SinBin BBQ

SinBin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 13 at the Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #1107 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Sin Bin BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,107

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1594

peak 1596 · rated over 32 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 13, 2023

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 3.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#127

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve

Category wins

21 podiums

Overall top-10s

31% of 32 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

710.8688 / 720

Master · Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

688.03 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 683.51 (+4.52)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

Consistency

±13.33

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.93 · weakest Brisket (168.40)

Road miles

10,967

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 591 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)

Purse competed for

$406K

listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

683.51 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.1196 points from the title

Came within 1.1196 points of the Grand Championship at GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship (Jun 9, 2023).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork ×1

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 30 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

710.8688 career-best overall

98.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 710.8688 at Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship — 98.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 20, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CROOKED PIGS has finished one call ahead of SinBin BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
1 category win
average top 36%

A tough matchup

12–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BOYZ BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

0 Grand Championships
32 contests

A big fish in small ponds

Top 39% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 39% finish in small fields against top 54% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 39% (6)
Large (40+): top 54% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

J&C BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 36% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 36% across 8 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

8 June contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,967 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,967 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 591 miles to The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1).

32 mapped stops
furthest 591 mi

The metronome

±1.85% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.85% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.9% of a perfect score
32 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
2026 ↗	Master	#132 (1,206 pts)	#143 (1,191 pts)	#71 (1,577 pts)	#69 (1,473 pts)	#99 (1,308 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#127 (1,443 pts)	#163 (1,289 pts)	#64 (1,845 pts)	#99 (1,538 pts)	#193 (1,118 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#395 (532 pts)	#329 (717 pts)	#491 (482 pts)	#331 (677 pts)	#373 (607 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

First Class BBQ

#1,106 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1601

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SinBin BBQ)

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

rated over 30 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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PB&J's BBQ

#1,109 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1594

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 31 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2026

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MAXIMUM LOIN

#1,108 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1594

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before SinBin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

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Still Workin' On It

#1,104 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1637

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 66 contests to 32.

rated over 66 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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SMOKE HOUND BBQ

#1,105 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 73
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1604

73 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 19% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 73 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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Char-Cole Grillers

#1,110 of the rated field

1594 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1597

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 17, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLINGIN MEATS	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
Tuffy's BBQ	22	12	10	55%	⚔ compare
1 Bite BBQ	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
Brinkerhoff BBQ	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
Wild West BBQ	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
BIG BOYZ BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
Bourbon & Blues BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Big Juicy BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	12	1	5	180 🔥	158.2172	171.26	top 47%
Pork Ribs	32	17	1	6	178.8572	158.8344	171.93	top 41%
Pork	32	17	3	6	180 🔥	156.5256	171.91	top 40%
Brisket	32	9	1	4	177.7372	152.5032	168.40	top 52%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 39%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 46%
Large (40+)	5	top 54%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
UT	7	top 44%
MT	5	top 40%
WY	4	top 44%
ID	4	top 48%
NV	4	top 63%
AZ	4	top 50%
OR	4	top 34%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	2	5	top 44%	Jul 24, 2026
Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off	2	2	top 23%	Jul 3, 2026
Montana BBQ Cookoff	2	13	top 48%	Jun 12, 2026
BBQ Jackpot	2	33	top 60%	Nov 21, 2025
Smoke-N-Wings	2	10	top 37%	Jun 27, 2025
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	2	6	top 39%	May 31, 2025
2024 Icebox Cookoff	2	11	top 29%	Jul 6, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 12 contests

Contests a season 8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in UT 7 of 32 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 25 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 388 finished ahead 545 times, behind 489

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

20262 milestones

May 23 25th tracked contest Best Dam BBQ
Sep 18 Most recent contest NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship

20253 milestones

Jan 17 10th tracked contest 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jun 20 Career-best overall score710.8688 Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1596) Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off

20238 milestones

Jan 13 First tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 13 First call Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1260 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jun 9 First category win (Pork) GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jun 9 First overall top-10 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jun 9 First overall podium GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jun 9 First Reserve Championship GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
Jun 9 First perfect 180 (Pork) GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship	Jun 9, 2023
+14.6	Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship	Jun 20, 2025
+13.1	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1)	May 30, 2025
+11	Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off	Jul 5, 2025
+10.6	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 25, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 24, 2026
-8.9	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest	Aug 29, 2025
-7.8	BBQ Jackpot	Nov 21, 2025
-7.4	Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash	May 1, 2026
-6	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff	Jul 19, 2024

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)
2026	12	3	3	92%	top 48%	98.6%	95.2%
2025	11	6	1	91%	top 42%	98.7%	95%
2024	6	0	1	100%	top 53%	95.4%	94.4%
2023	3	1	1	100%	top 36%	98%	94.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	5 / 12 (709.6916)	3 (180)	3 (177.7144)	10 (174.2744)	3 (177.7028)
Aug 28, 2026	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	23 / 39 (675.3028)	22 (169.1200)	18 (171.9772)	25 (169.1200)	28 (165.0856)
Aug 14, 2026	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	6 / 29 (690.7656)	16 (170.2628)	5 (176.5600)	9 (173.1200)	12 (170.8228)
Jul 24, 2026	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	22 / 32 (666.6972)	6 (176.5600)	31 (159.3600)	22 (163.9428)	17 (166.8344)
Jul 3, 2026	Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT	8 / 26 (697.7028)	11 (173.7028)	16 (172)	6 (176.5600)	8 (175.4400)
Jun 26, 2026	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	11 / 31 (698.2976)	10 (174.2972)	15 (174.2860)	21 (171.9772)	1 (177.7372)
Jun 12, 2026	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	13 / 29 (675.3716)	20 (165.6916)	19 (166.2628)	1 (176.5944)	17 (166.8228)
May 23, 2026	Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV	22 / 33 (681.0396)	27 (165.0856)	9 (174.2856)	11 (173.1428)	18 (168.5256)
May 1, 2026	Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT	14 / 19 (685.6456)	14 (170.2628)	16 (169.1200)	4 (177.7372)	14 (168.5256)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	19 / 29 (673.5540)	27 (158.2172)	9 (174.2628)	10 (172.5484)	16 (168.5256)
Mar 27, 2026	Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition 🏅 Lake Havasu City, AZ	16 / 33 (683.8968)	16 (172.5484)	1 (178.8572)	23 (167.4056)	23 (165.0856)
Jan 16, 2026	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	11 / 53 (689.0516)	17 (173.1200)	3 (177.7028)	20 (170.8344)	28 (167.3944)
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	67 / 90 (670.7428)	73 (165.6912)	83 (161.6688)	7 (177.7144)	68 (165.6684)
Aug 29, 2025	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	32 / 39 (667.2796)	34 (165.6684)	16 (174.2628)	32 (165.1200)	30 (162.2284)
Jul 25, 2025	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	5 / 26 (686.2060)	17 (167.4060)	5 (173.1200)	7 (173.7144)	9 (171.9656)
Jul 18, 2025	Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	9 / 26 (695.9544)	8 (175.4400)	4 (177.7144)	13 (174.2744)	18 (168.5256)
Jul 5, 2025	Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT	2 / 13 (703.3712)	3 (177.7028)	3 (176)	1 (177.7028)	5 (171.9656)
Jun 27, 2025	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	10 / 32 (690.2284)	12 (170.8456)	11 (173.1428)	8 (175.4172)	17 (170.8228)
Jun 20, 2025	Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	2 / 16 (710.8688)	3 (178.8572)	7 (176)	3 (178.2972)	2 (177.7144)
Jun 13, 2025	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	17 / 33 (667.3028)	5 (176.5600)	23 (158.8344)	10 (169.1200)	21 (162.7884)
May 31, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	16 / 28 (681.6000)	19 (170.8344)	8 (174.2628)	13 (171.9656)	22 (164.5372)
May 30, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	6 / 30 (684.4916)	17 (169.6800)	7 (174.2972)	3 (174.2744)	18 (166.2400)
Jan 17, 2025	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	30 / 48 (667.8744)	21 (169.6800)	3 (176.5600)	31 (163.9772)	34 (157.6572)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	33 / 74 (679.9432)	61 (162.8116)	3 (176)	28 (171.4172)	31 (169.7144)
Aug 16, 2024	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	19 / 29 (668.9944)	23 (158.8000)	20 (165.1088)	14 (169.6800)	6 (175.4056)
Jul 19, 2024	The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT	13 / 16 (673.6804)	11 (168.5372)	15 (166.2400)	9 (169.7144)	8 (169.1888)
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	11 / 37 (686.7772)	18 (169.7028)	16 (171.9772)	3 (175.4056)	17 (169.6916)
Jun 28, 2024	Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID	12 / 28 (683.3600)	1 (178.2972)	19 (165.6800)	10 (171.9772)	14 (167.4056)
Jun 21, 2024	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	16 / 29 (683.3716)	6 (177.7144)	11 (172.5484)	20 (167.3944)	17 (165.7144)
Jul 1, 2023	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	11 / 38 (683.3600)	7 (174.2628)	6 (174.2628)	16 (170.2744)	27 (164.5600)
Jun 9, 2023	GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	2 / 16 (705.7032)	2 (177.7028)	10 (171.9888)	1 (180)	3 (176.0116)
Jan 13, 2023	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	30 / 45 (654.1260)	5 (175.4172)	9 (169.6800)	38 (156.5256)	40 (152.5032)

SinBin 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 (14 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Always the bridesmaid

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

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, 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)