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Buns Out BBQ KC
Buns Out BBQ KC is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2025). They finished #407 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2025
latest Mar 21, 2025
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.07)
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.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #407 (58 pts) | #406 (58 pts) | #413 (58 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 160.5256 | 160.53 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0744 | 145.0744 | 145.07 | 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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score164.5372 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score305.6000 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5256 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 | 32 / 33 (305.6000) | 28 (160.5256) | 33 (145.0744) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 13 (164.5372) | — | — | — | — |