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LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY

LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY is a competition barbecue team with 53 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 36 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2151 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,151
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1533
peak 1587 · rated over 45 contests

Contests

53
in the data

First seen

Mar 8, 2019
latest Jun 5, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#111
Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

0
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
32% of 53 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 54%
overall standings

Best overall

520.5256 / 540

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

330.91 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 333.60 (-2.69)

Walk rate

51%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±9.91
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.66 · weakest Pork (164.28)

Road miles

4,308
across 53 mapped stops · furthest 354 mi

Schedule strength

51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Purse competed for

$309K
listed at 39 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 15 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

333.60 / 360
37 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

501.85 / 540
8 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Bentley Que has finished one call ahead of LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

  • 8 contests
  • 5 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 35%

A tough matchup

30–1 behind in the head-to-head

PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q ahead in 97% of their meetings

PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q has come out ahead in 30 of their 31 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 40%.

  • Pork avg 164.28
  • Chicken avg 168.66
  • 2 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

13–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JT'S SMOKE SHACK in 13 of their 17 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

23 of 37 shared chicken entries lost

LEE LA Q ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LEE LA Q has out-cooked them in 23 of 37 shared chicken entries.

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Built for the big stage

Top 33% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 33% finish in large fields against top 86% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 33% (7)
  • Small (<20 teams): top 86% (6)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

LEE LA Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 43% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 43% across 7 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

  • 7 August contests
  • top 54% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,308 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,308 miles across 53 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 354 miles to Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague.

  • 53 mapped stops
  • furthest 354 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #172 (227 pts) #143 (307 pts) #172 (247 pts) — —
2025 ↗ Backyard #111 (485 pts) #111 (550 pts) #130 (515 pts) — —
2024 ↗ Backyard #129 (442 pts) #102 (617 pts) #135 (417 pts) — —
2024 ↗ Master — — — #778 (192 pts) —
2023 ↗ Backyard — #83 (741 pts) #78 (786 pts) — —
2022 ↗ Backyard — #64 (716 pts) #54 (800 pts) — —
2021 ↗ Backyard — #45 (776 pts) #67 (504 pts) — —
2020 ↗ Backyard — #31 (358 pts) #27 (418 pts) — —
2019 ↗ Backyard — #21 (105 pts) #22 (105 pts) — —

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY, each with one reason worth a look.

82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

MYASSIS SMOKIN
#2,149 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
50
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1592

They've been 1592 at their best, 59 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Aug 31, 2018
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HOLY SMOKERS MI
#2,139 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1557

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 40 contests
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CBF Que
#2,146 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
1
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1538

Fewer contests behind them than LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY has cooked, 36 to 53, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen Jul 9, 2026
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UGLY BABY BBQ
#2,137 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
65
GCs
1
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1584

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 65 contests, alongside a 22% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 61 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
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BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ
#2,148 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1580

They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY's first contest.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen May 31, 2024
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RFS Barbecue Team
#2,142 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
19%
Peak
1537

Level with LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 26 contests
  • last seen Jun 25, 2022
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
LEE LA Q 37 13 24 35% ⚔ compare
Hickory Hangover 33 6 27 18% ⚔ compare
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q 31 1 30 3% ⚔ compare
HELL ON SQUEALS 27 13 14 48% ⚔ compare
NORALA BBQ TEAM 27 10 17 37% ⚔ compare
REDBONES BBQ 27 7 20 26% ⚔ compare
RIBLIFE 24 10 14 42% ⚔ compare
2 Swine Crew 22 7 15 32% ⚔ compare
Deviant Smoke 20 7 13 35% ⚔ compare
Bentley Que 19 4 15 21% ⚔ compare
JT'S SMOKE SHACK 17 13 4 76% ⚔ compare
Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team 17 9 8 53% ⚔ compare
BAMA BOYS BBQ 16 9 7 56% ⚔ compare
Pork Life 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
Modest Meats 16 7 9 44% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 45 18 0 5 179.4400 143.3144 168.66 top 52%
Pork Ribs 45 12 0 3 178.2972 146.2172 165.88 top 55%
Pork 11 2 0 0 171.9772 150.8000 164.28 top 60%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)60top 86%
Medium (20–39)320top 53%
Large (40+)70top 33%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AL390top 53%
TN30top 39%
VA20top 113%
MS10top 17%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) 7 5 0 top 53% Jun 5, 2026
Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) 6 6 0 top 46% Jun 13, 2025
Smoke on the Falls 3 9 0 top 55% Apr 3, 2026
Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) 3 14 0 top 72% Mar 27, 2026
Poosa Q 3 7 0 top 30% Jun 20, 2025
Mission Q (Backyard Only) 3 12 0 top 65% Sep 16, 2022
Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 2 8 0 top 76% Oct 27, 2023
Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 13 0 top 61% Mar 6, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 8 contests
Contests a season 4.4 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AL 46 of 53 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited 24 8 of them more than once
Opponents faced 741 finished ahead 1,058 times, behind 879

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
20251 milestone
  1. 50th tracked contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD)
20234 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. Career-best overall score520.5256 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. Peak power rating (1587) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
20221 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
20195 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.6800 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
  2. First call Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
  3. First overall top-10 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. First overall podium Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
  5. 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off
20151 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.6Smoke on the Shores BBQ ChampionshipMar 17, 2023
+14.8Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)Apr 28, 2023
+14.3Poosa QMay 5, 2022
+13.5Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)Jun 21, 2019
+12.4Smoke on the FallsApr 9, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-16Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)Mar 22, 2024
-13.2Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)Aug 5, 2022
-13Smoke on the Falls BBQ CompetitionApr 11, 2025
-12Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)Mar 21, 2025
-11.9Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus TeagueOct 15, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20263000 33% top 66% 95.7% 92.1%
20257010 43% top 68% 96.2% 91.6%
20246010 67% top 59% 94.1% 91.9%
20238050 63% top 35% 96.5% 94.2%
20227030 57% top 59% 95.1% 92.6%
20216030 50% top 58% 97.9% 93.6%
20203010 100% top 60% 93.5% 90.9%
20197030 57% top 41% 95.9% 93.3%
20182000 0% — — —
20172000 0% — — —
20161000 0% — — —
20151000 0% — — —

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 5, 2026 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL 24 / 26 (326.1712) 22 (166.2284) 21 (159.9428) 24 (162.8228) —
Apr 3, 2026 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 26 / 36 (323.9200) 10 (171.9772) 30 (151.9428) — —
Mar 27, 2026 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL 14 / 43 (344.5256) 15 (172.5600) 13 (171.9656) — —
Sep 20, 2025 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD) Glencoe, AL 8 / 22 (340.0572) 7 (170.3428) 9 (169.7144) — —
Sep 19, 2025 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL 28 / 30 (319.8628) 23 (168.5372) 29 (151.3256) 19 (170.2628) —
Sep 12, 2025 Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL 18 / 28 (338.2056) 16 (170.8228) 20 (167.3828) — —
Jun 20, 2025 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 11 / 42 (346.2516) 17 (170.8344) 5 (175.4172) — —
Jun 13, 2025 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 24 / 35 (336.5028) 10 (173.7028) 29 (162.8000) — —
Apr 11, 2025 Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL 31 / 31 (308.4572) 29 (162.2400) 33 (146.2172) — —
Mar 21, 2025 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL 37 / 43 (319.8972) 30 (165.0972) 41 (154.8000) — —
Oct 11, 2024 Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL 21 / 38 (331.3944) 9 (174.8456) 30 (156.5488) — —
Jun 7, 2024 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 15 / 35 (338.2056) 3 (175.4056) 23 (162.8000) — —
May 17, 2024 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN 27 / 39 (328.5144) 32 (159.9772) 18 (168.5372) — —
May 4, 2024 The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Birmingham, AL — — — 4 (170.2744) —
Apr 12, 2024 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 9 / 31 (338.8116) 11 (169.6800) 9 (169.1316) — —
Mar 22, 2024 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL 37 / 38 (318.1484) 32 (164.5256) 38 (153.6228) — —
Oct 27, 2023 Railyard BBQ Brawl 2023 🏅 Madison, AL 10 / 14 (340.5028) 20 (167.3828) 7 (173.1200) — —
Oct 5, 2023 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 39 / 73 (328.5028) 35 (166.8228) 42 (161.6800) — —
Aug 11, 2023 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL 10 / 35 (506.2400) 5 (173.7028) 20 (165.6800) 12 (166.8572) —
Aug 4, 2023 Smoke in the Outfield (BACKYARD) (TEAM REGISTRATION FULL) Madison, AL 8 / 58 (347.4172) 10 (173.7028) 12 (173.7144) — —
Jun 9, 2023 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 17 / 26 (328.4916) 20 (161.6456) 12 (166.8460) — —
Apr 28, 2023 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL 2 / 36 (520.5256) 2 (179.4400) 13 (170.8228) 12 (170.2628) —
Mar 17, 2023 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN 6 / 80 (345.1432) 24 (167.4288) 2 (177.7144) — —
Mar 17, 2023 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN — — — — —
Oct 28, 2022 Railyard BBQ Brawl 🏅 Madison, AL 8 / 10 (333.0856) 18 (161.6684) 6 (171.4172) — —
Sep 16, 2022 Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL 12 / 18 (338.2288) 4 (176.5600) 16 (161.6688) — —
Aug 12, 2022 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL 22 / 35 (499.8740) 15 (169.6684) 15 (169.6800) 31 (160.5256) —
Aug 5, 2022 Back to School Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Madison, AL 20 / 21 (472.9600) 20 (153.6228) 11 (168.5372) 21 (150.8000) —
Jun 10, 2022 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 7 / 23 (337.0972) 13 (165.0972) 3 (172) — —
May 5, 2022 Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL 7 / 72 (342.2628) 10 (173.1084) 15 (169.1544) — —
Apr 8, 2022 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 22 / 34 (333.6572) 21 (166.2628) 23 (167.3944) — —
Nov 12, 2021 Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS 5 / 30 (352.5600) 6 (174.2628) 5 (178.2972) — —
Oct 16, 2021 Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA 17 / 15 (329.1316) 15 (167.4172) 19 (161.7144) — —
Oct 15, 2021 Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA 17 / 15 (323.3600) 18 (161.6684) 14 (161.6916) — —
Aug 27, 2021 Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN 10 / 25 (504.5372) 2 (174.8572) 13 (163.9772) 14 (165.7028) —
Jun 11, 2021 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 14 / 31 (337.1088) 15 (169.1316) 14 (167.9772) — —
Apr 9, 2021 Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL 7 / 38 (342.2512) 5 (173.7028) 17 (168.5484) — —
Nov 20, 2020 Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL 12 / 21 (333.6688) 8 (170.2628) 17 (163.4060) — —
Aug 7, 2020 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL 8 / 21 (505.0512) 4 (173.1084) 5 (171.4172) 12 (160.5256) —
Mar 6, 2020 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Hartselle, AL 27 / 32 (311.2800) 31 (143.3144) 9 (167.9656) — —
Nov 22, 2019 Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL 14 / 20 (333.6572) 13 (167.3828) 13 (166.2744) — —
Sep 6, 2019 Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) Arab, AL 13 / 19 (493.5996) 12 (167.9772) 7 (168.5256) 17 (157.0968) —
Aug 9, 2019 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL 5 / 26 (511.9772) 2 (176) 13 (164) 5 (171.9772) —
Jul 26, 2019 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL 15 / 27 (327.9200) 18 (163.9656) 15 (163.9544) — —
Jun 21, 2019 Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL 3 / 23 (345.1316) 5 (171.9772) 3 (173.1544) — —
Jun 7, 2019 Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL 6 / 25 (339.9884) 2 (175.4400) 15 (164.5484) — —
Mar 8, 2019 Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL 13 / 34 (333.6800) 15 (166.2856) 14 (167.3944) — —
Sep 14, 2018 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL — — — — —
Jul 27, 2018 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL — — — — —
Jul 28, 2017 Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL — — — — —
Jun 9, 2017 Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL — — — — —
Sep 9, 2016 Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL — — — — —
Sep 11, 2015 Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL — — — — —

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