Highest power rating ever reached
The rating moves on WHO you beat, not how many. This is the highest anybody has ever been.
2067
peak rating
- Last cooked Oct 15, 2026
- How rated over 341 contests · now 1840
- Standing held outright
- Scope national — this one is measured across a whole career, wherever it was cooked, so it can't be cut by state
The top 25
| # | Holder | Peak rating | Last cooked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ rated over 341 contests · now 1840 |
2067 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 2 | CLARK CREW BBQ rated over 234 contests · now 1967 |
2050 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 3 | SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ rated over 246 contests · now 1980 |
2040 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| 4 | BOOMERANG BBQ rated over 146 contests · now 1922 |
2008 | Aug 21, 2026 |
| 5 | GETTIN' BASTED rated over 446 contests · now 1921 |
2008 | Oct 17, 2026 |
| 6 | Organizer Portal rated over 307 contests · now 1812 |
2007 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| 7 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS rated over 202 contests · now 1935 |
2002 | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 8 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ rated over 318 contests · now 1745 |
1985 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 9 | LUCKY'S Q rated over 161 contests · now 1868 |
1984 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 10 | SLAPS BBQ rated over 323 contests · now 1947 |
1977 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| 11 | DIRT ROAD BBQ rated over 223 contests · now 1942 |
1962 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 12 | JANKY LEG BBQ rated over 200 contests · now 1959 |
1959 | Oct 17, 2026 |
| 13 | GREY STREET BBQ rated over 112 contests · now 1943 |
1957 | May 19, 2023 |
| 14 | ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE rated over 102 contests · now 1921 |
1953 | Jul 15, 2022 |
| =15 | One2BBQ rated over 186 contests · now 1845 |
1949 | Apr 28, 2023 |
| =15 | THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ rated over 223 contests · now 1902 |
1949 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 17 | TRIPLE H BBQ rated over 154 contests · now 1896 |
1945 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| 18 | ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN rated over 377 contests · now 1931 |
1944 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| 19 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN rated over 241 contests · now 1876 |
1937 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 20 | iBQ'n rated over 202 contests · now 1773 |
1937 | May 15, 2026 |
| 21 | THE SMOKING HILLS rated over 193 contests · now 1843 |
1929 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| 22 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ rated over 175 contests · now 1879 |
1929 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| 23 | HIGH i QUE rated over 146 contests · now 1892 |
1924 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 24 | 4 LEGS UP BBQ rated over 323 contests · now 1822 |
1922 | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 25 | REDNECK SCIENTIFIC rated over 208 contests · now 1743 |
1922 | Sep 30, 2026 |
Rebuilt nightly from every KCBS result we can find. A record here is only as complete as the data behind it — if a contest is missing from the archive, so is anything that happened at it.
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