High-water mark
335.3828
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 335.3828 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest — 93.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 21, 2025
Backbone BBQ
Backbone BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2025
latest Mar 21, 2025
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.42)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$7,450
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 167.9656 | 167.97 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 167.4172 | 167.42 | top 52% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score170.2972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score335.3828 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9656 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 17 / 33 (335.3828) | 19 (167.9656) | 17 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 9 (170.2972) | — | — | — | — |