Uncle Mikes BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 41 at the Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). Also listed in KCBS results as “Uncle Mike's BBQ”.
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.
The teams rated closest to Uncle Mikes BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Uncle Mikes BBQ 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 138 rated teams sit within a point of it.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Uncle Mikes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Uncle Mikes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Uncle Mikes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Uncle Mikes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 145.1544 | 160.21 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 130.8116 | 148.87 | top 70% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 145.1200 | 155.40 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 152.5600 | 153.12 | top 68% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 5 | 0 | top 43% | Sep 16, 2023 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.4 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 16, 2023 |
| -11.8 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 | Jul 25, 2014 |
| -7.3 | Taste of Grand Rapids | Jul 19, 2013 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 97% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 34 / 35 (299.3832) | 9 (168.5716) | 35 (130.8116) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 5 / 41 (328.5372) | 5 (166.8228) | 17 (161.7144) | — | — |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI | 50 / 55 (585.5888) | 52 (145.1544) | 51 (142.7544) | 54 (145.1200) | 37 (152.5600) |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 29 / 39 (631.8400) | 28 (160.5372) | 33 (151.9428) | 15 (165.6800) | 27 (153.6800) |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 8 / 39 (317.0972) | 5 (159.9772) | 13 (157.1200) | — | — |