The heartbreaker
0.0228
points from the title
Came within 0.0228 points of the Grand Championship at The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) (May 3, 2024).
Porky Blinders
Porky Blinders is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 10 at The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1526
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2024
latest Mar 7, 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 176 · weakest Pork Ribs (174.57)
Road miles
27
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$9,150
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
349.98 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 173.1200 | 175.41 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 171.4172 | 174.57 | top 27% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 176 | 176 | top 7% |
“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)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
20248 milestones
- First tracked contest The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score355.4172 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score355.4172 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2025 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 7 / 30 (344.5372) | 8 (173.1200) | 10 (171.4172) | 2 (176) | — |
| May 3, 2024 | The Gulf Coast BBQ Championship (BACKYARD ONLY) Mobile, AL | 2 / 10 (355.4172) | 3 (177.7028) | 2 (177.7144) | — | — |