THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS

THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 40 at the Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #576 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#576

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1663

peak 1663 · rated over 21 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 24, 2015

latest Sep 12, 2019 · 4.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#209

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

59% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8460 / 720

Master · Table Rock Boats and Bones

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

682.23 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 678.38 (+3.85)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

Consistency

±13.96

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.07)

Road miles

2,699

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 274 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)

Purse competed for

$123K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

678.38 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5256 points from the title

Came within 0.5256 points of the Grand Championship at Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival (Apr 26, 2019).

Among the elite

#576 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1663 puts them #576 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1663
peak 1663
21 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork Ribs ×1
Pork ×1

On the rise

+34 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 34 points across 5 contests since Sep 22, 2018 — from 1630 up to 1663.

5 contests since Sep 22, 2018
now 1663

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 13%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival (Apr 26, 2019).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

702.8460 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8460 at Table Rock Boats and Bones — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 16, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GETTIN' BASTED has finished one call ahead of THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 15%.

4 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 15%

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TAILGATE GUYS BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

13 of 18 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 13 of 18 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.94% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.94% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.2% of a perfect score
22 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
2019 ↗	Master	#878 (320 pts)	#1019 (270 pts)	#890 (345 pts)	#885 (345 pts)	#1407 (150 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#209 (1,382 pts)	#249 (1,217 pts)	#310 (1,037 pts)	#206 (1,342 pts)	#94 (1,827 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#491 (765 pts)	#422 (900 pts)	#654 (620 pts)	#645 (635 pts)	#770 (505 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#891 (385 pts)	#1216 (270 pts)	#899 (425 pts)	#901 (430 pts)	#796 (475 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1131 (253 pts)	#1206 (253 pts)	#1048 (318 pts)	#1666 (143 pts)	#1175 (253 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS, each with one reason worth a look.

KOSMOSQ.COM

#573 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1667

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS)

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

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

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Small Batch BBQ - TN

#575 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1663

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen May 25, 2025

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BROS HOG

#577 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 74%
Peak: 1680

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 31 contests to 22.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2019

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Brisket Butts

#579 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1663

Their rating is built on 6 Grand Championships in 36 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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T-Dawg BBQ

#574 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1670

They turned up 8 years after THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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SMOKED SEDUCTION

#578 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1663

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

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
YELLOW JACKET BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BRICKHEAD BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Hogzilla	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
ELI'S PIT CREW	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
Z-QUE	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
SMILIN' DRAGON BBQ	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
A Good Rub BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
QUAU	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	9	2	5	178.2972	154.2284	169.51	top 39%
Pork Ribs	22	9	1	3	180 🔥	158.8000	169.07	top 34%
Pork	22	12	1	3	180 🔥	162.2400	169.98	top 35%
Brisket	22	12	3	4	176.5600	159.9656	169.83	top 30%

“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 21%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 34%
Large (40+)	12	top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	17	top 27%
AR	2	top 50%
KS	1	top 19%
MS	1	top 18%
TN	1	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Table Rock Boats and Bones	3	4	0	top 27%	Sep 22, 2018
Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	2	2	0	top 13%	Apr 26, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 9 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 17 of 22 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 19 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 848 finished ahead 921 times, behind 433

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

20192 milestones

Sep 12 Peak power rating (1663) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Sep 12 Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

20182 milestones

Aug 10 First multi-meat day Route 66 Barbeque Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
Nov 9 First Reserve Championship Smoke EM IF You Got EM

20175 milestones

Apr 21 First overall podium Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 21 First perfect 180 (Pork) Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Sep 16 First category win (Chicken) Table Rock Boats and Bones
Sep 16 10th tracked contest Table Rock Boats and Bones
Sep 16 Career-best overall score702.8460 Table Rock Boats and Bones

20154 milestones

Apr 24 First tracked contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 24 First call Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3144 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Sep 19 First overall top-10 Table Rock Boats and Bones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 16, 2017
+14.6	Smoke EM IF You Got EM	Nov 9, 2018
+14.4	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 21, 2017
+13.8	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 22, 2016
+12.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 5, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Sep 9, 2016
-3.2	Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off	May 25, 2018
-2.1	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	Apr 1, 2016

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	3	1	2	33%	top 28%	96.2%	94.6%
2018	9	6	4	100%	top 28%	95.5%	94.5%
2017	4	4	1	100%	top 15%	97.6%	95.8%
2016	4	1	0	50%	top 51%	94.8%	91.9%
2015	2	1	0	100%	top 25%	94.9%	93.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	91 / 468 (678.8684)	105 (170.8572)	95 (170.8684)	253 (164.5828)	79 (172.5600)
Apr 26, 2019	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival 🏅 Springfield, MO	2 / 40 (692.5256)	4 (173.1084)	1 (180)	1 (177.1428)	19 (162.2744)
Feb 8, 2019	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR	56 / 92 (671.8744)	79 (165.0972)	11 (173.1200)	35 (169.6800)	75 (163.9772)
Nov 9, 2018	Smoke EM IF You Got EM Springfield, MO	2 / 30 (684.5140)	15 (166.8112)	10 (167.9772)	3 (176.5828)	1 (173.1428)
Oct 19, 2018	Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown Lebanon, MO	6 / 21 (683.3484)	2 (176.5600)	11 (165.6684)	10 (169.6800)	7 (171.4400)
Sep 22, 2018	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	15 / 35 (669.5884)	24 (165.6800)	30 (159.9428)	5 (171.4056)	5 (172.5600)
Aug 10, 2018	Route 66 Barbeque Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Springfield, MO	4 / 19 (685.6572)	1 (177.1428)	6 (166.8344)	8 (168.5372)	1 (173.1428)
Jun 29, 2018	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	9 / 52 (687.9312)	16 (173.1084)	27 (166.8572)	16 (171.9656)	1 (176)
May 25, 2018	Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off Branson, MO	31 / 50 (659.8856)	44 (158.8344)	37 (159.9656)	6 (175.4056)	28 (165.6800)
Apr 27, 2018	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	6 / 34 (687.3256)	12 (173.1200)	12 (170.8228)	10 (170.8228)	7 (172.5600)
Apr 20, 2018	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	7 / 43 (684.4684)	8 (175.4056)	23 (165.0972)	7 (171.4056)	6 (172.5600)
Apr 7, 2018	Smoke on the Border Gravette, AR	13 / 33 (681.6000)	19 (162.7884)	2 (177.1544)	19 (165.0972)	2 (176.5600)
Sep 16, 2017	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	4 / 47 (702.8460)	1 (178.2972)	4 (176.5600)	5 (176.5716)	15 (171.4172)
Jul 8, 2017	Red White Blue and Que Presented by Lucas Oil Speedway Wheatland, MO	7 / 31 (688.4912)	8 (175.4172)	3 (176.5600)	19 (167.9656)	14 (168.5484)
May 5, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	7 / 29 (674.7884)	3 (175.4400)	13 (166.8456)	15 (166.2744)	12 (166.2284)
Apr 21, 2017	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	3 / 55 (693.0628)	3 (176.5600)	24 (163.9428)	2 (180)	7 (172.5600)
Sep 9, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Kansas City, MO	28 / 30 (636.3540)	29 (154.2284)	28 (158.8000)	24 (162.2400)	23 (161.0856)
Jun 24, 2016	Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	18 / 49 (666.1368)	42 (155.3712)	13 (166.8228)	9 (171.9772)	6 (171.9656)
Apr 22, 2016	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	6 / 61 (682.8116)	18 (167.9772)	10 (170.2860)	7 (171.9656)	6 (172.5828)
Apr 1, 2016	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	40 / 61 (661.5884)	36 (165.6800)	14 (170.8572)	39 (165.0856)	47 (159.9656)
Sep 19, 2015	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	10 / 33 (683.3488)	8 (172)	6 (173.1316)	20 (162.8000)	7 (175.4172)
Apr 24, 2015	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	13 / 63 (667.3144)	17 (169.6800)	9 (171.4288)	34 (162.2628)	19 (163.9428)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS

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 (13 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

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 — 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)