High-water mark
333.6916
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 333.6916 at MD State BBQ Bash — 92.7% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 11, 2024
Big River BBQ
Big River BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 10th of 26 at the MD State BBQ Bash (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 27, 2021
latest Oct 11, 2024 · 3.1 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 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.54
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.97)
Road miles
1,799
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,799 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
301.65 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
320.92 / 360
3 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 162.2628 | 163.23 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 138.8228 | 152.97 | top 89% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 162.8228 | 162.82 | top 52% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 85% | Oct 13, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 82 times, behind 134
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Aug 27, 2021 → Oct 14, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20247 milestones
- First call MD State BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 MD State BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.6916 MD State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score333.6916 MD State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1200 MD State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1485) MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 11, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 27, 2021 |
| -5.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 14, 2022 |
| -2.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 41.9% | 41.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2024 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 10 / 26 (333.6916) | 18 (164.5716) | 8 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 19 / 23 (318.2972) | 11 (162.8572) | 26 (155.4400) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 26 / 30 (310.7656) | 17 (162.2628) | 34 (148.5028) | — | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 31 / 31 (301.6456) | — | 31 (138.8228) | 16 (162.8228) | — |