THE OUTLAWS

THE OUTLAWS is a competition barbecue team with 43 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 33 at the Grand Lake BBQ Festival (2014). They are ranked #720 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#720

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1639

peak 1652 · rated over 43 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 14, 2014

latest Jun 1, 2018 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#155

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

44% of 43 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3372 / 720

Master · Grand Lake BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

674.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 671.39 (+3.27)

Walk rate

74%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)

Consistency

±14.10

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.41 · weakest Pork (166.37)

Road miles

4,695

across 43 mapped stops · furthest 281 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Master avg

671.39 / 720

43 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 43 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.3372 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3372 at Grand Lake BBQ Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 16, 2014

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE has finished one call ahead of THE OUTLAWS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–4 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 85% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 23 of their 27 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of STEELE FAMILY BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 27 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 27 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

MOOCHEWSOOEY has landed one call behind them 3 times.

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A June team

Top 28% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 28% across 5 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

5 June contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,695 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,695 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 281 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

43 mapped stops
furthest 281 mi

The metronome

±1.96% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.96% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.2% of a perfect score
43 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
2017 ↗	Master	#595 (663 pts)	#586 (688 pts)	#704 (573 pts)	#690 (598 pts)	#432 (918 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#613 (635 pts)	#694 (580 pts)	#606 (675 pts)	#729 (545 pts)	#536 (755 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#226 (1,401 pts)	#134 (1,630 pts)	#185 (1,491 pts)	#260 (1,211 pts)	#235 (1,351 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#155 (1,713 pts)	#134 (1,701 pts)	#78 (1,930 pts)	#178 (1,479 pts)	#201 (1,479 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1639 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1647

6–4 in 10 shared contests (60% to THE OUTLAWS)

These two have cooked 10 of the same contests — THE OUTLAWS ahead 6–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

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#721 of the rated field

1638 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1658

Careers of much the same size, 51 contests to 43, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

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Smitty's Real Pit BBQ

#722 of the rated field

1638 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1638

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 37 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Aug 18, 2023

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EFFIN'EH GRAY'S

#718 of the rated field

1639 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1639

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 21 contests, alongside a 71% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 20 contests
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Two Pigs And A Smoker

#719 of the rated field

1639 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1639

They turned up 10 years after THE OUTLAWS did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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SMOKIN BAD HABIT

#710 of the rated field

1640 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1675

4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to THE OUTLAWS)

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

rated over 62 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	30	12	18	40%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	27	11	16	41%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	27	4	23	15%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	23	15	8	65%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
HABITUAL SMOKERS	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	43	17	0	5	178.8572	150.2172	169.41	top 40%
Pork Ribs	43	24	1	3	176.5716	153.7144	168.75	top 34%
Pork	43	9	1	3	176.5600	156.5484	166.37	top 51%
Brisket	43	19	0	2	174.8572	149.6456	166.86	top 37%

“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)	1	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	26	top 37%
Large (40+)	16	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	30	top 40%
KS	7	top 29%
AR	2	top 35%
LA	2	top 57%
MO	2	top 24%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	3	6	top 43%	Jun 1, 2018
Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	2	3	top 47%	May 18, 2018
Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2	13	top 23%	May 5, 2017
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	39	top 58%	Mar 25, 2017
Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ	2	7	top 30%	Jul 29, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	6	top 57%	Mar 4, 2016
Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	2	4	top 21%	Oct 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 15 contests

Contests a season 8.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 30 of 43 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 35 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 738 finished ahead 1,161 times, behind 651

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

20181 milestone

Jun 1 Most recent contest Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

20172 milestones

Mar 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1652) Bikes, Blues and BBQ

20151 milestone

Sep 19 25th tracked contest Table Rock Boats and Bones

20148 milestones

Mar 14 First tracked contest Smokin' At The Run Shootout
Mar 14 First call Smokin' At The Run Shootout
Mar 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4916 Smokin' At The Run Shootout
May 9 First overall top-10 Boots & BBQ Festival
May 16 First overall podium Grand Lake BBQ Festival
May 16 Career-best overall score691.3372 Grand Lake BBQ Festival
Jul 25 10th tracked contest Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair
Sep 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	May 16, 2014
+12.4	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff	Jun 6, 2014
+11.8	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	Jun 20, 2014
+11.7	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Oct 24, 2014
+11.6	Boots & BBQ Festival	May 9, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 4, 2016
-10.3	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	May 18, 2018
-7.7	Grand Lake BBQ Festival	May 15, 2015
-7.7	2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout	Mar 21, 2015
-5.6	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)	Mar 24, 2017

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)
2018	2	0	0	100%	top 71%	93.2%	92.9%
2017	6	2	0	67%	top 38%	94.4%	93.2%
2016	7	0	0	57%	top 49%	93.5%	91.7%
2015	13	7	1	69%	top 33%	95.9%	94.1%
2014	15	10	1	87%	top 32%	96%	93.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 1, 2018	Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK	17 / 30 (666.7432)	28 (150.2172)	5 (172.5600)	5 (174.2744)	13 (169.6916)
May 18, 2018	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	22 / 26 (670.7312)	9 (175.4172)	24 (160.5600)	23 (165.0740)	15 (169.6800)
Sep 22, 2017	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	7 / 38 (679.3600)	16 (167.3828)	17 (163.4400)	4 (176.5600)	3 (171.9772)
Jun 2, 2017	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	6 / 28 (677.6456)	15 (167.4056)	10 (169.1544)	14 (168.5256)	2 (172.5600)
May 5, 2017	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	13 / 68 (678.8116)	6 (176)	15 (169.1316)	38 (161.1200)	8 (172.5600)
Apr 1, 2017	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR	19 / 37 (657.5656)	29 (161.6572)	14 (168)	17 (166.2512)	18 (161.6572)
Mar 25, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Shawnee, OK	39 / 77 (671.3368)	5 (178.8572)	54 (166.2628)	66 (160.5140)	39 (165.7028)
Mar 24, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	56 / 87 (662.7080)	65 (162.2284)	54 (163.9884)	64 (162.2284)	13 (174.2628)
Jul 29, 2016	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS	12 / 36 (666.2284)	23 (162.8572)	10 (168.0228)	17 (166.2284)	6 (169.1200)
Jul 2, 2016	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	14 / 27 (659.3600)	14 (166.2516)	7 (167.4400)	22 (159.9312)	11 (165.7372)
May 13, 2016	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	14 / 28 (672.9940)	11 (174.2628)	8 (169.1200)	19 (166.8228)	19 (162.7884)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	23 / 83 (666.7428)	16 (170.8572)	29 (165.0972)	41 (162.2628)	14 (168.5256)
Apr 8, 2016	Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK	15 / 43 (670.8232)	26 (166.8228)	26 (160.5832)	16 (169.7028)	9 (173.7144)
Mar 25, 2016	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	33 / 66 (669.0400)	27 (169.6916)	44 (163.3944)	39 (165.6912)	28 (170.2628)
Mar 4, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	28 / 30 (618.6628)	25 (157.0628)	25 (153.7144)	22 (158.2400)	27 (149.6456)
Oct 23, 2015	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	8 / 26 (685.6456)	6 (177.1428)	9 (169.1200)	15 (164.5256)	4 (174.8572)
Oct 16, 2015	Grills and Grilles Broken Arrow, OK	10 / 38 (672.4684)	7 (171.9656)	7 (171.4172)	28 (159.4056)	5 (169.6800)
Oct 9, 2015	Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK	12 / 28 (667.3028)	5 (176.5600)	8 (170.2628)	20 (159.9428)	14 (160.5372)
Sep 19, 2015	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	5 / 33 (690.7884)	2 (177.7028)	4 (176)	14 (167.9656)	14 (169.1200)
Aug 14, 2015	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	22 / 67 (668.4800)	39 (163.3828)	6 (173.1428)	15 (170.8228)	36 (161.1316)
Jul 24, 2015	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS	7 / 26 (675.9428)	23 (161.6800)	7 (169.1428)	5 (171.9656)	4 (173.1544)
May 15, 2015	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	25 / 35 (659.2336)	27 (166.2512)	22 (162.7884)	30 (163.3712)	22 (166.8228)
May 8, 2015	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	8 / 29 (688.4684)	5 (176.5600)	6 (174.2628)	20 (167.9540)	8 (169.6916)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	7 / 81 (687.4284)	14 (170.8800)	9 (173.7256)	8 (174.2856)	14 (168.5372)
Apr 17, 2015	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	22 / 75 (675.2908)	12 (174.2628)	29 (167.9656)	53 (163.3940)	17 (169.6684)
Mar 21, 2015	2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	63 / 82 (670.7196)	13 (177.7028)	80 (158.8112)	67 (166.2284)	48 (167.9772)
Mar 20, 2015	3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK	16 / 87 (684.4800)	23 (174.2628)	19 (172.5716)	47 (167.3828)	19 (170.2628)
Mar 6, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	6 / 29 (677.5768)	2 (174.8456)	16 (165.6684)	1 (176.5600)	18 (160.5028)
Oct 24, 2014	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	4 / 34 (684.5372)	19 (164.5484)	3 (173.1316)	3 (176)	7 (170.8572)
Oct 17, 2014	Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS	9 / 26 (678.7884)	3 (175.4056)	8 (169.1200)	12 (167.4056)	10 (166.8572)
Sep 19, 2014	28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK	23 / 41 (636.4224)	21 (164)	14 (165.1428)	28 (157.0856)	27 (150.1940)
Sep 5, 2014	Smokin on Route 66 BBQ Championship Miami, OK	5 / 9 (664.4796)	6 (169.1200)	1 (174.8800)	7 (160.5140)	6 (159.9656)
Aug 8, 2014	CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK	12 / 26 (658.8228)	10 (166.8572)	4 (170.2972)	21 (156.5484)	12 (165.1200)
Jul 25, 2014	Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair Iola, KS	8 / 21 (674.2516)	2 (175.4400)	5 (174.3200)	13 (161.6572)	9 (162.8344)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	7 / 41 (673.6568)	23 (163.3940)	11 (169.1428)	7 (174.2972)	8 (166.8228)
Jul 11, 2014	Cowley County BBQ Contest Winfield, KS	7 / 20 (679.4060)	12 (166.8916)	10 (167.9772)	2 (176)	9 (168.5372)
Jun 27, 2014	Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK	11 / 37 (675.8740)	18 (166.8112)	7 (174.2628)	16 (167.3828)	14 (167.4172)
Jun 20, 2014	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	7 / 42 (685.0400)	5 (173.7028)	9 (175.4172)	16 (169.6800)	18 (166.2400)
Jun 6, 2014	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	5 / 33 (681.0512)	7 (173.1200)	7 (170.8572)	12 (169.1084)	7 (167.9656)
May 16, 2014	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	3 / 33 (691.3372)	7 (174.2628)	3 (174.2744)	12 (168.5256)	6 (174.2744)
May 9, 2014	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	7 / 29 (688.5032)	3 (176.5716)	4 (176.5716)	14 (166.8228)	9 (168.5372)
May 2, 2014	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	32 / 80 (644.4572)	41 (159.3828)	20 (167.4172)	24 (165.7028)	49 (151.9544)
Mar 14, 2014	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	25 / 43 (660.4916)	30 (165.1200)	11 (167.9656)	33 (159.9888)	10 (167.4172)

THE OUTLAWS

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

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

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)