3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM

3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 20 at the Anchor City Cook Off (2015). They are ranked #3040 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,040

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1505

peak 1527 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 11, 2013

latest May 31, 2019 · 5.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#862

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

27% of 11 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2740 / 720

Master · Anchor City Cook Off

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

652.43 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 657.36 (-4.93)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Anchor City Cook Off

Consistency

±22.99

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.41 · weakest Brisket (160.49)

Road miles

762

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$2,425

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

657.36 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×2

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.2740 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2740 at Anchor City Cook Off — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 9, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bone 'N BBQ has finished one call ahead of 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
2 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.92 points below their pork, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 27%.

Brisket avg 160.49
Pork avg 167.41
3 calls in 11 entries

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A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Jakes BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 6 shared pork entries lost

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared pork entries.

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	#1754 (90 pts)	#1796 (100 pts)	#1898 (80 pts)	#1550 (125 pts)	#1805 (90 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1942 (64 pts)	#1579 (124 pts)	#1987 (64 pts)	#2495 (59 pts)	#1863 (89 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2814 (57 pts)	#2170 (77 pts)	#1725 (137 pts)	#1970 (112 pts)	#2914 (52 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#898 (381 pts)	#1051 (331 pts)	#1062 (326 pts)	#607 (661 pts)	#1077 (311 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#862 (389 pts)	#645 (594 pts)	#911 (389 pts)	#1040 (324 pts)	#805 (454 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2065 (78 pts)	#1445 (203 pts)	#2750 (58 pts)	#2057 (98 pts)	#2494 (73 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smaakmakers

#3,027 of the rated field

1505 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1515

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2024

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Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ

#3,028 of the rated field

1505 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1505

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 May 23, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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GOLDEN TOAD

#3,034 of the rated field

1505 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1528

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 6, 2022

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Smoke Sergeant BBQ

#3,042 of the rated field

1505 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1515

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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BLUE CLOUD BBQ

#3,041 of the rated field

1505 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Level with 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

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FIRE-N-SMOKE BBQ

#3,045 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1514

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before 3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN' BUTTS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BACKFIRIN' BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
RIBS N BIBS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	3	1	2	177.7028	157.1200	167.30	top 43%
Pork Ribs	11	3	0	1	173.1656	150.7772	162.16	top 60%
Pork	11	3	2	2	180 🔥	151.9656	167.41	top 48%
Brisket	11	3	0	1	177.7144	143.8972	160.49	top 59%

“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)	10	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 38%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Anchor City Cook Off	3	5	0	top 54%	Oct 14, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 11 of 11 contests

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 181 finished ahead 132 times, behind 170

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

20191 milestone

May 31 Most recent contest Smokin on the Lake

20181 milestone

Jun 1 10th tracked contest 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake

20162 milestones

Jun 3 First perfect 180 (Pork) 5th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1527) Anchor City Cook Off

20154 milestones

May 29 First overall top-10 Smokin on the Lake
May 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.1944 Smokin on the Lake
Oct 9 First category win (Chicken) Anchor City Cook Off
Oct 9 Career-best overall score690.2740 Anchor City Cook Off

20141 milestone

Aug 8 First call Smokin' with Woods

20131 milestone

Oct 11 First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.6	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 9, 2015
+9.3	5th Annual Smokin on the Lake	Jun 3, 2016
+8	Smokin on the Lake	May 29, 2015
+8	Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge	Jul 8, 2016
+5	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 14, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 11, 2013
-12.2	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake	Jun 2, 2017
-6.9	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake	Jun 1, 2018
-3.5	Smokin' with Woods	Aug 8, 2014
-3.2	Smokin on the Lake	May 31, 2019

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 68%	89.7%	89.7%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	89%	89%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 89%	88.6%	88.6%
2016	3	1	2	67%	top 36%	94.8%	93.5%
2015	3	2	1	67%	top 40%	95.9%	94%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 71%	89.4%	89.4%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 93%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 31, 2019	Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO	17 / 25 (646.1372)	15 (161.0972)	19 (158.2400)	10 (166.8228)	17 (159.9772)
Jun 1, 2018	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	23 / 29 (640.4688)	11 (165.1084)	23 (158.2628)	24 (158.8460)	18 (158.2516)
Jun 2, 2017	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO	24 / 27 (638.1028)	20 (157.1200)	9 (169.1200)	13 (167.9656)	27 (143.8972)
Oct 14, 2016	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	15 / 34 (669.0056)	13 (167.4172)	26 (159.3600)	1 (180)	19 (162.2284)
Jul 8, 2016	Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO	15 / 40 (668.4568)	13 (171.9656)	12 (170.2628)	16 (168.5256)	25 (157.7028)
Jun 3, 2016	5th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	6 / 22 (682.7772)	16 (162.2516)	8 (169.7028)	1 (180)	6 (170.8228)
Oct 9, 2015	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	5 / 20 (690.2740)	1 (177.7028)	2 (173.1656)	11 (170.2628)	7 (169.1428)
Jul 10, 2015	Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO	20 / 33 (653.1544)	17 (166.2628)	25 (156.5600)	18 (167.4400)	21 (162.8916)
May 29, 2015	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	9 / 26 (686.1944)	3 (176.5600)	18 (164.5256)	12 (167.3944)	3 (177.7144)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' with Woods Odessa, MO	20 / 28 (643.9200)	4 (172.5828)	24 (150.7772)	16 (162.2972)	21 (158.2628)
Oct 11, 2013	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	27 / 29 (612.4800)	22 (162.2628)	25 (153.7372)	29 (151.9656)	27 (144.5144)

3G'S BAR-B-Q TEAM

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 (9 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

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)