High-water mark
667.4744
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.4744 at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 17, 2014
UNCLE WADE'S BBQ
UNCLE WADE'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 10th of 36 at the Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival (2014). They are ranked #3612 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2013
latest Oct 16, 2015 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.49 · weakest Brisket (156.08)
Road miles
674
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 231 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
645.77 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2118 (75 pts) | #1977 (100 pts) | #2201 (65 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1213 (237 pts) | #1382 (217 pts) | #1049 (317 pts) | #1407 (212 pts) | #1424 (202 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1351 (177 pts) | #1053 (292 pts) | #1497 (167 pts) | #1266 (217 pts) | #1475 (157 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to UNCLE WADE'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
151 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to UNCLE WADE'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UNCLE WADE'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
They turned up 11 years after UNCLE WADE'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with UNCLE WADE'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,624 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,630 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 157.7256 | 165.49 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 152.5716 | 163.42 | top 50% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4628 | 152 | 160.79 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 151.9200 | 156.08 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 57% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 50% | Oct 16, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
100
finished ahead 60 times, behind 80
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
20143 milestones
- First overall top-10 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score667.4744 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Warren All American BBQ Festival
- First call Warren All American BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6228 Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Ohio Smoke Meat Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 17, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Warren All American BBQ Festival | Jul 19, 2013 |
| -5 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 16, 2015 |
| -3 | Ohio Smoke Meat Festival | Oct 18, 2013 |
| -2.9 | Warren County All American BBQ Festival | Jul 18, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 92.7% | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 90.2% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2015 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 26 / 36 (650.7316) | 22 (165.6800) | 17 (168.0116) | 24 (165.1200) | 34 (151.9200) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH | 10 / 36 (667.4744) | 11 (168.5944) | 9 (169.1200) | 13 (167.4628) | 17 (162.2972) |
| Jul 18, 2014 | Warren County All American BBQ Festival Pittsfield, PA | 14 / 21 (629.6340) | 17 (157.7256) | 5 (163.4056) | 16 (154.2284) | 14 (154.2744) |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH | 22 / 35 (649.6228) | 6 (174.2628) | 21 (163.9772) | 32 (152) | 23 (159.3828) |
| Jul 19, 2013 | Warren All American BBQ Festival Warren, PA | 13 / 17 (631.3944) | 10 (161.1656) | 16 (152.5716) | 6 (165.1200) | 16 (152.5372) |