OUTTA THE BOX BBQ

OUTTA THE BOX BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 7th of 18 at the Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off (2017). They are ranked #3929 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,929

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1485

peak 1500 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 31, 2013

latest Sep 2, 2017 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1121

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

10% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5144 / 720

Master · Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.52 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 637.24 (+3.28)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±19.97

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.52)

Road miles

4,393

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,681 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

637.24 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

664.5144 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5144 at Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 19, 2017

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.55 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 10%.

Pork Ribs avg 157.52
Pork avg 163.07
2 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN PENDEJOS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 7 shared pork entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.

An August team

Top 50% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 63% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,393 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,393 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,681 miles to Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off.

10 mapped stops
furthest 1,681 mi

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A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 34th

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	#1121 (273 pts)	#1172 (283 pts)	#1370 (218 pts)	#989 (373 pts)	#1436 (193 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1531 (172 pts)	#1541 (182 pts)	#1164 (287 pts)	#1390 (227 pts)	#1390 (217 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1575 (140 pts)	#1440 (190 pts)	#1441 (185 pts)	#1537 (175 pts)	#1506 (170 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1794 (129 pts)	#1883 (129 pts)	#1781 (139 pts)	#1615 (164 pts)	#1637 (159 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

SMOKIN HOT BBQ

#3,906 of the rated field

1485 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1515

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to OUTTA THE BOX BBQ)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

Boss Hog BBQ

#3,948 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Sweet Rick's BBQ

#3,917 of the rated field

1485 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1485

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 19, 2022

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TNT Smokin' BBQ

#3,946 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1484

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2018

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LittleBrothersBBQ

#3,934 of the rated field

1485 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1485

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 13, 2023

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WHITE DOG BBQ

#3,904 of the rated field

1485 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1515

They've been 1515 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Hot J's	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN PENDEJOS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
ELLIS COUNTY BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
DEJA Q	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	170.2972	142.2744	158.85	top 66%
Pork Ribs	10	2	0	172.6056	143.9772	157.52	top 62%
Pork	10	1	1	174.2628	155.4400	163.07	top 50%
Brisket	10	0	0	165.1200	147.4172	157.80	top 56%

“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 39%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 83%
Large (40+)	6	top 58%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	7	top 62%
OK	2	top 80%
WA	1	top 39%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	4	34	0	top 59%	Sep 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 7 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 308 finished ahead 188 times, behind 287

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

20175 milestones

Aug 19 First overall top-10 Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Aug 19 Career-best overall score664.5144 Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Aug 19 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Sep 2 10th tracked contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 2 Most recent contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

20161 milestone

Sep 3 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20151 milestone

Jun 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6572 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff

20132 milestones

Aug 31 First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 Peak power rating (1500) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Sep 2, 2017
+6.7	Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off	Aug 19, 2017
+0.4	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 3, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014
-7.6	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 25, 2016
-6.9	Hot Pursuit BBQ	Jul 2, 2016
-3	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
-1.4	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	1	100%	top 32%	92.3%	92.1%
2016	3	0	33%	top 79%	89.4%	86.9%
2015	2	0	0%	top 66%	91.3%	90.3%
2014	2	0	0%	top 74%	88.2%	85.9%
2013	1	0	0%	top 52%	87.8%	87.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 2, 2017	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	12 / 46 (661.6568)	5 (170.2972)	26 (161.6684)	11 (167.4400)	20 (162.2512)
Aug 19, 2017	Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA	7 / 18 (664.5144)	14 (164.5372)	6 (168.5716)	2 (174.2628)	12 (157.1428)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	34 / 58 (643.9884)	48 (156.5484)	6 (172.6056)	34 (163.4628)	49 (151.3716)
Jul 2, 2016	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	25 / 27 (617.6568)	23 (158.8800)	26 (145.6684)	14 (165.6912)	22 (147.4172)
Feb 25, 2016	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	36 / 42 (614.7888)	38 (153.1428)	40 (144.5260)	35 (155.4400)	19 (161.6800)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	46 / 70 (642.8000)	12 (169.1544)	69 (143.9772)	23 (167.4056)	31 (162.2628)
Jun 5, 2015	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	20 / 30 (657.6572)	23 (158.2628)	11 (167.4172)	15 (166.8572)	14 (165.1200)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	45 / 76 (635.3600)	52 (156.5716)	50 (157.7028)	57 (157.0856)	21 (164)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	26 / 29 (602.1028)	29 (142.2744)	23 (154.8000)	18 (157.0628)	23 (147.9656)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	46 / 89 (631.9080)	43 (158.8684)	46 (158.2512)	50 (156)	33 (158.7884)

OUTTA THE BOX BBQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

An August team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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 — 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)