3 Stooges BBQ
3 Stooges BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 25th of 29 at the Effingham -Jam (2021). They finished #373 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jul 23, 2021
latest Jun 7, 2024 · 2.9 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.67 · weakest Brisket (156.55)
Road miles
332
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 332 mi
Purse competed for
$8,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
639.83 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
323.91 / 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 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 161.0856 | 161.67 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 161.1084 | 161.38 | top 77% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 161.0856 | 161.09 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 156.5484 | 156.55 | top 90% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
62
finished ahead 10 times, behind 52
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
Jul 23, 2021 → Jun 7, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.2512 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Effingham -Jam
- Career-best overall score639.8280 Effingham -Jam
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 29 / 35 (323.9084) | 29 (162.2512) | 27 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Jul 23, 2021 | Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL | 25 / 29 (639.8280) | 24 (161.0856) | 22 (161.1084) | 24 (161.0856) | 26 (156.5484) |