WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ

WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 8th of 23 at the South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition (2013). They are ranked #2513 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,513

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1520

peak 1531 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#836

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

667.2684 / 720

Master · Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.97 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 650.57 (-3.60)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Brisket · Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

Consistency

±9.48

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.16 · weakest Pork (160.31)

Road miles

1,754

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 465 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Master avg

650.57 / 720

10 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

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

667.2684 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.2684 at Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 30, 2014

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

JO-BAWB'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

JO-BAWB'S BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.84 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 50%.

Pork avg 160.31
Brisket avg 166.16
2 calls in 10 entries

Brisket nemesis

5 of 7 shared brisket entries lost

JO-BAWB'S BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JO-BAWB'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±1.32% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.32% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.4% of a perfect score
10 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
2017 ↗	Master	#2076 (83 pts)	#2163 (78 pts)	#2912 (53 pts)	#2163 (78 pts)	#1228 (253 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2228 (80 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2059 (110 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1409 (179 pts)	#1872 (119 pts)	#1104 (299 pts)	#1483 (189 pts)	#1384 (194 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#921 (351 pts)	#1144 (286 pts)	#926 (391 pts)	#1015 (336 pts)	#689 (541 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#836 (363 pts)	#868 (373 pts)	#992 (313 pts)	#1119 (268 pts)	#716 (458 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Backroad BBQ

#2,511 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1528

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jul 18, 2025

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I Cinghiali

#2,508 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1520

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2026

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Givey's Que

#2,504 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1524

They turned up 11 years after WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Smoking O's

#2,519 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1522

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 42% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2019

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Just For Fun BBQ

#2,509 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1520

Level with WEBBER'S OLD WEST BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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PIGGIE SMALLS

#2,503 of the rated field

1520 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1530

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 22, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
HAMMERHEAD USA BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
WOODY'S Q SHACK	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
COOTERS COUNTRY CATERING	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
G "QUE"	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	169.1428	151.9656	161.17	top 59%
Pork Ribs	10	3	0	171.4056	147.9428	162.93	top 49%
Pork	10	2	0	170.3200	153.0744	160.31	top 62%
Brisket	10	5	2	174.2972	158.2284	166.16	top 29%

“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)	7	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CO	9	0	top 49%
MT	1	0	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	3	15	top 49%	Sep 11, 2015
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	19	top 68%	Sep 8, 2017
Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown	2	9	top 38%	May 29, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 9 of 10 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 188 finished ahead 174 times, behind 160

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

20172 milestones

Sep 8 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 8 Most recent contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

20151 milestone

May 29 Peak power rating (1531) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown

20142 milestones

May 30 Career-best overall score667.2684 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2972 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

20134 milestones

Jun 21 First tracked contest South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition
Jun 21 First call South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition
Jun 21 First overall top-10 South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4284 South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown	May 30, 2014
+6.5	South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition	Jun 21, 2013
+6.2	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 13, 2013
+2.9	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 12, 2014
+2.4	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 5, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.3	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 9, 2016
-4	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 11, 2015
-3.1	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 8, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	100%	top 68%	88.3%	88.3%
2016	1	0	0%	top 67%	89.7%	89.7%
2015	2	0	50%	top 58%	89.7%	89.7%
2014	3	1	100%	top 39%	92.7%	91.1%
2013	3	1	100%	top 40%	91.7%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2017	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	19 / 28 (635.8512)	20 (154.8112)	27 (147.9428)	20 (160.5372)	2 (172.5600)
Sep 9, 2016	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	33 / 49 (646.1828)	21 (166.2628)	36 (160.5256)	46 (153.0744)	15 (166.3200)
Sep 11, 2015	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	21 / 32 (645.6112)	29 (151.9656)	4 (171.4056)	20 (161.6800)	17 (160.5600)
May 29, 2015	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO	16 / 32 (646.1488)	24 (161.6916)	18 (162.8000)	15 (163.4288)	17 (158.2284)
Sep 12, 2014	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	22 / 47 (661.0400)	34 (160.5600)	10 (169.6800)	37 (156.5028)	2 (174.2972)
Jul 5, 2014	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	11 / 25 (639.8396)	14 (156.4912)	13 (160.5256)	8 (164)	10 (158.8228)
May 30, 2014	Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO	9 / 34 (667.2684)	15 (166.2400)	10 (167.9656)	13 (164.5256)	9 (168.5372)
Sep 13, 2013	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	15 / 42 (659.9312)	35 (155.9428)	16 (164.5256)	10 (170.3200)	12 (169.1428)
Aug 16, 2013	Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO	16 / 33 (648.4112)	8 (168.5484)	20 (161.6800)	26 (155.3600)	11 (162.8228)
Jun 21, 2013	South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO	8 / 23 (655.4284)	7 (169.1428)	11 (162.2856)	21 (153.7142)	4 (170.2858)

WEBBER'S OLD WEST 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

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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)