High-water mark
677.6004
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6004 at Chillin & Grillin in the Glades — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 17, 2026
Rehab BBQ
Rehab BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 37 at the Smoke on the Mountain (2025). They are ranked #3183 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1511 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 18, 2025
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.12 · weakest Chicken (160.27)
Road miles
456
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
336.50 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #711 (160 pts) | #839 (140 pts) | #783 (185 pts) | #664 (215 pts) | #759 (155 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rehab BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Rehab BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before Rehab BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,196 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Rehab BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Rehab BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Rehab BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 139.8628 | 160.27 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 163.9544 | 168.19 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 166.8228 | 171.12 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 158.8116 | 163.82 | top 72% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 61% | Jul 17, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 74 times, behind 104
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival
- Career-best overall score677.6004 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- Peak power rating (1511) Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- Most recent contest Big BBQ Bash
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8396 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- First call Smoke on the Mountain
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Mountain
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 25, 2025 |
| +6.4 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Jul 17, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Big BBQ Bash | Sep 25, 2026 |
| -4.8 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival | May 15, 2026 |
| -2.8 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | Jul 18, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 70% | 94.1% | 91.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 93.5% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Townsend, TN | 26 / 30 (640.9144) | 30 (139.8628) | 11 (170.8228) | 10 (171.4172) | 25 (158.8116) |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 16 / 35 (677.6004) | 20 (169.6800) | 25 (168.5372) | 20 (169.6916) | 17 (169.6916) |
| May 15, 2026 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 26 / 33 (659.2460) | 28 (159.3600) | 24 (163.9544) | 3 (176.5600) | 28 (159.3716) |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 8 / 37 (336.5028) | 11 (165.0856) | 5 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 26 / 34 (667.8396) | 27 (167.3828) | 26 (166.2284) | 22 (166.8228) | 24 (167.4056) |