LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3706

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2014-08-08

Best ToY finish

#1270

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

789.5884 / 720

Master · Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.05 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 614.79 (+42.26)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Chicken · Smokin' At The Run Shootout

Consistency

±154.12

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.43 · weakest Brisket (159.87)

Road miles

1,380

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Master avg

614.79 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

789.5884 career-best overall

109.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 789.5884 at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off — 109.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-07-26

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Three Hog Night Smokers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±21.41% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±21.41% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 85.4% of a perfect score
best 109.7%

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

SMOKEY BONES

#3697 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-10-21

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2 COUSINS BBQ

#3699 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-04-17

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Juggy's Juicers

#3680 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1522 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Grill Em All

#3708 of the rated field

1489 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1489

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after LEMONADE LOUIE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-01-24

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The Catering Vets

#3678 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-10-20

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BRUCE & KYLE THE DYNAMIC DUO OF BBQ

#3681 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-05-04

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WILDCATTERS Q CREW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DR. NORDY'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED IRISHMAN B-B-Q	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BARRY & ERICA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
IRON WHEEL COOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	3	175.4056	154.8574	163.43	top 52%
Pork Ribs	10	2	170.3316	153.7140	162.21	top 54%
Pork	10	1	170.2744	151.9998	161.29	top 66%
Brisket	10	2	168.5600	146.2856	159.87	top 54%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	8	0	top 65%
KS	2	0	top 44%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 65%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition	2	8	0	top 42%	2014-08-08

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.4 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2014-08-08

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 8 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.43 · weakest Brisket (159.87)

Walk rate 40% a top-10 call in 4 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 614.79 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 260 161–284 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,380 10 mapped stops · furthest 211 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Power rating 1489 peak 1489 · #3706 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
Mar 15 Peak power rating (1492) Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score789.5884 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 26 Career-best overall score789.5884 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Aug 9 First call CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition
2014
Mar 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Smokin' At The Run Shootout
Aug 8 First overall top-10 CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition
Aug 8 10th tracked contest CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition
Aug 8 Most recent contest CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition	2014-08-08
+7.6	Blues, BBQ & Bargains	2014-07-18
+2.2	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition	2013-08-09
+1.2	Smokin' At The Run Shootout	2014-03-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	It's A Smokin Good Thang	2013-06-07
-8	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK	2013-03-15
-5.9	Smokin' At The Run	2014-03-15
-3.7	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2013-04-19
-1.9	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off	2013-07-26

Category scores over time

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	5	0	1	0	60%	top 53%	92.9%	91.3%
2013	5	0	0	0	20%	top 68%	109.7%	92.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-08-08	CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK	8 / 26 (662.7656)	19 (157.7028)	6 (168.5256)	6 (170.2744)	10 (166.2628)
2014-07-18	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	12 / 33 (668.5944)	10 (168.0572)	9 (170.3316)	23 (163.9656)	12 (166.2400)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	38 / 64 (639.8508)	16 (169.1656)	40 (157.0856)	29 (162.2512)	46 (151.3484)
2014-03-15	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK	59 / 72 (659.3256)	63 (162.2628)	46 (166.2400)	60 (163.3828)	36 (167.4400)
2014-03-14	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	24 / 41 (654.7196)	7 (175.4056)	37 (155.3712)	37 (155.3828)	10 (168.5600)
2013-08-09	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK	16 / 30 (653.6572)	8 (170.8572)	15 (162.8688)	18 (165.1084)	19 (154.8228)
2013-07-26	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off Dodge City, KS	24 / 47 (789.5884)	24 (155.9656)	27 (159.3944)	15 (164.5828)	21 (162.2628)
2013-06-07	It's A Smokin Good Thang Tecumseh, OK	26 / 27 (606.8568)	21 (154.8574)	22 (153.7140)	26 (151.9998)	24 (146.2856)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	40 / 63 (639.4288)	30 (160.5714)	20 (164.5716)	46 (158.2858)	37 (156.0000)
2013-03-15	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK Miami, OK	42 / 55 (640.5716)	45 (159.4286)	28 (164.0000)	46 (157.7142)	37 (159.4288)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#1270 (202 pts)	#1252 (222 pts)	#1218 (242 pts)	#1323 (202 pts)	#1297 (207 pts)