BBQ Madman
BBQ Madman is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 36th of 50 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Oct 18, 2024 · 3.2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.08)
Road miles
7
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
626.05 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
321.03 / 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 155.3600 | 158.22 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 150.2172 | 155.08 | top 81% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5140 | 156.5140 | 156.51 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 163.9544 | 163.95 | top 63% |
“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
131
finished ahead 28 times, behind 121
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
Aug 13, 2021 → Oct 18, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score626.0456 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)163.9544 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 36 / 50 (321.0284) | 34 (161.0856) | 35 (159.9428) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 44 / 49 (626.0456) | 46 (155.3600) | 45 (150.2172) | 46 (156.5140) | 31 (163.9544) |