High-water mark
683.9084
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9084 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 26, 2024
Sporting Wood BBQ
Sporting Wood BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 26 at the Torry Island BBQ Showdown (2025). They finished #967 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 26, 2024
latest Mar 21, 2025 · 1.1 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.64)
Road miles
123
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
678.75 / 720
3 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 | 174.8456 | 169.6684 | 171.40 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 161.0972 | 166.64 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 165.1200 | 167.59 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 169.7028 | 173.12 | top 26% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 56% | Mar 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
164
finished ahead 75 times, behind 108
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Mar 1, 2024 → Mar 21, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9084 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score683.9084 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 13 / 26 (675.8856) | 10 (169.6800) | 11 (169.1200) | 13 (165.1200) | 9 (171.9656) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 13 / 21 (676.4684) | 13 (169.6684) | 14 (169.7028) | 14 (167.3944) | 8 (169.7028) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 33 / 61 (683.9084) | 27 (174.8456) | 56 (161.0972) | 31 (170.2628) | 4 (177.7028) |