T.O.'s Unfamous BBQ

T.O.'s Unfamous BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 27 at the Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) (2022).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1531

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 1, 2022

latest Mar 29, 2024 · 2 years on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

343.9888 / 360

Backyard · Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.3088

Pork Ribs · Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)

Consistency

±2.83

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 172.56 · weakest Chicken (167.78)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$24K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

340.35 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

343.9888 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 343.9888 at Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) — 95.6% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Apr 1, 2022

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

Heavy & Sweaty BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Heavy & Sweaty BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Pit Bros in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 27 at their very first tracked contest, Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) (Apr 1, 2022).

Apr 1, 2022
27-team field

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	0	0	0	169.6800	165.7028	167.78	top 45%
Pork Ribs	3	2	1	1	174.3088	169.1200	172.56	top 17%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship	3	5	0	top 25%	Mar 29, 2024

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 136 finished ahead 141 times, behind 48

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

20242 milestones

Mar 29 Peak power rating (1531) Iowa State BBQ Championship
Mar 29 Most recent contest Iowa State BBQ Championship

20231 milestone

Mar 31 First category win (Pork Ribs) Iowa State BBQ Championship

20226 milestones

Apr 1 First tracked contest Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
Apr 1 First call Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
Apr 1 First overall top-10 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.9888 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
Apr 1 Career-best overall score343.9888 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)
Apr 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3088 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard)

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 29, 2024	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	17 / 42 (337.0856)	26 (167.9656)	14 (169.1200)	—	—
Mar 31, 2023	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	7 / 47 (339.9656)	13 (165.7028)	1 (174.2628)	—	—
Apr 1, 2022	Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) Altoona, IA	5 / 27 (343.9888)	12 (169.6800)	4 (174.3088)	—	—