Team of the Year

Team profile

River Bottom Boys

  • IBCA
  • 2016–2026
Contests
36
Grand Championships GC
5
Reserve Grand Championships RGC
3
Overall top 10s
27
Average overall score
190.309
Best overall score
585.64
Seasons active
2016–2026
Sanctioning bodies
IBCA

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 23%

Entries
17
Firsts
2
Top 10s
14

Ribs

Typical finishTop 13%

Entries
26
Firsts
4
Top 10s
26

Brisket

Typical finishTop 12%

Entries
25
Firsts
3
Top 10s
23

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 River Bottom Boys Stacked bars of overall contests entered each year, 2016 to 2026. Each bar is split into Grand Championships, other top 10 finishes and all other finishes. The busiest year was 2019 with 7 contests. The full numbers are in the table that follows. 02468 2016: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2016 2017: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 5 top 10s 6 2017 2018: 2 contests, 2 top 10s 2 2018 2019: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 7 top 10s 7 2019 2020: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2020 2021: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 3 top 10s 3 2021 2022: 2 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 2 top 10s 2 2022 2023: 1 contest, 1 top 10 1 2023 2024: 0 contests 2024 2025: 2 contests, 2 top 10s 2 2025 2026: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship, 3 top 10s 3 2026
Overall contests by year for River Bottom Boys
YearContestsGrand ChampionshipsOverall top 10sAverage overall score
20161019
201761510.75
20182028.5
201971713.429
202010110
2021313181.393
2022212504.78
2023101585.64
2025202534.55
2026313522.187
Average overall scoreper season
Average overall score by year for River Bottom Boys Line chart of the team’s average overall score in each year it competed. The highest average was 585.64 in 2023. The yearly averages are in the table of the contests chart. -2000200400600800 2016: average overall score 99.0 2016 2017: average overall score 10.7510.8 2017 2018: average overall score 8.58.5 2018 2019: average overall score 13.42913.4 2019 2020: average overall score 1010.0 2020 2021: average overall score 181.393181.4 2021 2022: average overall score 504.78504.8 2022 2023: average overall score 585.64585.6 2023 2024 2025: average overall score 534.55534.5 2025 2026: average overall score 522.187522.2 2026

Recent results

The latest overall finishes on record, newest first.

  • Posted: IBCA and MBN publish results but do not mark them official.
  1. 1stGC

    Hunting with Soldiers

    Oct 16, 2026IBCA Elgin, TX 14 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    553.88
  2. 6th

    Rockin Redrock

    Sep 11, 2026IBCA Redrock, TX 14 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    483.74
  3. 9th

    BBQ for the Brave

    May 29, 2026IBCA Elgin, TX 37 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    528.94
  4. 10th

    Hill Country "State Championship" BBQ Cook Off "Road to Retirement"

    Sep 12, 2025IBCA San Marcos, TX 63 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    529.38
  5. 5th

    35th Annual Roughneck Chili & BBQ Cook Off

    Apr 4, 2025IBCA Luling, TX 78 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    539.72
  6. 2ndRGC

    33rd Annual Roughneck Chili & BBQ Cook Off

    Mar 31, 2023IBCA Luling, TX 66 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    585.64
  7. 5th

    Lost Pines BBQ Showdown

    May 27, 2022IBCA Smithville, TX 25 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    523.26
  8. 1stGC

    Elgin VFW & Auxiliary 6115

    Apr 15, 2022IBCA Elgin, TX 18 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    486.3
  9. 1stGC

    National Championship Barbecue Cookoff

    Oct 22, 2021IBCA Meridian, TX 48 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    516.18
  10. 4th

    Luling Oilfield Museum Roughneck Chili & BBQ Cook Off

    Jun 4, 2021IBCA Luling, TX 49 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    13
  11. 5th

    Elgin VFW 6115

    Mar 12, 2021IBCA Elgin, TX 28 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    15
  12. 8th

    VFW Chilly Chili & BBQ Cook-Off

    Feb 14, 2020IBCA Austin, TX 50 teams

    Results status: Posted. Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.Posted by IBCA. IBCA does not mark results official or unofficial.
    10

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