High-water mark
687.8740
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.8740 at Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 11, 2025
Bee's Knees
Bee's Knees is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 17th of 31 at the Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition (2025). They finished #1018 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BEES KNEES”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 5, 2022
latest Apr 11, 2025 · 2.9 years on the trail
Category wins
1
1 podium
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.37 · weakest Pork (169.98)
Road miles
258
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
679.29 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 165.0856 | 170.82 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 166.8344 | 172.37 | top 43% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 167.9772 | 169.98 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 170.8112 | 171.39 | top 46% |
“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
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
166
finished ahead 69 times, behind 114
Longest layoff
6.8 yrs
Jul 31, 2015 → May 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score687.8740 Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition
20221 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7084 Poosa Q
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- First call I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 17 / 31 (687.8740) | 19 (173.1084) | 19 (170.8228) | 20 (171.9772) | 17 (171.9656) |
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 42 / 72 (670.7084) | 52 (165.0856) | 46 (166.8344) | 37 (167.9772) | 27 (170.8112) |
| Jul 31, 2015 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 8 (174.2628) | 1 (179.4400) | — | — |