AZ BEER BELLY BBQ

AZ BEER BELLY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 6th of 20 at the Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge (2015). They are ranked #4362 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,362

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2013

latest Jan 19, 2018 · 4.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#798

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

22% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2052 / 720

Master · Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

645.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.48 (+7.44)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Chicken · Holbrook

Consistency

±35.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.95)

Road miles

1,482

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 262 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

638.48 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

686.2052 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2052 at Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 19, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.95
Chicken avg 163.35
2 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

MONSOON BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MONSOON BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2175 (75 pts)	#1596 (175 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2166 (90 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#798 (433 pts)	#741 (498 pts)	#803 (453 pts)	#1023 (333 pts)	#899 (393 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to AZ BEER BELLY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SWIMMIN IN SMOKE

#4,379 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1524

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to AZ BEER BELLY BBQ)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — AZ BEER BELLY BBQ ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jan 20, 2017

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BIG O'S LOW N SLOW BBQ

#4,364 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1476

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2016

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BARE BUTTS

#4,337 of the rated field

1476 power rating

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

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 4, 2021

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SECURITY SMOKERS

#4,361 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 6, 2019

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BINGE-N-ON BBQ

#4,386 of the rated field

1475 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

Level with AZ BEER BELLY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2019

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Waste Management

#4,378 of the rated field

1476 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 5, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MONSOON BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SWIMMIN IN SMOKE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Karnivorous	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
STEEL CITY BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
TOYS 4 BBQ'N	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWEET PETE'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	3	176.5828	140.5032	163.35	top 56%
Pork Ribs	9	2	176.5600	119.4294	154.95	top 70%
Pork	9	1	171.4056	153.6800	161.74	top 70%
Brisket	9	1	169.6800	143.9998	158.43	top 66%

“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)	7	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 83%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AZ	8	0	top 73%
CA	1	0	top 24%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	31	0	top 83%	Jan 19, 2018
Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	2	32	0	top 99%	Jun 13, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 169 finished ahead 91 times, behind 231

Longest layoff 1 yrs Jun 13, 2014 → Jun 19, 2015

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

20181 milestone

Jan 19 Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

20156 milestones

Jun 19 First call Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship
Jun 19 First overall top-10 Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship
Jun 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.2052 Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship
Jun 19 Career-best overall score686.2052 Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship
Jul 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 Holbrook
Oct 9 Peak power rating (1499) Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge

20131 milestone

Jun 14 First tracked contest Northern Arizona BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship	Jun 19, 2015
+8.2	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	Oct 9, 2015
+4.8	Holbrook	Jul 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.6	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	Jun 14, 2013
-12.9	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival	Jun 13, 2014
-9.4	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown	May 6, 2016
-7.7	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 19, 2018
-5.3	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 20, 2017

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)
2018	1	0	0%	top 89%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	1	0	0%	top 78%	88.9%	88.9%
2016	2	0	50%	top 72%	89.3%	89.1%
2015	3	2	100%	top 33%	95.3%	93.9%
2014	1	0	0%	top 97%	80.6%	80.6%
2013	1	0	0%	top 100%	80.3%	80.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 19, 2018	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	62 / 70 (635.3376)	68 (151.4056)	59 (160.0004)	58 (160.5372)	44 (163.3944)
Jan 20, 2017	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	31 / 40 (639.8520)	30 (162.8460)	34 (153.0972)	28 (164.5372)	29 (159.3716)
May 6, 2016	4th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	33 / 39 (640.9484)	14 (170.8456)	35 (157.6800)	24 (163.9428)	36 (148.4800)
Feb 19, 2016	The Queen Creek BBQ Battle Queen Creek, AZ	22 / 37 (642.7084)	6 (170.8456)	30 (154.8000)	34 (153.6800)	19 (163.3828)
Oct 9, 2015	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	6 / 20 (670.7544)	4 (170.8228)	5 (167.9772)	13 (162.2744)	5 (169.6800)
Jul 10, 2015	Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	13 / 29 (671.9084)	4 (176.5828)	15 (165.6800)	20 (164.5256)	14 (165.1200)
Jun 19, 2015	Stagecoach Days 1st Annual State BBQ Championship Banning, CA	7 / 29 (686.2052)	16 (170.8456)	5 (176.5600)	8 (171.4056)	13 (167.3940)
Jun 13, 2014	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	34 / 35 (580.2972)	35 (140.5032)	35 (139.3600)	30 (155.3484)	33 (145.0856)
Jun 14, 2013	Northern Arizona BBQ Festival Williams, AZ	32 / 32 (578.2862)	28 (155.4286)	32 (119.4294)	24 (159.4284)	32 (143.9998)

AZ BEER BELLY 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 (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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)