The heartbreaker
3.9884
points from the title
Came within 3.9884 points of the Grand Championship at Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 (Oct 6, 2023).
The Meatsy Boys
The Meatsy Boys 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 11 at the Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #300 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 24, 2023
latest Mar 22, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.05
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.12 · weakest Chicken (168.55)
Road miles
449
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 224 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
337.67 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4172 | 155.9772 | 168.55 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 165.6800 | 169.12 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 57% | Mar 22, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 59 times, behind 60
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Peak power rating (1514) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
20238 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First call Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.5256 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score344.5256 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
- First category win (Chicken) Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1
- First overall top-10 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1
- First overall podium Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1
- First Reserve Championship Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 | Oct 6, 2023 |
| +4.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 22, 2024 |
| +2.9 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition | Apr 21, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 24, 2023 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 43% | 95.7% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 13 / 31 (341.0972) | 6 (175.4172) | 21 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 🏅 Harper, KS | 2 / 11 (341.0972) | 1 (171.9656) | 2 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS | 11 / 28 (344.5256) | 13 (170.8228) | 7 (173.7028) | — | — |
| Mar 24, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 27 / 37 (323.9428) | 32 (155.9772) | 16 (167.9656) | — | — |