Team of the Year

Team profile

RUSTY'S BBQ

Listed under another spelling in the results: Rusty's BBQ.

Contests
44
Grand Championships GC
3
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
2
Overall top 10s
22
Average overall score
647.485
Best overall score
705.177
Seasons active
2013–2026
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 45%

Entries
39
Firsts
1
Top 10s
19

Ribs

Typical finishTop 41%

Entries
40
Firsts
3
Top 10s
20

Pork

Typical finishTop 33%

Entries
40
Firsts
4
Top 10s
24

Brisket

Typical finishTop 47%

Entries
40
Firsts
1
Top 10s
14

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 RUSTY'S BBQ Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2013 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2015 with 9 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 0246810 2013: 1 contest 1 2013 2014: 2 contests, 2 top 10s 2 2014 2015: 9 contests, 3 top 10s 9 2015 2016: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 3 top 10s 3 2016 2017: 3 contests, 2 top 10s 3 2017 2018: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 4 top 10s 4 2018 2019: 4 contests, 3 top 10s 4 2019 2020: 0 contests 2020 2021: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2021 2022: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 1 top 10 3 2022 2023: 2 contests 2 2023 2024: 6 contests, 2 top 10s 6 2024 2025: 0 contests 2025 2026: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2026
Overall contests by year for RUSTY'S BBQ
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
2013100491.429
2014202666.794
2015903634.525
2016313674.804
2017302662.446
2018414672.977
2019403675.057
2021101175.406
2022311682.442
2023200674.771
2024602675.727
2026101685.646
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for RUSTY'S BBQ Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 685.646 in 2026. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. 0200400600800 2013: average overall score 491.429 2013 2014: average overall score 666.794 2014 2015: average overall score 634.525 2015 2016: average overall score 674.804 2016 2017: average overall score 662.446 2017 2018: average overall score 672.977 2018 2019: average overall score 675.057 2019 2020 2021: average overall score 175.406 2021 2022: average overall score 682.442 2022 2023: average overall score 674.771 2023 2024: average overall score 675.727 2024 2025 2026: average overall score 685.646 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Official: KCBS has certified these scores.
  1. 9th

    9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

    Aug 22, 2026KCBS Clocktower Park 1401 Palisade Blvd DuPont, WA 27 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.646
  2. 155th

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

    Oct 30, 2024KCBS Kansas Speedway 400 Kansas Blvd Kansas City, KS 169 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    667.863
  3. 231st

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

    Oct 30, 2024KCBS Kansas Speedway 400 Kansas Blvd Kansas City, KS 444 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    674.731
  4. 71st

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

    Oct 11, 2024KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 87 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    660.548
  5. 11th

    7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

    Aug 24, 2024KCBS Clocktower Park 1401 Palisade Blvd DuPont, WA 27 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    681.634
  6. 7th

    Didsbury Lions BBQ

    Jul 27, 2024KCBS Didsbury AG Society Grounds Didsbury, Al T0M 0W0 28 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    685.074
  7. 10th

    BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

    May 25, 2024KCBS North Bend, OR 27 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    684.514
  8. 196th

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

    Sep 27, 2023KCBS Kansas City, KS 211 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    658.674
  9. 57th

    American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

    Sep 27, 2023KCBS Kansas City, KS 487 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    690.869
  10. 44th

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

    Oct 14, 2022KCBS Wiseman Park Lynchburg, TN 83 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    674.286
  11. 1stGC

    5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

    Aug 20, 2022KCBS Clocktower Park 1401 Palisade Blvd DuPont, WA 29 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    703.429
  12. 19th

    Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022

    Jul 2, 2022KCBS Sweet Home, OR 34 teams

    Results status: Official. KCBS has certified these scores.KCBS has certified these scores.
    669.611

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