Buns Out BBQ KC MO
Rating
1477
peak 1477
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-03-21
latest 2025-03-21
Best ToY finish
#407
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.53 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.07)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Storylines
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Great Shepherd BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)
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% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MO (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 235.07
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 305.6000 | 235.07 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 32 / 33 (305.6000) | 28 (160.5256) | 33 (145.0744) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 13 (164.5372) | — | — | — | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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) | — | — |