LAZY 2 BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4198

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1479 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-20

latest 2015-09-25

Best ToY finish

#765

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

676.5488 / 720

Master · Wheatstock Grill Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.01 (+15.89)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork Ribs · Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±21.41

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 163.69 · weakest Chicken (159.09)

Road miles

831

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Master avg

642.01 / 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

676.5488 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.5488 at Wheatstock Grill Off — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-08

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 52%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS ahead in 100% of their meetings

RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.60 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 27%.

Chicken avg 159.09
Pork Ribs avg 163.69
1 calls in 11 entries

Pork Ribs nemesis

6 of 6 shared pork ribs entries lost

Smoke-A-Holics ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smoke-A-Holics has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared pork ribs entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

PLUM CRAZY BBQ OF HOISINGTON, KS

#4189 of the rated field

1479 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to LAZY 2 BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LAZY 2 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-10-15

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SMOKE 'N' RUB

#4202 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

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

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 2016-07-01

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BLAZING SADDLES BBQ

#4201 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LAZY 2 BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 18 contests to 10.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2016-10-29

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Double Stack BBQ

#4195 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LAZY 2 BBQ)

24 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

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Team BS BBQ

#4206 of the rated field

1479 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 13 years after LAZY 2 BBQ did, first appearing in 2026.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

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Key corner cookers

#4208 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Level with LAZY 2 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MANNY'S BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	0	169.6800	145.0628	159.09	top 69%
Pork Ribs	11	3	1	2	177.7028	152.5372	163.69	top 52%
Pork	11	1	1	1	174.2972	147.3712	159.52	top 67%
Brisket	11	2	0	0	172.5600	145.6572	159.72	top 60%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 79%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 64%
Large (40+)	2	top 73%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	2	59	0	top 73%	2015-04-10

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-09-20 → 2015-09-25

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 163.69 · weakest Chicken (159.09)

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

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 642.01 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 227 126–264 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 831 10 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi

Schedule strength 1547 average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests

Power rating 1479 peak 1479 · #4198 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 20 First tracked contest Bricks, Brons & BBQ
Sep 20 First call Bricks, Brons & BBQ
Sep 20 First category win (Pork) Bricks, Brons & BBQ
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1493) Bricks, Brons & BBQ
2015
May 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5488 Wheatstock Grill Off
May 8 Career-best overall score676.5488 Wheatstock Grill Off
Sep 25 First overall top-10 Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 10th tracked contest Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 25 Most recent contest Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival	2015-09-25
+8.1	Smokin on the Smoky	2015-08-07
+6.8	Wheatstock Grill Off	2015-05-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ	2014-05-16
-8.2	Smoke In The Spring	2014-04-11
-7.7	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest	2014-08-01
-7.3	Bricks, Brons & BBQ	2013-09-20
-6.1	Eureka BBQ Bash	2015-06-19

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	5	1	1	60%	top 52%	94%	91.3%
2014	4	0	0	0%	top 84%	89.5%	86.8%
2013	1	0	1	100%	top 79%	88.3%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-09-25	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	8 / 25 (668.5372)	9 (164.5828)	1 (177.7028)	15 (158.2744)	4 (167.9772)
2015-08-07	Smokin on the Smoky Salina, KS	13 / 33 (673.6572)	14 (169.1200)	5 (176.0344)	23 (163.9656)	21 (164.5372)
2015-06-19	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	23 / 27 (632.5036)	22 (158.8228)	22 (159.4404)	25 (154.2744)	21 (159.9660)
2015-05-08	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	13 / 32 (676.5488)	12 (169.6800)	21 (165.7260)	12 (168.5828)	7 (172.5600)
2015-04-10	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	63 / 97 (637.0516)	92 (151.3828)	85 (152.5372)	44 (163.4172)	15 (169.7144)
2014-08-22	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	28 / 36 (644.5480)	25 (162.8684)	17 (167.4284)	25 (162.3200)	32 (151.9312)
2014-08-01	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	31 / 37 (625.0060)	26 (161.1088)	21 (157.6800)	35 (153.6572)	30 (152.5600)
2014-05-16	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ Abilene, KS	25 / 27 (625.6916)	26 (154.8344)	14 (162.8572)	24 (153.7028)	22 (154.2972)
2014-04-11	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	59 / 73 (604.3884)	68 (145.0628)	54 (153.1200)	70 (147.3712)	41 (158.8344)
2013-09-20	Bricks, Brons & BBQ Russell, KS	11 / 14 (635.9200)	13 (149.0856)	3 (166.8800)	1 (174.2972)	12 (145.6572)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#765 (451 pts)	#776 (476 pts)	#772 (481 pts)	#941 (381 pts)	#721 (511 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1170 (250 pts)	#1255 (250 pts)	#969 (365 pts)	#1243 (255 pts)	#1175 (265 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1794 (109 pts)	#1924 (99 pts)	#1316 (214 pts)	#1133 (264 pts)	#1875 (104 pts)