PERKS BBQ
PERKS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 11th of 38 at the Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival (2013). They finished #862 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 12, 2013
latest Apr 11, 2014 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.70 · weakest Brisket (159.57)
Road miles
506
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
657.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 163.9998 | 168.70 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 161.1316 | 164.85 | top 42% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 158.2628 | 163.99 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 157.1428 | 159.57 | top 57% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 33% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 33% | Apr 11, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 107 times, behind 59
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20142 milestones
- Peak power rating (1519) The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Most recent contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- First call The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4284 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
- Career-best overall score661.7144 Grand Lake BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Grand Lake BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.1 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival | Oct 11, 2013 |
| +6.7 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Apr 12, 2013 |
| +6 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | Apr 11, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival | May 17, 2013 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 91.9% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2014 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 19 / 54 (654.2288) | 21 (165.6800) | 27 (161.6916) | 12 (167.4056) | 31 (159.4516) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Chillin & Grillin BBQ Festival Sand Springs, OK | 11 / 38 (653.0744) | 8 (169.1200) | 21 (161.1316) | 25 (158.2628) | 11 (164.5600) |
| May 17, 2013 | Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK | 18 / 30 (661.7144) | 6 (176) | 16 (164.0002) | 16 (164.5714) | 24 (157.1428) |
| Apr 12, 2013 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 15 / 48 (659.4284) | 23 (163.9998) | 4 (172.5714) | 16 (165.7142) | 29 (157.1430) |