High-water mark
334.2056
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 334.2056 at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 92.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Mar 7, 2025
Live Wire BBQ
Live Wire BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 30 at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They finished #311 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Mar 7, 2025
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.70 · weakest Chicken (160.50)
Purse competed for
$3,450
listed at 1 contest — 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 | #311 (115 pts) | #350 (75 pts) | #230 (205 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5028 | 160.5028 | 160.50 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 173.7028 | 173.70 | top 13% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 165.6684 | 165.67 | top 57% |
“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.
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 | 13 / 30 (334.2056) | 21 (160.5028) | 4 (173.7028) | 17 (165.6684) | — |