High-water mark
677.5888
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.5888 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 8, 2024
KODAS BBQ LLC
KODAS BBQ LLC is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 43 at the 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show (2024). They finished #278 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 14, 2023
latest Jan 9, 2025 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.26 · weakest Brisket (161.81)
Road miles
229
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.13 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.77 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 | #318 (109 pts) | #321 (109 pts) | #352 (89 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #937 (116 pts) | #907 (136 pts) | #1219 (86 pts) | #1074 (96 pts) | #805 (166 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #278 (134 pts) | #293 (134 pts) | #326 (109 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1565 (57 pts) | #1294 (67 pts) | #1109 (122 pts) | #1259 (67 pts) | #1577 (57 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 167.3944 | 170.26 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 158.2056 | 165.67 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 162.8228 | 165.10 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 146.7544 | 161.81 | top 39% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 65% | Nov 8, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
129
finished ahead 101 times, behind 75
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1511) 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
20244 milestones
- First call 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- First overall top-10 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Career-best overall score677.5888 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.6632 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
| +5.3 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2025 |
| +3.9 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Nov 8, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 14, 2023 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 94.1% | 93.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 12 / 38 (326.7656) | 12 (168.5600) | 16 (158.2056) | 13 (162.8228) | 10 (160.5144) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 12 / 26 (677.5888) | 9 (175.4056) | 18 (166.2516) | 16 (165.0972) | 6 (170.8344) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 9 / 43 (334.7772) | 9 (167.3944) | 13 (167.3828) | 11 (165.0972) | 4 (169.1200) |
| Apr 14, 2023 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 27 / 32 (654.6632) | 23 (169.6800) | 12 (170.8460) | 23 (167.3828) | 31 (146.7544) |