Riding a hot streak
6
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 6
Skinny Beans BBQ team
Skinny Beans BBQ team is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the BBQ Knife Clash (2026). They are ranked #1583 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1559
peak 1559 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Mar 29, 2025
latest Jun 20, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 10% of the time
Category wins
2
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
60% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
686.77
last 5 Master vs avg 687.16 (-0.39)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.41 · weakest Brisket (167.02)
Road miles
559
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 175 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Master avg
687.16 / 720
6 Master contests · 1 GC
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Skinny Beans BBQ team, each with one reason worth a look.
42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1572
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Skinny Beans BBQ team)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Skinny Beans BBQ team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 86%
- Peak
- 1559
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1560
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1564
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Skinny Beans BBQ team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,584 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1559
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1560
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before Skinny Beans BBQ team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Razza Piave Bbq | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTH BRIXIA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoking Butcher | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| LUNA SMOKE - Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Onkel Felix BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GRILL GATHERING BBQ-Team | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Hot Yard | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 179.4400 | 166.2284 | 174.41 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 179.4400 | 164.5372 | 171.70 | top 38% |
| Pork | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 169.1084 | 174.17 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 160.5372 | 167.02 | 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) | 2 | 1 | top 35% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 23% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| GG | 1 | 1 | top 10% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
6 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PZ
2 of 10 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
First title
May 23, 2026
BBQ Knife Clash
Opponents faced
63
finished ahead 112 times, behind 23
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20267 milestones
- Career-best overall score693.0628 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First overall podium BBQ Knife Clash
- First Grand Championship BBQ Knife Clash
- 10th tracked contest The War of Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 The War of Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1559) The War of Barbeque
- Most recent contest The War of Barbeque
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First call BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First overall top-10 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.0856 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Fo.G & Smoke 2025
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | BBQ Knife Clash | May 23, 2026 |
| +13.7 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Apr 11, 2026 |
| +13.1 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Mar 29, 2025 |
| +9.7 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | Sep 20, 2025 |
| +7.4 | The War of Barbeque | Jun 20, 2026 |
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 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 96.3% | 95.4% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 95.7% | 95.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda | 7 / 25 (689.6572) | 3 (179.4400) | 17 (167.9772) | 9 (174.2628) | 15 (167.9772) |
| May 23, 2026 | BBQ Knife Clash Romano Di Lombardia, GG | 1 / 10 (682.7428) | 9 (166.2284) | 2 (170.2628) | 1 (177.7144) | 3 (168.5372) |
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Rivergaro, PZ | — | 2 (176.5600) | — | — | — |
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT RIBS) Rivergaro, PZ | — | — | 10 (164.5372) | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 4 / 42 (693.0628) | 15 (174.2628) | 16 (169.6800) | 3 (176.5600) | 9 (172.5600) |
| Mar 7, 2026 | W.E.S.T. - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Muhlwald - Selva di Molini, BZ | 6 / 10 (682.1828) | 3 (174.2856) | 8 (168.5372) | 3 (174.2744) | 6 (165.0856) |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave | — | 3 (172.5484) | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave | — | — | 2 (179.4400) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto | 6 / 24 (686.2056) | 3 (177.7028) | 1 (178.8572) | 16 (169.1084) | 19 (160.5372) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 5 / 30 (689.0856) | 4 (174.2628) | 5 (174.2744) | 10 (173.1200) | 11 (167.4284) |