THE BBQ NINJA

THE BBQ NINJA is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 11th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014). They are ranked #3194 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,194

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1501

peak 1508 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 11, 2013

latest May 31, 2019 · 5.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1300

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

677.6228 / 720

Master · Flames on the Flint

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.96 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.87 (+1.09)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±9.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.91 · weakest Chicken (162.46)

Road miles

766

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 116 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$7,500

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

661.87 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

677.6228 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.6228 at Flames on the Flint — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 13, 2015

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.45 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 162.46
Brisket avg 167.91
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RESCUE SMOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

4 of 5 shared brisket entries lost

Bald Hawg BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bald Hawg BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.31% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.31% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
8 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	#1879 (71 pts)	#2520 (56 pts)	#1211 (206 pts)	#1839 (91 pts)	#1718 (106 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1784 (95 pts)	#1819 (100 pts)	#1800 (105 pts)	#1997 (65 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1912 (114 pts)	#2276 (64 pts)	#2176 (84 pts)	#1995 (109 pts)	#1611 (159 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2012 (95 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1300 (217 pts)	#1860 (132 pts)	#993 (347 pts)	#1525 (182 pts)	#1229 (247 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1893 (90 pts)	#2461 (70 pts)	#1979 (85 pts)	#1332 (200 pts)	#1912 (95 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE BBQ NINJA, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BLAZIN'7'S

#3,197 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1520

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE BBQ NINJA)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2016

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Fat and Greasy BBQ

#3,204 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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Fat Boy BBQ

#3,178 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1501

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW

#3,207 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1502

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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Big Tom's Smokin Q

#3,208 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1500

They turned up 8 years after THE BBQ NINJA did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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CHARLIE Q

#3,188 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1501

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WAY 2 QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY HAWGS GA	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW GA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	0	0	169.7028	155.3600	162.46	top 72%
Pork Ribs	8	2	1	1	178.2972	158.8000	167.55	top 49%
Pork	8	1	0	0	173.7028	154.7656	163.95	top 61%
Brisket	8	2	0	0	173.1316	162.8116	167.91	top 41%

“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)	5	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	3	20	0	top 59%	Mar 11, 2016
Barnesville BBQ & Blues	2	13	0	top 54%	Apr 20, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 229 finished ahead 136 times, behind 208

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Mar 11, 2016 → Apr 21, 2017

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

20191 milestone

May 31 Most recent contest Smokin' Bike Fest

20152 milestones

Mar 13 Career-best overall score677.6228 Flames on the Flint
Mar 13 Peak power rating (1508) Flames on the Flint

20142 milestones

May 30 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 30 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20133 milestones

Oct 11 First tracked contest The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 11 First call The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.6744 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 30, 2014
+5.2	Barnesville BBQ & Blues	Apr 21, 2017
+3.9	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)	Mar 14, 2014
+2.3	Flames on the Flint	Mar 13, 2015
+0.1	Barnesville BBQ & Blues	Apr 20, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Smokin' Bike Fest	May 31, 2019
-5.5	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier)	Mar 11, 2016
-4.1	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	Oct 11, 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	1	0	100%	top 71%	91.6%	91.6%
2018	1	0	0%	top 64%	91.8%	91.8%
2017	1	0	100%	top 45%	93.1%	93.1%
2016	1	0	0%	top 79%	89.8%	89.8%
2015	1	0	0%	top 53%	94.1%	94.1%
2014	2	1	50%	top 42%	92.7%	92.3%
2013	1	0	100%	top 68%	90.4%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 31, 2019	Smokin' Bike Fest 🏅 Peachtree City, GA	22 / 31 (659.2800)	30 (155.9428)	4 (174.8572)	18 (163.9428)	15 (164.5372)
Apr 20, 2018	Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnesville, GA	16 / 25 (661.0172)	15 (166.8456)	14 (165.1200)	22 (157.0744)	11 (171.9772)
Apr 21, 2017	Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnsville, GA	13 / 29 (670.2060)	23 (162.2400)	19 (166.2516)	14 (168.5828)	7 (173.1316)
Mar 11, 2016	Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA	70 / 89 (646.6856)	57 (165.0856)	55 (164)	84 (154.7656)	48 (162.8344)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	38 / 72 (677.6228)	39 (169.7028)	41 (169.1200)	54 (166.2400)	18 (172.5600)
May 30, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	11 / 29 (667.3828)	25 (159.9772)	1 (178.2972)	16 (161.6572)	10 (167.4512)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	20 / 43 (662.1256)	23 (164.5256)	28 (163.9544)	22 (165.6684)	15 (167.9772)
Oct 11, 2013	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	17 / 25 (650.6744)	21 (155.3600)	18 (158.8000)	4 (173.7028)	16 (162.8116)

THE BBQ NINJA

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 (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

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

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)