Scratch N Dent BBQ KS
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Best single call
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
⚔️ A tough matchup
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL).
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (2019-10-25) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 32-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LEE LA Q.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 42 at their very first tracked contest, Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (2019-10-25).
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 159.9772 | 167.64 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.9544 | 163.97 | top 65% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 157.6684 | 165.92 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 161.1428 | 164.26 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 80% |
| TN | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (4 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (5 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (2019-10-25)
- Wins it all in 20% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 628.93
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 657.0056 | 652.45 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 656.4796 | 656.46 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 526.8572 | 526.86 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 237 / 249 (657.0056) | 219 (163.9772) | 167 (168.5372) | 245 (157.6684) | 169 (166.8228) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 376 / 505 (647.8972) | 406 (159.9772) | 449 (155.9544) | 271 (166.2856) | 245 (165.6800) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 171 / 185 (656.4340) | 113 (169.6800) | 171 (159.4172) | 162 (163.9540) | 151 (163.3828) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 276 / 467 (656.4796) | 221 (166.8456) | 280 (163.9656) | 253 (164.5256) | 282 (161.1428) |
| 2019-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 1 / 42 (526.8572) | 2 (177.7372) | 8 (171.9772) | 1 (177.1428) | — |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #1107 (120 pts) | #1046 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #917 (120 pts) | #978 (120 pts) | #1023 (120 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |