RACK CITY BBQ

RACK CITY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 33 at the Best Dam BBQ (2026). They are ranked #1350 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,350

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1575

peak 1575 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2024

latest May 23, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#232

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8116 / 720

Master · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

681.66 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 683.52 (-1.86)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest

Consistency

±7.85

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.37 · weakest Brisket (168.61)

Road miles

5,381

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 1,318 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)

Purse competed for

$243K

listed at 19 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.52 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

On the rise

+25 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 9 contests since May 23, 2025 — from 1550 up to 1575.

9 contests since May 23, 2025
now 1575

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 18%

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8116 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8116 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 31, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Meat Candy Q has finished one call ahead of RACK CITY BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Can Do BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 25% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 25% across 6 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,381 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,381 miles across 19 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,318 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides.

19 mapped stops
furthest 1,318 mi

The metronome

±1.09% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.09% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.9% of a perfect score
19 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#397 (467 pts)	#475 (417 pts)	#487 (427 pts)	#400 (477 pts)	#391 (497 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#232 (946 pts)	#240 (931 pts)	#268 (956 pts)	#193 (1,126 pts)	#263 (886 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#381 (564 pts)	#235 (969 pts)	#459 (519 pts)	#437 (484 pts)	#362 (624 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RACK CITY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

28 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BACON & WHISKEY

#1,344 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1578

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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AWESOME Q

#1,354 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1581

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before RACK CITY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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RANCH 13 BBQ

#1,355 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Dec 11, 2015

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Many Moons BBQ

#1,348 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1583

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 14 contests, alongside a 21% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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THE GRILL DOCTORS

#1,352 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1587

They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before RACK CITY BBQ's first contest.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2019

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Berkee Raes BBQ

#1,345 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1576

Level with RACK CITY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Meat Candy Q	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
SoCal Outlaw BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Pork Bombin BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Can Do BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Big Johns BBQ Company	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
B' Mackin BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Big Juicy BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	8	2	5	180 🔥	161.6800	172.37	top 38%
Pork Ribs	18	7	0	1	175.4172	166.8344	171.46	top 42%
Pork	18	7	0	2	178.8572	163.9544	171.09	top 44%
Brisket	18	6	0	1	178.2972	153.6684	168.61	top 47%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 50%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 41%
Large (40+)	4	top 49%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CA	7	top 40%
NV	6	top 43%
AZ	3	top 53%
KS	1	top 37%
UT	1	top 50%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Best Dam BBQ	2	3	top 24%	May 23, 2026
BBQ Jackpot	2	27	top 55%	Nov 21, 2025
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)	2	3	top 18%	May 31, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 10 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 7 of 19 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 15 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 608 finished ahead 590 times, behind 444

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

May 23 Peak power rating (1575) Best Dam BBQ
May 23 Most recent contest Best Dam BBQ

20253 milestones

May 23 10th tracked contest Best Dam BBQ
May 30 First overall podium Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)
May 31 Career-best overall score702.8116 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)

20246 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest BBQ Boots & Brew
Apr 12 First call BBQ Boots & Brew
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.4688 BBQ Boots & Brew
Jun 28 First category win (Chicken) 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
Jun 28 First perfect 180 (Chicken) 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest
Jul 19 First overall top-10 The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Best Dam BBQ	May 23, 2026
+13.8	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)	May 30, 2025
+10	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)	May 31, 2025
+9.7	Best in the Southwest	Feb 21, 2025
+8.3	BBQ Jackpot	Dec 6, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7	21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest	Sep 12, 2025
-6.8	BBQ Jackpot	Nov 21, 2025
-4.4	BBQ & Brew Festival	Feb 27, 2026
-0.8	BBQ Boots & Brew	Apr 12, 2024
-0.2	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown	Apr 17, 2026

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	1	0	100%	top 48%	96.8%	95%
2025	10	2	1	70%	top 43%	97.6%	95.1%
2024	6	1	1	83%	top 43%	95.8%	94.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	3 / 33 (697.1200)	12 (174.8456)	12 (173.1544)	18 (170.8228)	2 (178.2972)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	18 / 29 (679.3600)	13 (170.8456)	21 (167.9772)	8 (174.2744)	19 (166.2628)
Feb 27, 2026	BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	18 / 25 (675.3372)	11 (170.8456)	7 (172)	23 (163.9544)	16 (168.5372)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	66 / 90 (672.5144)	62 (167.3828)	22 (172.6060)	6 (178.8572)	87 (153.6684)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	147 / 401 (683.9772)	52 (176)	199 (169.1544)	196 (169.7028)	169 (169.1200)
Sep 12, 2025	21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	24 / 35 (683.9316)	28 (167.4172)	23 (171.9772)	24 (170.2744)	11 (174.2628)
May 31, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Norco, CA	5 / 20 (702.8116)	3 (176.5716)	10 (175.4172)	3 (176.5600)	6 (174.2628)
May 30, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA	3 / 27 (693.6804)	1 (176.5600)	8 (173.7144)	2 (177.7144)	15 (165.6916)
May 23, 2025	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	11 / 29 (683.9316)	24 (161.6800)	10 (173.7144)	5 (176.5600)	8 (171.9772)
Mar 14, 2025	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	12 / 26 (685.6800)	9 (174.2628)	17 (168)	11 (170.8456)	9 (172.5716)
Feb 21, 2025	Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	11 / 29 (680.5032)	25 (166.2628)	3 (174.2860)	6 (171.9772)	18 (167.9772)
Jan 17, 2025	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	23 / 48 (673.6000)	6 (174.2744)	8 (173.1200)	23 (168.5600)	35 (157.6456)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	27 / 74 (682.2172)	24 (173.1428)	15 (173.1544)	38 (169.6800)	49 (166.2400)
Jul 19, 2024	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	8 / 16 (682.8116)	3 (176.5600)	10 (171.4288)	13 (163.9656)	4 (170.8572)
Jun 28, 2024	20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	13 / 35 (689.6344)	1 (180)	23 (167.9772)	22 (168.5372)	11 (173.1200)
May 31, 2024	Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	11 / 39 (677.0628)	3 (177.7028)	13 (166.8344)	22 (166.8228)	21 (165.7028)
May 24, 2024	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	13 / 33 (682.8000)	6 (173.1428)	19 (168.5600)	6 (175.4172)	19 (165.6800)
Apr 12, 2024	BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	25 / 39 (676.4688)	29 (165.0972)	12 (173.1316)	28 (165.1200)	10 (173.1200)

RACK CITY BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)