A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
309 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big House BBQ
Big House BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 20 at the Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They finished #2397 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest Aug 19, 2023 · 10.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.25
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 154.86 · weakest Pork (151.43)
Road miles
413
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 413 mi
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$7,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
635.43 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.25 / 360
3 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2397 (71 pts) | #1518 (156 pts) | #2436 (71 pts) | #2452 (71 pts) | #2440 (71 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 141.1084 | 153.97 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 146.7888 | 154.25 | top 63% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4282 | 151.4282 | 151.43 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 154.8572 | 154.86 | top 65% |
“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 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 76% | Aug 19, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
91
finished ahead 36 times, behind 79
Longest layoff
9.3 yrs
May 3, 2013 → Aug 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
20134 milestones
- First call West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score635.4284 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8572 West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 19, 2023 |
| -2.4 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff | May 3, 2013 |
| -1.4 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2023 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 24 / 32 (307.9432) | 20 (161.1544) | 27 (146.7888) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 12 / 20 (306.1828) | 18 (142.7656) | 7 (163.4172) | — | — |
| May 3, 2013 | West Knoxville RotaryBBQ Cookoff Knoxville, TN | 27 / 46 (635.4284) | 9 (170.8572) | 26 (158.2858) | 38 (151.4282) | 30 (154.8572) |
| — | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 16 / 17 (289.6228) | 15 (141.1084) | 13 (148.5144) | — | — |