High-water mark
666.7196
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7196 at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 17, 2023
The Big B Barbecue Company
The Big B Barbecue Company is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 37 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 12 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 17, 2023
latest Apr 19, 2024 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.40 · weakest Pork (159.37)
Road miles
29
across 4 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 164.5256 | 171.40 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 163.9656 | 167.20 | top 53% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3712 | 159.3712 | 159.37 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 166.8228 | 166.82 | top 61% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 25% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 25% | Apr 19, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
159
finished ahead 76 times, behind 113
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First overall top-10 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall podium Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First Reserve Championship Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs)
- First call Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7196 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score666.7196 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 97% | 97% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 57% | 92.6% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2024 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 2 / 37 (523.9428) | 7 (173.1200) | 14 (170.8228) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 14 / 32 (498.1828) | 13 (164.5256) | 15 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 57 / 80 (666.7196) | 9 (176.5600) | 59 (163.9656) | 72 (159.3712) | 49 (166.8228) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.