High-water mark
334.2628
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 334.2628 at Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) — 92.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Jul 20, 2023
Fantastic Meats
Fantastic Meats is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 6 at the Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 20, 2023
latest Jul 20, 2023
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.68 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.58)
Road miles
285
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.6800 | 169.6800 | 169.68 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 164.5828 | 164.5828 | 164.58 | top 33% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
5
finished ahead 4 times, behind 1
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jun 3, 2022 → Jul 20, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20238 milestones
- First call Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- First overall top-10 Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- First overall podium Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- First Reserve Championship Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.2628 Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- Career-best overall score334.2628 Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6800 Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
- Most recent contest Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2023 | Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard) Raymond, AB | 2 / 6 (334.2628) | 2 (169.6800) | 2 (164.5828) | — | — |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 28, 2022 | Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB | — | — | — | — | — |