A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
309 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
EZ CHEW BARBECUE
EZ CHEW BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 20 at the Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They finished #433 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Aug 17, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Consistency
±4.71
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.19 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.93)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$9,050
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
296.13 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 139.3828 | 151.19 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1312 | 139.9544 | 144.93 | top 83% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 96% | Aug 17, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
43
finished ahead 3 times, behind 72
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score302.7772 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8228 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1488) Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 26 / 26 (302.7772) | 22 (162.8228) | 26 (139.9544) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 31 / 32 (293.0860) | 28 (151.3716) | 30 (141.7144) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 18 / 20 (292.5140) | 19 (139.3828) | 11 (153.1312) | — | — |