High-water mark
499.3940
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 499.3940 at Roast N Boast — 92.5% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Oct 20, 2023
SLABHOUSE
SLABHOUSE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 12 at the Roast N Boast (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 28, 2022
latest Oct 18, 2024 · 2 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 122%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.27 · weakest Pork (156.91)
Road miles
1
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
310.83 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
472.50 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 153.0856 | 158.27 | top 118% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 148 | 156.97 | top 115% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 144.5256 | 156.91 | top 121% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roast N Boast | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 122% | Oct 18, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
54
finished ahead 19 times, behind 59
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Roast N Boast
20236 milestones
- First call Roast N Boast
- First overall top-10 Roast N Boast
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score499.3940 Roast N Boast
- Career-best overall score499.3940 Roast N Boast
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5828 Roast N Boast
- Peak power rating (1490) Roast N Boast
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Roast N Boast | Oct 20, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Roast N Boast | Oct 28, 2022 |
| -6.6 | Roast N Boast | Oct 18, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 225% | 82.5% | 82.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 11 / 15 (310.8344) | 11 (153.1544) | 10 (157.6800) | 9 (158.2400) | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 8 / 12 (499.3940) | 8 (168.5828) | 12 (162.8456) | 8 (167.9656) | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 18 / 8 (445.6112) | 17 (153.0856) | 15 (148) | 19 (144.5256) | — |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS | — | — | 21 (159.3600) | — | — |