Taylor Bay
Taylor Bay is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 28 at the Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #341 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2024
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.95 · weakest Chicken (151.37)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #341 (88 pts) | #417 (58 pts) | #334 (103 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3716 | 151.3716 | 151.37 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 155.9544 | 155.95 | top 54% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2024 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Logansport, IN | 18 / 28 (307.3260) | 24 (151.3716) | 15 (155.9544) | — | — |