 18 times, behind 82
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score667.9428 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
20244 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1490) Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
- First call Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5372 Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2025 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 33 / 40 (667.9428) | 22 (172) | 25 (169.7256) | 25 (169.6916) | 37 (156.5256) |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 12 / 19 (332.5372) | 11 (166.2628) | 10 (166.2744) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 40 / 44 (638.7544) | 29 (168) | 42 (150.8572) | 36 (163.3828) | 38 (156.5144) |