High-water mark
677.1316
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.1316 at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 13, 2024
Bayonet BBQ
Bayonet BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 62 at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2024). They finished #618 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 28, 2023
latest Jul 13, 2024 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.55 · weakest Brisket (160.73)
Road miles
164
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 164 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.53 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
324.56 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 160.5716 | 164.29 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 163.9888 | 169.55 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 156.5028 | 161.87 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 145.0972 | 160.73 | top 63% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 84% | Apr 20, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
129
finished ahead 68 times, behind 128
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First call New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score677.1316 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Peak power rating (1492) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5604 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | Jul 13, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) | Apr 28, 2023 |
| -6.5 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) | Apr 19, 2024 |
| -6.1 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | Apr 20, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 94% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2024 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ | 11 / 62 (677.1316) | 27 (166.3088) | 4 (173.7028) | 25 (165.1200) | 6 (172) |
| Apr 20, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 19 / 25 (666.1716) | 20 (167.4172) | 11 (169.6800) | 17 (163.9772) | 20 (165.0972) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 23 / 25 (635.2804) | 21 (162.8460) | 15 (170.8344) | 24 (156.5028) | 25 (145.0972) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA | 20 / 20 (324.5604) | 20 (160.5716) | 15 (163.9888) | — | — |