Team of the Year

Team profile

POOR BOYS BBQ

Listed under another spelling in the results: Poor Boys BBQ.

Contests
77
Grand Championships GC
10
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
3
Overall top 10s
55
Average overall score
541.385
Best overall score
710.286
Seasons active
2014–2026
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 42%

Entries
80
Firsts
3
Top 10s
48

Ribs

Typical finishTop 39%

Entries
74
Firsts
7
Top 10s
47

Pork

Typical finishTop 36%

Entries
52
Firsts
3
Top 10s
31

Brisket

Typical finishTop 40%

Entries
36
Firsts
1
Top 10s
15

Sauce

Typical finishTop 11%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
1

Dessert

Typical finishTop 85%

Entries
1
Firsts
0
Top 10s
0

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 POOR BOYS BBQ Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2017 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2023 with 19 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 05101520 2017: 1 contest 1 2017 2018: 0 contests 2018 2019: 0 contests 2019 2020: 0 contests 2020 2021: 11 contests, 10 top 10s 11 2021 2022: 11 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 10 top 10s 11 2022 2023: 19 contests, 6 Grand Championships, 17 top 10s 19 2023 2024: 14 contests, 2 Grand Championships, 10 top 10s 14 2024 2025: 10 contests, 5 top 10s 10 2025 2026: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 3 top 10s 6 2026
Overall contests by year for POOR BOYS BBQ
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2017100602.126
202111010365.48
202211110431.637
202319617471.618
202414210690.016
20251005686.827
2026613686.68
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for POOR BOYS BBQ Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 690.016 in 2024. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 300400500600700800 2017: average overall score 602.126602.1 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021: average overall score 365.48365.5 2021 2022: average overall score 431.637431.6 2022 2023: average overall score 471.618471.6 2023 2024: average overall score 690.016690.0 2024 2025: average overall score 686.827686.8 2025 2026: average overall score 686.68686.7 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 12th

    Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

    Oct 9, 2026KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 99 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    698.217
  2. 18th

    Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 21, 2026KCBS Edinburg, VA 26 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    678.16
  3. 8th

    Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

    Jul 17, 2026KCBS Wise, VA 35 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    691.36
  4. 1stGC

    Almost Heaven BBQ Bash (OPEN FORMAT)

    Jun 19, 2026KCBS Jawbone Park 17 Friendly Way Buckhannon, WV 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    699.348
  5. 7th

    Marietta River City BBQ (OPEN FORMAT)

    Apr 24, 2026KCBS Washington County Fairgrounds 922 Front Street Marietta, OH 15 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    669.074
  6. 63rd

    Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship

    Mar 20, 2026KCBS Lebanon, TN 125 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    683.92
  7. 38th

    Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

    Nov 14, 2025KCBS Cumming Fairgrounds 235 Castleberry Road Cumming, GA 56 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    681.028
  8. 56th

    Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

    Oct 10, 2025KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 90 teams

    682.171
  9. 3rd

    Fire in the Foothills

    Sep 26, 2025KCBS King, NC 25 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    689.669
  10. 11th

    Smoke on the Mountain

    Jul 25, 2025KCBS Galax, VA 37 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    686.206
  11. 10th

    Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

    Jun 13, 2025KCBS Jawbone Park 17 Friendly Way Buckhannon, WV 30 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    689.086
  12. 3rd

    WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship

    Jun 6, 2025KCBS Welch, WV 11 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    689.634

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