WILD SHOOTERS BBQ

WILD SHOOTERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 13th of 49 at the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash (2017). They are ranked #3060 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,060

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1504

peak 1512 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 25, 2013

latest Aug 9, 2019 · 6.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#775

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9204 / 720

Master · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.39 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.19 (-7.80)

Walk rate

73%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Brisket · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Consistency

±11.96

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.56 · weakest Brisket (162.22)

Road miles

1,344

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 127 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$9,525

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.19 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

671.9204 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9204 at Up in Smoke BBQ Bash — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2014

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

LUCKY'S Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LUCKY'S Q has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their pork, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 27%.

Brisket avg 162.22
Pork avg 166.56
5 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MARK'S SMOKIN QUE in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

10 of 10 shared pork entries lost

Hogline ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Hogline has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.66% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.66% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
15 contests

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A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Up in Smoke BBQ Bash every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 13th

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2013 (65 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#1786 (100 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1855 (79 pts)	#1760 (114 pts)	#2536 (54 pts)	#1811 (104 pts)	#1980 (64 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2097 (95 pts)	#1626 (155 pts)	#1623 (155 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1985 (114 pts)	#1641 (169 pts)	#1467 (199 pts)	#1708 (159 pts)	#2037 (114 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1286 (235 pts)	#1727 (130 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#804 (423 pts)	#1152 (283 pts)	#804 (453 pts)	#991 (353 pts)	#592 (623 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#775 (398 pts)	#571 (568 pts)	#648 (513 pts)	#478 (683 pts)	#724 (453 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WILD SHOOTERS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ

#3,069 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1537

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WILD SHOOTERS BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WILD SHOOTERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Oct 14, 2022

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The Inked Pig

#3,071 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2019

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POVERTY HILL SMOKERS

#3,052 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1536

They've been 1536 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2017

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COLONIAL EMBERS

#3,051 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1519

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 18% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2018

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SMOKIN YETI BBQ

#3,072 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 25, 2018

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BUTTS, BELLIES & BUDDIES

#3,048 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Hogline	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SWINE ASSASSINS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
DRY 2 DA BONE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Pig Skin BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MARK'S SMOKIN QUE	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
DIG-IN COOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BLACK DOG BBQ IA	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Chick Hooven Swine BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
The Wicked Pig	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BIG T'Z Q CRU	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	1	0	172.5600	152.5256	163.35	top 60%
Pork Ribs	15	4	1	174.2628	146.7656	163.06	top 52%
Pork	15	4	1	174.2858	159.3944	166.56	top 46%
Brisket	15	5	0	174.8572	149.7144	162.22	top 53%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	9	0	top 53%
MN	6	0	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	6	13	top 47%	Sep 28, 2018
KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off	2	21	top 72%	Sep 16, 2016
The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast	2	17	top 73%	Jul 11, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 9 of 15 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 8 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 280 finished ahead 283 times, behind 307

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jul 21, 2017 → Sep 28, 2018

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

20191 milestone

Aug 9 Most recent contest 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash

20171 milestone

Jul 21 Peak power rating (1512) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20151 milestone

Jul 24 10th tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20142 milestones

Jul 25 Career-best overall score671.9204 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

20133 milestones

May 25 First tracked contest Smokin' In The Junction
May 25 First call Smokin' In The Junction
May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.0002 Smokin' In The Junction

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 21, 2017
+8.1	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 25, 2014
+6.8	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off	Sep 12, 2014
+3.7	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 26, 2013
+3.5	6th Annual Big Island BBQ	Aug 23, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off	Sep 16, 2016
-6.2	The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast	Jul 12, 2013
-5.9	Smokin' In The Junction	May 25, 2013
-5.3	The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast	Jul 11, 2014
-5.2	16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash	Aug 9, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 76%	89.6%	89.6%
2018	1	0%	top 69%	86.9%	86.9%
2017	1	100%	top 27%	92.3%	92.3%
2016	2	50%	top 74%	92.4%	90.4%
2015	1	100%	top 52%	91.8%	91.8%
2014	4	100%	top 48%	93.3%	91.8%
2013	5	80%	top 58%	92.1%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 9, 2019	16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash 🏅 Mason City, IA	29 / 38 (644.9256)	24 (165.0972)	31 (157.0972)	17 (166.2284)	30 (156.5028)
Sep 28, 2018	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	20 / 29 (625.4744)	13 (161.6916)	28 (146.7656)	15 (162.2400)	23 (154.7772)
Jul 21, 2017	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	13 / 49 (664.5144)	46 (152.5256)	18 (166.8688)	8 (172.5600)	8 (172.5600)
Sep 16, 2016	KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	26 / 29 (637.0516)	14 (168.5256)	29 (151.4516)	16 (165.6800)	27 (151.3944)
Jul 22, 2016	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	27 / 47 (664.9712)	25 (168.5256)	9 (173.1200)	36 (162.8000)	37 (160.5256)
Jul 24, 2015	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	28 / 54 (660.9712)	53 (154.2172)	3 (174.2628)	11 (170.2628)	31 (162.2284)
Sep 12, 2014	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	13 / 36 (661.5888)	24 (159.9428)	7 (167.9772)	25 (164.5372)	9 (169.1316)
Jul 25, 2014	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	17 / 52 (671.9204)	28 (165.6916)	26 (166.2400)	28 (165.1316)	5 (174.8572)
Jul 11, 2014	The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN	19 / 26 (647.9088)	23 (157.6916)	13 (163.9772)	20 (159.3944)	8 (166.8456)
May 24, 2014	Smokin' in the Junction West Des Moines, IA	15 / 31 (661.5656)	20 (161.0856)	16 (162.2628)	9 (169.6800)	10 (168.5372)
Sep 13, 2013	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	21 / 39 (661.6116)	29 (162.8000)	8 (171.4172)	21 (165.1200)	22 (162.2744)
Aug 23, 2013	6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	22 / 50 (663.3144)	15 (169.6800)	14 (169.1544)	8 (173.1200)	40 (151.3600)
Jul 26, 2013	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	29 / 66 (661.0172)	8 (172.5600)	43 (159.9544)	45 (161.0856)	16 (167.4172)
Jul 12, 2013	The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN	17 / 23 (652.9940)	19 (162.2512)	17 (159.3828)	11 (166.2400)	11 (165.1200)
May 25, 2013	Smokin' In The Junction West Des Moines, IA	26 / 36 (648.0002)	11 (168)	29 (156)	3 (174.2858)	31 (149.7144)

WILD SHOOTERS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)