Hayes Kirkpatrick
Hayes Kirkpatrick is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 32 at the Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 12 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 17, 2026
latest Jul 17, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
1,285
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 428 mi
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
56
finished ahead 27 times, behind 27
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score162.8572 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score162.8572 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)
20251 milestone
- First tracked contest 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2026 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 10 / 32 (162.8572) | — | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational - Youth Que Registration unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2025 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) unrated Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.