High-water mark
689.6344
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6344 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 30, 2026
TRIPLE B BBQ
TRIPLE B BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at the Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff (2013). They finished #1786 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 13, 2013
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±32.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork (158.07)
Road miles
620
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 228 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$116K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
652.52 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1786 (110 pts) | #1946 (95 pts) | #1789 (125 pts) | #1848 (115 pts) | #1742 (125 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TRIPLE B BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
TRIPLE B BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 155 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with TRIPLE B BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before TRIPLE B BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,718 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#3,682 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before TRIPLE B BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before TRIPLE B BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.7372 | 162.48 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 148 | 163.71 | top 58% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 143.9544 | 158.07 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 142.2400 | 164.55 | top 48% |
“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 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
433
finished ahead 357 times, behind 255
Longest layoff
7.3 yrs
May 31, 2019 → Sep 30, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score689.6344 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
- First call Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8912 Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1495) Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 30, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley | Jun 21, 2014 |
| -7.6 | Smokin on the Lake | May 31, 2019 |
| -5.1 | Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff | Jul 13, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 36% | 95.8% | 95.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.6% | 85.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 73% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 61 / 158 (689.6344) | 72 (172.5600) | 113 (168.5372) | 63 (173.1200) | 28 (175.4172) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 119 / 360 (686.7888) | 216 (168.5716) | 99 (174.2628) | 211 (168.5372) | 44 (175.4172) |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO | 21 / 25 (630.2516) | 16 (157.7372) | 11 (164) | 24 (143.9544) | 13 (164.5600) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Certified BBQ Judging Class unrated Kansas City, MO | 16 (157.7372) | 16 (157.7372) | 11 (164) | 24 (143.9544) | 13 (164.5600) |
| Jun 21, 2014 | Buckner Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO | 29 / 35 (605.0400) | 26 (159.4172) | 31 (148) | 31 (155.3828) | 34 (142.2400) |
| Jul 13, 2013 | Heart of Illinois Fair BBQ Cookoff Peoria, IL | 11 / 15 (650.8912) | 14 (158.8684) | 9 (163.4400) | 10 (163.4744) | 9 (165.1084) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.