The heartbreaker
2.3888
points from the title
Came within 2.3888 points of the Grand Championship at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (Oct 6, 2023).
B & B BARBEQUE
B & B BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 29 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. Also listed in KCBS results as “B&B BARBEQUE” and “BB Barbeque”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2013
latest Oct 6, 2023 · 10 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Road miles
1,007
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 919 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
575.62 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.30 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to B & B BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.
B & B BARBEQUE has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before B & B BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#3,023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with B & B BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before B & B BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,009 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before B & B BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 162.2512 | 135.4172 | 153.28 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1544 | 136.5828 | 154 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 134.2856 | 142.54 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3372 | 138.2972 | 140.82 | top 97% |
“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 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 8% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 8% | Oct 6, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
103
finished ahead 65 times, behind 62
Longest layoff
8.6 yrs
Sep 27, 2013 → May 13, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20235 milestones
- First Reserve Championship The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1544 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score606.6512 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- First call The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
- First overall podium The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest National Bar-B-Que Derby
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 6, 2023 |
| +15.5 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 7, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) | Sep 27, 2013 |
| -11.7 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | May 13, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 90% | 90% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 89.1% | 86.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 75.6% | 75.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2023 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 2 / 29 (324) | 2 (154.8456) | 2 (169.1544) | — | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 3 / 30 (320.5944) | 2 (160.5944) | 6 (160) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 40 / 42 (606.6512) | 34 (162.2512) | 39 (150.2628) | 41 (150.8000) | 42 (143.3372) |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Community Fisrt Bank BBQ Competition (TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Appleton City, MO | 18 / 18 (544.5828) | 18 (135.4172) | 16 (136.5828) | 18 (134.2856) | 17 (138.2972) |
| Sep 6, 2013 | National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |