WHITE MOOSE BBQ

WHITE MOOSE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 21 at the Fire N Up in the Flint Hills (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1317 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,317

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1578

peak 1582 · rated over 29 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2013

latest Mar 20, 2021 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#478

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 32 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8688 / 720

Master · Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

673.32 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.61 (+15.70)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Central Plains Ribfest

Consistency

±40.01

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.68 · weakest Brisket (161.79)

Road miles

5,291

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$153K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.61 / 720

30 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

4.5720 points from the title

Came within 4.5720 points of the Grand Championship at Fire N Up in the Flint Hills (Apr 21, 2018).

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 12%

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8688 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8688 at Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 10, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Smoke-A-Holics has finished one call ahead of WHITE MOOSE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.

5 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 30%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

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The weak link

−7.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.89 points below their pork, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 45%.

Brisket avg 161.79
Pork avg 169.68
10 calls in 30 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoking Pallet in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MAKE M' SQUEAL has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

5,291 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,291 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 406 miles to KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship.

32 mapped stops
furthest 406 mi

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
2021 ↗	Master	#790 (170 pts)	#851 (165 pts)	#558 (351 pts)	#711 (215 pts)	#759 (195 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#478 (215 pts)	#330 (380 pts)	#572 (180 pts)	#505 (215 pts)	#565 (180 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#562 (585 pts)	#375 (855 pts)	#819 (390 pts)	#367 (910 pts)	#510 (660 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#500 (718 pts)	#542 (688 pts)	#683 (528 pts)	#642 (583 pts)	#374 (928 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1254 (231 pts)	#1261 (256 pts)	#1668 (161 pts)	#1472 (206 pts)	#1683 (151 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1354 (185 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#1286 (235 pts)	#1406 (210 pts)	#1534 (165 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1732 (120 pts)	#1736 (130 pts)	#1979 (85 pts)	#1763 (130 pts)	#1700 (130 pts)

Overall rank by season

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#1,321 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1632

They've been 1632 at their best, 55 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Jul 20, 2018

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SOUTHERN SMOKERS

#1,322 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1636

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2019

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SoCal Outlaw BBQ

#1,316 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1578

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Mar 27, 2026

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Cooters N Smoke

#1,313 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1591

They turned up 5 years after WHITE MOOSE BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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B Team BBQ

#1,315 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1590

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2025

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Blowing Smoke BBQ

#1,319 of the rated field

1578 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1587

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Boom Chicka Cow Cow	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	8	2	4	178.8572	145.7142	168.23	top 41%
Pork Ribs	30	5	0	2	177.7028	147.9428	163.83	top 58%
Pork	29	13	1	3	178.8572	152.5944	169.68	top 35%
Brisket	30	10	1	3	177.7028	20	161.79	top 44%

“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)	11	0	top 29%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 58%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	18	top 43%
OK	8	top 65%
NE	3	top 35%
MO	1	top 59%
AR	1	top 27%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	3	16	top 58%	Jul 12, 2019
2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	3	28	top 60%	Jun 5, 2015
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2	2	36	top 84%	Mar 20, 2021
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	2	15	top 63%	Mar 19, 2021
Central Plains Ribfest	2	11	top 35%	Jun 14, 2019
Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	2	3	top 12%	Jun 10, 2016
Blues, BBQ & Bargains	2	15	top 51%	Jul 18, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 18 of 32 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 22 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 749 finished ahead 755 times, behind 815

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

20211 milestone

Mar 20 Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2

20192 milestones

Jun 14 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Central Plains Ribfest
Jul 26 25th tracked contest Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition

20183 milestones

Apr 21 First category win (Chicken) Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
Apr 21 First Reserve Championship Fire N Up in the Flint Hills
Jul 27 Peak power rating (1582) Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest

20171 milestone

Mar 10 10th tracked contest Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off

20162 milestones

Jun 10 First overall podium Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
Jun 10 Career-best overall score694.8688 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic

20142 milestones

Jun 6 First call Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest
Jul 25 First overall top-10 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off

20132 milestones

Mar 22 First tracked contest Heatin' Up the Bricks
Mar 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9998 Heatin' Up the Bricks

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	Jun 10, 2016
+14.5	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic	Jun 12, 2015
+14.2	Fire N Up in the Flint Hills	Apr 21, 2018
+13	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	Jul 25, 2014
+11.9	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	Mar 19, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Jul 12, 2019
-13.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1	Mar 22, 2019
-10.9	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Jun 7, 2013
-10.2	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2	Mar 23, 2019
-7.4	Beats, Brews, & BBQ	Jun 12, 2020

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)
2021	3	0	0	67%	top 49%	95.2%	94.4%
2020	4	0	0	25%	top 61%	94.9%	92.4%
2019	7	1	3	71%	top 59%	95.5%	87.4%
2018	5	2	1	100%	top 30%	95.3%	93.5%
2017	4	0	0	75%	top 55%	94%	91.8%
2016	1	1	0	100%	top 10%	96.5%	96.5%
2015	2	1	0	100%	top 29%	95.9%	93.3%
2014	3	1	0	100%	top 38%	95.2%	92.6%
2013	3	0	0	0%	top 59%	91.7%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 20, 2021	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK	36 / 50 (673.0632)	21 (171.9772)	47 (159.9888)	14 (173.1316)	28 (167.9656)
Mar 19, 2021	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	15 / 56 (685.6688)	20 (172.5600)	35 (167.4288)	17 (171.4172)	10 (174.2628)
Mar 19, 2021	Firelake BBQ Cook Off - One Meat Contest Ribs Shawnee, OK	—	—	3 (176)	—	—
Sep 19, 2020	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	40 / 56 (673.0972)	30 (172)	44 (165.1316)	40 (166.2628)	27 (169.7028)
Sep 18, 2020	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	18 / 56 (683.4288)	2 (177.1772)	41 (165.1316)	18 (171.9772)	31 (169.1428)
Jun 12, 2020	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	44 / 55 (651.3260)	27 (168.5716)	51 (154.8000)	—	44 (159.9312)
Apr 6, 2020	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO	64 / 109 (163.4628)	—	—	—	—
Jul 26, 2019	Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition 🏅 Dodge City, KS	6 / 39 (687.9316)	15 (170.8228)	17 (169.1316)	16 (170.2744)	1 (177.7028)
Jul 12, 2019	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS	59 / 59 (540.5372)	14 (171.9772)	14 (173.1544)	7 (175.4056)	59 (20)
Jun 14, 2019	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	11 / 30 (670.7660)	4 (173.1200)	26 (153.6688)	1 (178.8572)	16 (165.1200)
Apr 26, 2019	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	16 / 39 (672.4456)	1 (177.7028)	33 (157.0972)	14 (170.8228)	18 (166.8228)
Mar 23, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	59 / 62 (646.1372)	31 (170.2972)	61 (147.9428)	58 (160.5144)	38 (167.3828)
Mar 22, 2019	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	74 / 74 (508.5372)	21 (170.8344)	—	5 (175.4516)	50 (162.2512)
Feb 8, 2019	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR	25 / 92 (681.0860)	24 (174.2628)	57 (165.6916)	31 (170.2744)	31 (170.8572)
Jul 27, 2018	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	7 / 27 (671.3028)	9 (170.8344)	7 (168.5372)	10 (167.9656)	12 (163.9656)
Jul 13, 2018	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	22 / 48 (661.5888)	37 (161.0856)	36 (159.9772)	29 (165.1088)	3 (175.4172)
Jun 15, 2018	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	12 / 35 (682.2632)	11 (170.2860)	23 (165.6800)	6 (174.2744)	7 (172.0228)
May 4, 2018	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	14 / 41 (665.5884)	19 (166.8344)	17 (165.7144)	23 (161.6340)	7 (171.4056)
Apr 21, 2018	Fire N Up in the Flint Hills Council Grove, KS	2 / 21 (686.2284)	1 (178.8572)	8 (166.8800)	7 (167.3828)	2 (173.1084)
Jul 28, 2017	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	24 / 43 (667.9200)	8 (174.2628)	26 (166.8344)	17 (171.4056)	36 (155.4172)
Jul 14, 2017	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	16 / 58 (676.5028)	54 (157.0856)	20 (171.4056)	4 (176.0116)	8 (172)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	63 / 100 (652.4800)	46 (167.3944)	69 (160.5600)	44 (166.8572)	68 (157.6684)
Mar 10, 2017	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	25 / 34 (646.7772)	30 (154.2628)	28 (158.2400)	7 (169.7372)	21 (164.5372)
Jun 10, 2016	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	3 / 31 (694.8688)	2 (177.1544)	7 (169.7372)	4 (175.4172)	8 (172.5600)
Jun 12, 2015	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	5 / 35 (690.7768)	25 (161.1084)	3 (177.7028)	4 (177.7028)	7 (174.2628)
Jun 5, 2015	2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	28 / 64 (652.5720)	7 (173.1544)	44 (157.1316)	45 (158.8916)	23 (163.3944)
Jul 25, 2014	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS	5 / 30 (685.1088)	11 (168)	12 (168.5716)	2 (177.7028)	6 (170.8344)
Jul 18, 2014	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	15 / 33 (659.3600)	17 (165.7028)	16 (165.1200)	10 (169.7028)	21 (158.8344)
Jun 6, 2014	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	28 / 54 (655.4056)	36 (162.2400)	36 (158.3544)	3 (176.5828)	33 (158.2284)
Jul 19, 2013	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	24 / 42 (630.8004)	28 (156.5372)	13 (165.6916)	31 (152.5944)	24 (155.9772)
Jun 7, 2013	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	58 / 69 (614.8570)	66 (145.7142)	60 (152.0004)	43 (160)	47 (157.1424)
Mar 22, 2013	Heatin' Up the Bricks Kearney, NE	14 / 40 (659.9998)	12 (165.1428)	21 (161.7142)	12 (167.4286)	12 (165.7142)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

WHITE MOOSE 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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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)