BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE

BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 19 at the Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (). They finished #2084 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1504

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 30, 2014

latest Jun 25, 2021 · 6.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#2084

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

649.0972 / 720

Master · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2972

Pork Ribs · Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±14.45

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.41 · weakest Chicken (156.64)

Road miles

914

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 851 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Purse competed for

$18K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

642.53 / 720

2 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

316.22 / 360

4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

The weak link

−10.8 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.77 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.

Chicken avg 156.64
Brisket avg 167.41
1 call in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pa Pa D’s Rib Ticklers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 9, 2019).

last seen Sep 4, 2015
back Jun 9, 2019

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 19 at their very first tracked contest, Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) ().

19-team field

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
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#117 (250 pts)	#106 (265 pts)	—	—
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#1836 (130 pts)

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BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it.

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#3,076 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

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TWISTED PIG

#3,088 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

They turned up 10 years after BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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FOUR ONE OAK

#3,062 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Level with BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2020

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Open Bar BQ

#3,067 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1522

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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#3,074 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG

#3,053 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1504

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	168	151.4056	156.64	top 58%
Pork Ribs	6	2	170.2972	146.8116	160.06	top 40%
Pork	2	0	160.5484	154.3428	157.45	top 74%
Brisket	2	0	168	166.8228	167.41	top 18%

“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 16%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 49%
Large (40+)	3	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	2	top 56%
WI	2	top 34%
IL	1	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	3	0	top 31%	Jun 9, 2019
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	39	0	top 56%	Sep 4, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season — 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 2 of 6 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 229 finished ahead 138 times, behind 137

Longest layoff 3.8 yrs Sep 4, 2015 → Jun 9, 2019

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

20212 milestones

Jun 25 Peak power rating (1504) Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)
Jun 25 Most recent contest Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)

20151 milestone

Sep 4 Career-best overall score649.0972 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

—6 milestones

First tracked contest Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall podium Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score338.2972 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.3	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one)	Jun 25, 2021
+1.8	Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 9, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.1	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
-0.4	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015

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)
—	2	1	50%	top 34%	94%	91.3%
2021	1	0	0%	top 37%	83.5%	83.5%
2019	1	1	100%	top 45%	85.2%	85.2%
2015	1	0	0%	top 56%	90.2%	90.2%
2014	1	0	0%	top 57%	88.3%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 25, 2021	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	18 / 49 (300.4688)	18 (153.6572)	20 (146.8116)	—	—
Jun 9, 2019	Lake Country BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)	10 / 22 (306.7656)	14 (151.4056)	8 (155.3600)	—	—
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	39 / 70 (649.0972)	52 (157.1316)	36 (163.4172)	45 (160.5484)	12 (168)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	43 / 76 (635.9656)	56 (153.6800)	37 (161.1200)	63 (154.3428)	14 (166.8228)
—	Dells BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Wisconsin Dells, WI	13 / 25 (319.3484)	18 (155.9656)	11 (163.3828)	—	—
—	Lake Country BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Okauchee, WI	3 / 19 (338.2972)	5 (168)	4 (170.2972)	—	—

BARBED WIRE BARBEQUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

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)

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)