High-water mark
665.0288
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0288 at Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 12, 2026
LL BBQ
LL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 23 at the Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1470
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2025
latest Jul 24, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.11 · weakest Brisket (158.60)
Road miles
473
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
313.65 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 158.2744 | 163.27 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 155.3716 | 167.11 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 157.0744 | 163.01 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 151.3372 | 158.60 | top 92% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
129
finished ahead 19 times, behind 136
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0288 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score665.0288 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1491) Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -8.7 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 3, 2025 |
| -7.6 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -3.3 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship | Jul 24, 2026 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 85% | 92.4% | 91.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship 🏅 Gardner, KS | 22 / 29 (660.4344) | 20 (168.5600) | 7 (172.5600) | 27 (157.0744) | 25 (162.2400) |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 35 / 37 (647.2576) | 36 (159.9888) | 24 (170.8460) | 31 (165.0856) | 37 (151.3372) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 30 / 36 (665.0288) | 30 (166.2516) | 22 (169.6800) | 26 (166.8688) | 32 (162.2284) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 20 / 23 (313.6460) | 21 (158.2744) | 20 (155.3716) | — | — |