Dumpster Fire BBQ
Dumpster Fire BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 27th of 58 at the Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (2024). They finished #368 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2016
latest Nov 15, 2024 · 8.1 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.82 · weakest Chicken (162.24)
Road miles
1,918
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1,918 mi
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
658.73 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.93 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 | #368 (60 pts) | #358 (70 pts) | #380 (60 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 159.3484 | 162.24 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 162.8000 | 164.52 | top 42% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 165.0856 | 166.82 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 164.5828 | 164.58 | top 41% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
169
finished ahead 77 times, behind 91
Longest layoff
8.1 yrs
Oct 7, 2016 → Nov 15, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7312 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score658.7312 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 27 / 58 (327.9316) | 23 (165.1316) | 28 (162.8000) | 15 (165.0856) | — |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 40 / 75 (658.7312) | 57 (159.3484) | 27 (166.2400) | 25 (168.5600) | 31 (164.5828) |