SHORT CREW BBQ

SHORT CREW BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 26 at the Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll (2014). They are ranked #4089 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,089

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1481

peak 1513 · rated over 26 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 3, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#548

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 26 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

679.4748 / 720

Master · KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.33 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.82 (+0.51)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8800

Pork · Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll

Consistency

±17.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.98 · weakest Brisket (159.44)

Road miles

2,793

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Master avg

645.82 / 720

26 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

679.4748 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.4748 at KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 18, 2015

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

CROIX VALLEY SAUCES has finished one call ahead of SHORT CREW BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 40%.

5 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 40%

A tough matchup

22–1 behind in the head-to-head

SPITFIRE ahead in 96% of their meetings

SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 12% of the time against 23%.

Brisket avg 159.44
Chicken avg 165.98
3 calls in 26 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG STONE BRISKETEERS in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

SPITFIRE ahead 74% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SPITFIRE has out-cooked them in 17 of 23 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WHO DAT BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 52% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 52% across 5 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 62% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% of a perfect score
26 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	#1083 (293 pts)	#936 (413 pts)	#893 (438 pts)	#1012 (358 pts)	#1191 (263 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1204 (244 pts)	#1009 (349 pts)	#1278 (249 pts)	#1296 (249 pts)	#1196 (269 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1970 (90 pts)	#1988 (100 pts)	#2111 (75 pts)	#2201 (65 pts)	#1629 (145 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#548 (682 pts)	#405 (927 pts)	#594 (652 pts)	#683 (552 pts)	#526 (702 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1056 (271 pts)	#1003 (311 pts)	#979 (316 pts)	#1167 (251 pts)	#1013 (296 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SHORT CREW BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RIB I'S

#4,075 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1530

They've been 1530 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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MYERS MEATS

#4,084 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1515

Fewer contests behind them than SHORT CREW BBQ has cooked, 17 to 26, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 22, 2019

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BUTCHIE'S BACKYARD BBQ

#4,098 of the rated field

1481 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1538

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 19% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

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LETTUCE SMOKE

#4,092 of the rated field

1481 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1537

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen May 4, 2019

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Sudden Sam's BBQ

#4,087 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1482

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Hair of the Hog

#4,104 of the rated field

1481 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
Eggspert BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
Charcoal Loungers	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
TIMBONE BARBECUE	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
QUETOPIA	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
TRUE SMOKE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	6	0	0	173.7372	155.9540	165.98	top 50%
Pork Ribs	26	5	0	0	172.5828	141.7140	160.22	top 63%
Pork	26	6	1	2	174.8800	148	160.18	top 65%
Brisket	26	3	0	0	170.8916	144.5372	159.44	top 61%

“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 71%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 64%
Large (40+)	6	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
SD	11	top 63%
MN	8	top 54%
IA	5	top 76%
NE	2	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cookin' on Kampeska	3	24	top 69%	Jul 15, 2016
Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	3	6	top 43%	Sep 11, 2015
Smokefest	3	7	top 36%	Aug 21, 2015
SMSU Smokefest	2	29	top 76%	Aug 18, 2017
Back to Mayberry BBQ	2	17	top 80%	Jul 1, 2016
KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off	2	7	top 62%	Sep 18, 2015
Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show	2	28	top 59%	Sep 26, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 5.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SD 11 of 26 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 16 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 343 finished ahead 328 times, behind 524

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

20172 milestones

Aug 18 25th tracked contest SMSU Smokefest
Sep 8 Most recent contest Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll

20154 milestones

Aug 21 First category win (Pork) Smokefest
Sep 11 Career-best single call (Pork)174.8800 Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 18 Career-best overall score679.4748 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off
Sep 18 Peak power rating (1513) KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off

20142 milestones

Sep 5 First overall top-10 Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 5 10th tracked contest Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll

20133 milestones

Jul 3 First tracked contest Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff
Jul 19 First call Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing
Aug 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.0232 Smokefest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	Smokefest	Aug 21, 2015
+12.9	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 5, 2014
+11.3	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 11, 2015
+9.6	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off	Sep 18, 2015
+4.9	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off	Sep 12, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	Sep 13, 2013
-10.8	Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff	Jul 3, 2013
-8.9	Back to Mayberry BBQ	Jul 1, 2016
-7.6	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 6, 2013
-7	SMSU Smokefest	Aug 19, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 72%	91.4%	90%
2016	4	0	0	0%	top 77%	90.5%	89%
2015	5	3	1	100%	top 40%	94.4%	92.5%
2014	7	1	0	57%	top 56%	93.6%	89.9%
2013	6	0	0	33%	top 73%	91.1%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2017	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	23 / 31 (638.8000)	11 (173.1200)	20 (161.7372)	24 (159.4056)	30 (144.5372)
Aug 18, 2017	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	29 / 41 (646.7660)	18 (168.5372)	5 (170.2744)	28 (162.2744)	39 (145.6800)
Jul 14, 2017	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	35 / 48 (658.2172)	21 (169.1200)	39 (160.5372)	13 (170.2972)	41 (158.2628)
Jun 16, 2017	Beresford Wheels 'n Squeals (RUSHMORE CUP QUALIFIER) Beresford, SD	12 / 17 (649.0856)	11 (166.2628)	11 (165.1200)	10 (166.2972)	16 (151.4056)
Sep 9, 2016	Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	24 / 34 (638.7888)	21 (160.5144)	23 (158.2744)	28 (159.4172)	19 (160.5828)
Aug 19, 2016	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	30 / 37 (636.4340)	14 (170.2856)	30 (156.5256)	23 (162.2628)	32 (147.3600)
Jul 15, 2016	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	27 / 41 (651.3940)	19 (169.1200)	30 (162.2856)	34 (160.5712)	29 (159.4172)
Jul 1, 2016	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	32 / 35 (635.2340)	24 (165.6684)	35 (152.5144)	33 (157.1084)	30 (159.9428)
Sep 18, 2015	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	7 / 26 (679.4748)	13 (167.4288)	10 (169.6916)	4 (171.4628)	7 (170.8916)
Sep 11, 2015	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	8 / 32 (674.2512)	8 (170.8456)	23 (158.8456)	2 (174.8800)	10 (169.6800)
Aug 21, 2015	Smokefest Marshall, MN	7 / 42 (676.0348)	27 (165.7144)	9 (168.5716)	1 (174.2972)	15 (167.4516)
Jul 17, 2015	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	24 / 38 (649.5772)	28 (158.8228)	32 (155.3944)	6 (170.8228)	12 (164.5372)
Jul 3, 2015	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	17 / 25 (649.1660)	15 (161.6800)	20 (158.2972)	22 (159.4400)	8 (169.7488)
Oct 11, 2014	WinnaVegas Rib Master Classic Sloan, IA	28 / 34 (631.8396)	27 (155.9540)	25 (159.9428)	27 (153.6456)	21 (162.2972)
Sep 26, 2014	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	28 / 47 (637.5080)	27 (162.8112)	32 (157.0740)	38 (154.7884)	20 (162.8344)
Sep 12, 2014	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	16 / 36 (649.0056)	15 (167.9656)	32 (150.2172)	20 (166.2628)	18 (164.5600)
Sep 5, 2014	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	6 / 26 (673.7256)	6 (171.4056)	5 (172.5828)	10 (165.7028)	14 (164.0344)
Aug 15, 2014	Smokefest Marshall, MN	16 / 32 (653.0744)	4 (173.7372)	18 (162.2516)	31 (150.2284)	11 (166.8572)
Jul 18, 2014	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	24 / 31 (645.0628)	7 (168.5600)	19 (163.3828)	30 (150.2628)	18 (162.8572)
Jul 3, 2014	Whiting BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA	11 / 21 (642.2628)	7 (168.0228)	13 (159.3944)	15 (155.9656)	13 (158.8800)
Sep 27, 2013	Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE	33 / 56 (640.5144)	27 (165.1428)	32 (160)	45 (153.6800)	30 (161.6916)
Sep 13, 2013	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	38 / 39 (610.1372)	30 (162.2628)	39 (145.0972)	39 (149.0856)	30 (153.6916)
Sep 6, 2013	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	22 / 27 (617.6800)	20 (157.1200)	11 (166.8572)	26 (148)	25 (145.7028)
Aug 16, 2013	Smokefest Marshall, MN	13 / 31 (656.0232)	5 (171.9888)	15 (162.8572)	11 (162.2972)	17 (158.8800)
Jul 19, 2013	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing Watertown, SD	18 / 26 (638.1824)	20 (159.4056)	9 (166.2628)	22 (157.0968)	17 (155.4172)
Jul 3, 2013	Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA	22 / 25 (613.1426)	16 (164)	24 (141.7140)	23 (149.1428)	14 (158.2858)

SHORT CREW 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

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)