High-water mark
337.6456
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.6456 at Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off — 93.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 20, 2024
Gazaway BBQ
Gazaway BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 26 at the Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (2024). They finished #262 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 20, 2024
latest Sep 20, 2024
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.09)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 170.2628 | 170.26 | top 19% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 162.8000 | 165.09 | top 62% |
“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
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
35
finished ahead 24 times, behind 10
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 16, 2022 → Sep 20, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20246 milestones
- First call Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.6456 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score337.6456 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2628 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (One Meat Ribs)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2024 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 6 / 26 (337.6456) | 5 (170.2628) | 6 (167.3828) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (One Meat Ribs) Ponca City, OK | — | — | 13 (162.8000) | — | — |