Neat BBQ

Neat BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 17th of 28 at the Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (2023). They finished #848 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1487

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 8, 2022

latest Mar 28, 2025 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#848

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2060 / 720

Master · Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1772

Pork Ribs · Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±13.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.12 · weakest Pork (161.98)

Road miles

3,515

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,172 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$35K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.30 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

678.2060 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2060 at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 7, 2023

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (Mar 28, 2025).

last seen Apr 7, 2023
back Mar 28, 2025

The long haul

3,515 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,515 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,172 miles to Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff.

4 mapped stops
furthest 1,172 mi

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
2023 ↗	Master	#848 (153 pts)	#951 (143 pts)	#733 (268 pts)	#726 (218 pts)	#907 (153 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1246 (85 pts)	#1387 (65 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1164 (105 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	167.3944	158.2516	164.26	top 61%
Pork Ribs	4	1	177.1772	165.0856	169.12	top 48%
Pork	4	1	174.2972	154.8000	161.98	top 66%
Brisket	4	0	168.5372	157.6340	162.95	top 56%

“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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 58%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	2	0	top 58%
NC	2	0	top 66%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2	27	0	top 58%	Mar 28, 2025
Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	2	17	0	top 66%	Apr 7, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 163 finished ahead 66 times, behind 138

Longest layoff 2 yrs Apr 7, 2023 → Mar 28, 2025

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

20251 milestone

Mar 28 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20234 milestones

Mar 31 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 31 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1772 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 31 Peak power rating (1495) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Apr 7 Career-best overall score678.2060 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

20222 milestones

Apr 8 First tracked contest Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1140 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.8	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 31, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	Apr 8, 2022
-4.4	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition	Apr 7, 2023
-3.7	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 28, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0%	top 69%	88.8%	88.8%
2023	2	100%	top 54%	94.2%	92.8%
2022	1	0%	top 72%	91.4%	91.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	33 / 48 (639.2796)	33 (158.2516)	23 (166.2284)	37 (157.1656)	30 (157.6340)
Apr 7, 2023	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC	17 / 28 (678.2060)	19 (167.3944)	19 (167.9772)	7 (174.2972)	17 (168.5372)
Mar 31, 2023	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	27 / 57 (657.6112)	30 (165.6684)	5 (177.1772)	47 (154.8000)	33 (159.9656)
Apr 8, 2022	Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC	26 / 36 (658.1140)	20 (165.7144)	24 (165.0856)	29 (161.6456)	16 (165.6684)