Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×2
Killer B Backyard BBQ
Killer B Backyard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 23 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2026). They finished #766 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Killer "B" Backyard BBQ” and “Killer 'B' Backyard BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 37 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2023
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
10% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.38 · weakest Brisket (160.91)
Road miles
763
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 209 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$66K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.20 / 720
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #766 (148 pts) | #882 (133 pts) | #922 (138 pts) | #469 (413 pts) | #738 (183 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Killer B Backyard BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Killer B Backyard BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,378 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Fewer contests behind them than Killer B Backyard BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Killer B Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Killer B Backyard BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Killer B Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Killer B Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Killer B Backyard BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hogs B Hatin' | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| RTQue | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad company cookers | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BLAZERS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| VanBand BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Big James Kitchen | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Destroyer | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Holy Smoke | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Pimp | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG G BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| sHOGun BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| The Red Goose | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Bandits BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4516 | 159.9428 | 167.00 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 165.1316 | 169.17 | top 51% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 165.6800 | 172.38 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 149.0744 | 160.91 | top 74% |
“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) | 8 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 46% | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 31% | May 1, 2026 |
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 57 | 0 | top 65% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
305
finished ahead 218 times, behind 352
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20268 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score686.7540 Southaven Springfest
- Peak power rating (1496) Southaven Springfest
- First overall top-10 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 10th tracked contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8972 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9 | Southaven Springfest | Apr 24, 2026 |
| +1.3 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 75% | top 39% | 96.4% | 95.5% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 94.5% | 93.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 11 / 32 (514.8000) | 24 (162.8344) | 14 (171.9656) | 1 (180) | — |
| May 1, 2026 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 4 / 23 (520.5144) | 12 (167.3944) | 3 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 19 / 33 (686.7540) | 22 (170.2628) | 21 (169.6800) | 11 (174.2628) | 12 (172.5484) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 57 / 125 (684.5376) | 26 (175.4516) | 77 (167.9888) | 1 (180) | 111 (161.0972) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 17 / 36 (502.7544) | 29 (159.9428) | 11 (173.1316) | 19 (169.6800) | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 14 / 31 (510.1712) | 19 (166.2284) | 18 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 85 / 100 (663.3144) | 23 (175.4400) | 71 (167.9772) | 49 (170.8228) | 97 (149.0744) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 15 / 33 (503.9088) | 12 (167.9888) | 14 (169.6800) | 23 (166.2400) | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 23 / 37 (503.3372) | 30 (161.6572) | 24 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 17 / 30 (659.8972) | 21 (162.8228) | 18 (165.1316) | 17 (165.6800) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.