Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 8 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY) (Nov 15, 2025).
- Nov 15, 2025
- 8-team field
Mustang Smoked BBQ
Mustang Smoked BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 8 at the BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Nov 15, 2025
latest May 1, 2026
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.14 · weakest Brisket (156.56)
Road miles
72
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
643.95 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.18 / 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. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5828 | 162.8228 | 165.70 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 165.6916 | 167.14 | top 57% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 158.8800 | 166.57 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 156.5600 | 156.56 | top 93% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score643.9544 BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.1772 BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste | 12 / 14 (643.9544) | 11 (162.8228) | 9 (165.6916) | 13 (158.8800) | 13 (156.5600) |
| Nov 15, 2025 | BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY) Palmares | 5 / 8 (337.1772) | 3 (168.5828) | 4 (168.5944) | 3 (174.2628) | — |