BIG AWESOME BBQ

BIG AWESOME BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 21 at the Salt City BBQ Festival (2015). They are ranked #3707 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,707

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1507 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 15, 2015

latest Jul 20, 2019 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1354

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

646.2400 / 720

Master · Salt City BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

624.16 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 620.59 (+3.57)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9772

Pork · Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues

Consistency

±16.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.35 · weakest Brisket (149.26)

Road miles

314

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Purse competed for

$5,000

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

620.59 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

REED BOYZ BBQ has finished one call ahead of BIG AWESOME BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.09 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 149.26
Chicken avg 160.35
1 call in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE SMOKING DUTCHMAN in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead 88% of the time

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

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.2% of a perfect score
8 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Salt City BBQ Festival every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 7th

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	#2454 (59 pts)	#2040 (64 pts)	#1666 (119 pts)	#2476 (59 pts)	#2466 (59 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1354 (165 pts)	#1073 (270 pts)	#1555 (130 pts)	#1380 (175 pts)	#1405 (170 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1365 (185 pts)	#1269 (245 pts)	#1460 (190 pts)	#1117 (310 pts)	#1538 (175 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2163 (77 pts)	#2010 (117 pts)	#1760 (142 pts)	#2321 (62 pts)	#2892 (57 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1525 (151 pts)	#1665 (141 pts)	#1642 (151 pts)	#1672 (141 pts)	#1553 (161 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG AWESOME BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Music City Smokers

#3,689 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1489

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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Morning Wood

#3,680 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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BEWILDERED BBQ

#3,692 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

Level with BIG AWESOME BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 26, 2022

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DOC BONE'S BBQ

#3,717 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

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ADAM'S RIB

#3,718 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 18, 2017

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5XL BBQ

#3,686 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1490

They turned up 10 years after BIG AWESOME BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PULLIN' MY MONEY MUSCLE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GALLOWAY'S HELLFIRE BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
The Pig's Pajamas	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Holy Smokes NY	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BLACK HART BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Priorville BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JACK9 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	0	168	155.4172	160.35	top 46%
Pork Ribs	8	2	0	169.1544	137.6916	154.85	top 58%
Pork	8	2	1	171.9772	146.2284	156.14	top 56%
Brisket	8	1	0	163.4056	137.6800	149.26	top 68%

“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)	6	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Salt City BBQ Festival	4	7	0	top 55%	May 18, 2018
Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	2	10	0	top 52%	Jul 21, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 138 finished ahead 93 times, behind 169

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

20191 milestone

Jul 20 Most recent contest Ribs and Rhythm & Blues

20171 milestone

Jul 15 Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues

20155 milestones

May 15 First tracked contest Salt City BBQ Festival
May 15 First call Salt City BBQ Festival
May 15 First overall top-10 Salt City BBQ Festival
May 15 Career-best overall score646.2400 Salt City BBQ Festival
May 15 Peak power rating (1507) Salt City BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 15, 2015
+5.6	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Jul 15, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	Oinktoberfest	Sep 19, 2015
-4.1	Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Jul 20, 2019
-3	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 20, 2016
-1.3	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	Jul 21, 2018
-1	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 19, 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)
2019	1	0	0%	top 76%	86.1%	86.1%
2018	2	0	50%	top 62%	87%	86.3%
2017	2	1	50%	top 50%	89%	87.3%
2016	1	0	100%	top 66%	83.9%	83.9%
2015	2	1	50%	top 63%	89.8%	86.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 20, 2019	Ribs and Rhythm & Blues 🏅 Auburn, NY	26 / 34 (619.9200)	24 (157.6684)	13 (169.1544)	25 (153.1200)	34 (139.9772)
Jul 21, 2018	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	20 / 31 (626.2516)	24 (155.4172)	22 (153.1316)	13 (162.8456)	17 (154.8572)
May 18, 2018	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	20 / 34 (617.0628)	4 (168)	30 (147.3944)	26 (146.2284)	22 (155.4400)
Jul 15, 2017	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	10 / 25 (640.5144)	9 (161.1656)	15 (154.8344)	2 (171.9772)	12 (152.5372)
May 19, 2017	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	25 / 41 (617.0628)	15 (163.9656)	19 (156.0116)	26 (153.7028)	33 (143.3828)
May 20, 2016	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	21 / 32 (604.0232)	13 (157.7144)	9 (160.5944)	24 (148.0344)	28 (137.6800)
Sep 19, 2015	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	48 / 52 (593.6460)	31 (157.7028)	52 (137.6916)	37 (151.4400)	42 (146.8116)
May 15, 2015	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	7 / 21 (646.2400)	8 (161.1428)	7 (159.9544)	8 (161.7372)	6 (163.4056)

BIG AWESOME 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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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)