Team of the Year

Team profile

PUDDLEDUCK BBQ

Contests
48
Grand Championships GC
7
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
4
Overall top 10s
26
Average overall score
397.708
Best overall score
687.337
Seasons active
2024–2026
Sanctioning bodies
KCBS

Strengths by category

How often the team finishes where, call by call. “Typical finish” is the average finish as a share of the field — lower is better.

Chicken

Typical finishTop 37%

Entries
43
Firsts
6
Top 10s
22

Ribs

Typical finishTop 37%

Entries
43
Firsts
4
Top 10s
27

Pork

Typical finishTop 59%

Entries
7
Firsts
0
Top 10s
3

Brisket

Typical finishTop 74%

Entries
7
Firsts
0
Top 10s
3

Dessert

Typical finishTop 11%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
1

Season by season

Overall results per year: how many contests, how they finished, and how the scores moved.

Contests enteredby how the team finished
Contests by year for PUDDLEDUCK BBQ Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2024 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2025 with 17 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 05101520 2024: 5 contests, 2 top 10s 5 2024 2025: 17 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 9 top 10s 17 2025 2026: 17 contests, 5 Grand Championships, 15 top 10s 17 2026
Overall contests by year for PUDDLEDUCK BBQ
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2024502479.586
20251729413.987
202617515357.346
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for PUDDLEDUCK BBQ Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 479.586 in 2024. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 300350400450500 2024: average overall score 479.586479.6 2024 2025: average overall score 413.987414.0 2025 2026: average overall score 357.346357.3 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 2ndRGC

    WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

    Oct 16, 2026KCBS Huntsville, AL 43 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 19).KCBS has certified these scores (first seen Oct 19).
    355.417
  2. 1stGC

    Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

    Sep 18, 2026KCBS Columbiana, AL 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    341.657
  3. 1stGC

    Bands & BBQ at the Point

    Sep 11, 2026KCBS Carrollton, KY 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    351.977
  4. 5th

    Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)

    Aug 15, 2026KCBS IL 19 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    342.8
  5. 10th

    Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1)

    Aug 14, 2026KCBS IL 23 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    332.48
  6. 1stGC

    Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 2)

    Jul 18, 2026KCBS Osceola, MO 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    356.56
  7. 7th

    Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest (Day 1)

    Jul 17, 2026KCBS Osceola, MO 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    343.383
  8. 18th

    Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

    Jun 19, 2026KCBS IL 41 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    341.68
  9. 31st

    Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)

    Jun 12, 2026KCBS Ditto Landing 293 Ditto Landing Rd SE Huntsville, AL 31 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    176.56
  10. 2ndRGC

    8th Annual KCBS World Invitational:

    May 24, 2026KCBS James E. Ward Agricultural Center (Wilson County Fairgrounds) 945 E Baddour Pkwy Lebanon, TN 47 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    354.274
  11. 1stGC

    High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

    May 15, 2026KCBS Winchester, TN 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    357.154
  12. 7th

    O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2

    May 2, 2026KCBS AL 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    348.537

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