Team Taste Buds BBQ
Team Taste Buds BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 16th of 25 at the CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) (2024). They finished #814 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2024
latest Jun 14, 2024
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.93)
Road miles
39
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
644.73 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #814 (154 pts) | #782 (194 pts) | #1086 (119 pts) | #866 (149 pts) | #822 (169 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 165.7028 | 169.13 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 151.3484 | 153.93 | top 95% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 161.1428 | 162.55 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 154.8344 | 159.11 | top 69% |
“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)
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
- First call CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4228 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Career-best overall score656.4228 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
- Most recent contest CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2024 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA | 16 / 25 (656.4228) | 9 (172.5600) | 23 (156.5028) | 17 (163.9656) | 13 (163.3944) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 32 / 34 (633.0284) | 27 (165.7028) | 33 (151.3484) | 30 (161.1428) | 29 (154.8344) |