High-water mark
342.8000
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 342.8000 at Trekking for CDH — 95.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 14, 2024
Rusty Knuckle BBQ
Rusty Knuckle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 35 at the Trekking for CDH (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #120 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1529
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2024
latest Sep 14, 2024
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.30
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.59 · weakest Chicken (166.24)
Road miles
23
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
333.83 / 360
3 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #120 (500 pts) | #134 (480 pts) | #126 (460 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 152.4800 | 166.24 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8344 | 163.4056 | 167.59 | top 28% |
“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
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
99
finished ahead 121 times, behind 44
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202410 milestones
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall top-10 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.6684 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall podium Trekking for CDH
- First Reserve Championship Trekking for CDH
- Career-best overall score342.8000 Trekking for CDH
- Peak power rating (1529) Trekking for CDH
- Most recent contest Trekking for CDH
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 2 / 35 (342.8000) | 4 (171.9656) | 8 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 16 / 27 (321.0172) | 19 (152.4800) | 3 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 7 / 34 (337.6684) | 4 (174.2628) | 17 (163.4056) | — | — |