Backdoor BBQ
Backdoor BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 13th of 15 at the Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #1531 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2024
latest Jul 26, 2024
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168 · weakest Brisket (147.35)
Purse competed for
$7,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
606.07 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.71 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
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 ↗ | Master | #1531 (53 pts) | #1570 (53 pts) | #1612 (53 pts) | #1136 (83 pts) | #1532 (53 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1656 | 143.9428 | 148.55 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5488 | 146.7772 | 149.66 | top 97% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 168 | 168 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3488 | 147.3488 | 147.35 | top 100% |
“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 score606.0688 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)168 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2024 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA | 28 / 28 (606.0688) | 28 (143.9428) | 28 (146.7772) | 19 (168) | 28 (147.3488) |
| — | Bourbon, Brews & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Bancroft, IA | 13 / 15 (305.7144) | 12 (153.1656) | 14 (152.5488) | — | — |