Backyard Valley BBQ
Backyard Valley BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 32 at the BBQ & Boogie (2025). They finished #1411 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Apr 25, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.51 · weakest Brisket (153.10)
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 | #1411 (57 pts) | #1446 (57 pts) | #1515 (57 pts) | #1428 (57 pts) | #1427 (57 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 158.8000 | 158.80 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 159.9428 | 159.94 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 160.5144 | 160.51 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0972 | 153.0972 | 153.10 | top 100% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2025 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 32 / 32 (632.3544) | 31 (158.8000) | 32 (159.9428) | 30 (160.5144) | 32 (153.0972) |