FLATLANDER BARBECUE

FLATLANDER BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 11th of 33 at the Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships (2014). They are ranked #3216 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,216

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1500

peak 1503 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 1, 2013

latest Sep 28, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1187

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

662.3660 / 720

Master · Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.04 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.90 (+1.14)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1772

Chicken · Granite State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±15.35

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.42 · weakest Chicken (158.89)

Road miles

1,432

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 207 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.90 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE BASIC BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of FLATLANDER BARBECUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

11 of 13 shared pork entries lost

INSANE SWINE BBQ ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, INSANE SWINE BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 13 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FOUR SMOKING GUYS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.13% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.13% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.4% of a perfect score
15 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
2019 ↗	Master	#1337 (159 pts)	#1535 (129 pts)	#1309 (179 pts)	#1292 (184 pts)	#1106 (244 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1364 (163 pts)	#986 (318 pts)	#1383 (178 pts)	#1225 (218 pts)	#1399 (173 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2043 (89 pts)	#2102 (89 pts)	#2205 (79 pts)	#1551 (174 pts)	#2068 (94 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1295 (220 pts)	#1457 (195 pts)	#987 (370 pts)	#915 (420 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1252 (223 pts)	#1272 (238 pts)	#959 (363 pts)	#1058 (318 pts)	#1122 (273 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1187 (245 pts)	#918 (390 pts)	#1077 (305 pts)	#1823 (135 pts)	#1255 (240 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1602 (139 pts)	#1660 (139 pts)	#1661 (144 pts)	#1696 (139 pts)	#1274 (214 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FLATLANDER BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JACKO-QUE

#3,213 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FLATLANDER BARBECUE)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2015

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AFRO SMOKE BBQ

#3,214 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1514

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before FLATLANDER BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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Q+BREW

#3,200 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1518

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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CRESCENT MOON BBQ

#3,225 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1522

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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BatWing BBQ

#3,206 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1501

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Dec 6, 2024

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FAT BOTTOM BBQ

#3,209 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1526

Level with FLATLANDER BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Apr 22, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
MEAT @ SLIMS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
JOEPEANUTS BBQ TEAM	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Bone Daddy's BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	1	2	177.1772	148.5716	158.89	top 68%
Pork Ribs	15	4	0	1	175.4400	151.3024	162.24	top 50%
Pork	15	3	0	0	172.5600	147.9428	162.42	top 50%
Brisket	15	3	0	0	167.4056	150.8000	160.35	top 51%

“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)	9	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 62%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
RI	5	top 59%
CT	4	top 52%
NH	3	top 68%
VT	3	top 62%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sun BBQ Fest	3	13	0	top 50%	Jun 11, 2016
Granite State BBQ Championship	2	23	0	top 73%	Jun 8, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in RI 5 of 15 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 12 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 235 finished ahead 230 times, behind 317

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Aug 13, 2016 → Oct 21, 2017

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

20191 milestone

Sep 28 Most recent contest Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20181 milestone

Jun 9 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1772 Granite State BBQ Championship

20161 milestone

Aug 13 10th tracked contest New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton

20151 milestone

Jun 13 Peak power rating (1503) Sun BBQ Fest

20143 milestones

Jun 20 First category win (Chicken) Sun BBQ Fest
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.4000 Sun BBQ Fest
Jul 18 Career-best overall score662.3660 Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships

20132 milestones

Jun 1 First tracked contest Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Jun 1 First call Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.5	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships	Jul 18, 2014
+5.8	Sun BBQ Fest	Jun 20, 2014
+5.7	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Sep 28, 2019
+3.2	Sun BBQ Fest	Jun 11, 2016
+2.1	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 9, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	Jul 20, 2013
-7.8	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 8, 2019
-3.4	Green Mountain BBQ Championship	Jun 25, 2016
-2.8	Green Mountain BBQ Championship	Jun 27, 2015
-2.5	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest	Jun 1, 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	50%	top 67%	91.7%	89.5%
2018	2	0	50%	top 55%	91.4%	90.3%
2017	1	0	100%	top 71%	88.3%	88.3%
2016	3	0	67%	top 59%	90.5%	89.7%
2015	3	0	67%	top 63%	90.9%	90.3%
2014	2	1	100%	top 37%	92%	91.4%
2013	2	0	50%	top 69%	86.7%	85.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 28, 2019	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Hope Valley, RI	16 / 36 (660.5140)	26 (159.4056)	13 (165.7028)	11 (168)	9 (167.4056)
Jun 8, 2019	Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH	26 / 29 (627.8628)	22 (159.9772)	24 (157.1084)	28 (147.9428)	16 (162.8344)
Sep 8, 2018	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT	18 / 33 (642.7200)	27 (154.2628)	13 (166.2744)	16 (159.3600)	14 (162.8228)
Jun 9, 2018	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	23 / 41 (658.2516)	2 (177.1772)	36 (154.8572)	14 (170.2628)	31 (155.9544)
Oct 21, 2017	Ocean Sate BBQ Championship West Kingston, RI	17 / 24 (635.8628)	17 (158.8572)	19 (151.3716)	5 (172.5600)	16 (153.0740)
Aug 13, 2016	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton New London, CT	15 / 25 (651.9312)	20 (153.1312)	2 (175.4400)	5 (169.6800)	17 (153.6800)
Jun 25, 2016	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	27 / 40 (636.9136)	30 (158.8228)	34 (151.3024)	7 (171.4172)	30 (155.3712)
Jun 11, 2016	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	35 / 69 (649.1660)	59 (154.8456)	33 (162.8688)	21 (166.2972)	26 (165.1544)
Jul 17, 2015	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	24 / 37 (649.6684)	37 (148.5716)	6 (172.0228)	15 (165.1084)	23 (163.9656)
Jun 27, 2015	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	15 / 23 (654.1828)	11 (166.2856)	15 (161.7028)	17 (159.9428)	8 (166.2516)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	30 / 52 (646.7428)	46 (154.8456)	19 (166.2744)	13 (168.5256)	29 (157.0972)
Jul 18, 2014	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	11 / 33 (662.3660)	15 (165.1772)	8 (171.4516)	21 (160.5712)	12 (165.1660)
Jun 20, 2014	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	13 / 32 (654.4000)	1 (173.7372)	8 (166.9028)	28 (152.0228)	13 (161.7372)
Jul 20, 2013	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	37 / 46 (603.9660)	43 (148.5716)	31 (154.8916)	39 (149.7028)	32 (150.8000)
Jun 1, 2013	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	25 / 43 (624.0002)	41 (149.7144)	24 (155.4286)	30 (154.8572)	10 (164)

FLATLANDER BARBECUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

They almost always walk

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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 — 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)