High-water mark
332.4916
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 332.4916 at Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds — 92.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 16, 2024
K-Dub's Barbecue
K-Dub's Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 15 at the Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds (2024). They finished #239 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 16, 2024
latest Mar 14, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.33
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.60)
Road miles
14
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.05 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 168.5716 | 165.1088 | 166.45 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 151.3372 | 158.60 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 165.0972 | 156.5028 | 161.85 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 170.8228 | 153.6228 | 162.82 | top 23% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 37% | Mar 14, 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
64
finished ahead 53 times, behind 28
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Most recent contest Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
20247 milestones
- First tracked contest Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First call Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First overall top-10 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.4916 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Career-best overall score332.4916 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8228 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Peak power rating (1515) Plant City Pig Jam
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 7 / 15 (317.0172) | 4 (165.6800) | 8 (151.3372) | 1 (163.9428) | 3 (164) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 6 / 26 (325.6460) | 4 (168.5716) | 14 (157.0744) | 11 (156.5028) | 9 (153.6228) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 4 / 15 (332.4916) | 3 (165.1088) | 4 (167.3828) | 4 (165.0972) | 2 (170.8228) |