Missing Link BBQ
Missing Link BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 23 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2023). They finished #373 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 13, 2023
latest Oct 11, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.38)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
314.79 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 156.0112 | 161.42 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 148.5144 | 153.38 | top 99% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score315.3372 MD State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8228 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
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 | 26 / 26 (315.3372) | 16 (166.8228) | 28 (148.5144) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 23 / 23 (314.2512) | 23 (156.0112) | 21 (158.2400) | — | — |