BOOM CITY BBQ

BOOM CITY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 39 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2019). They are ranked #3977 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,977

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1484 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 12, 2015

latest Jun 11, 2021 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#667

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

5% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

683.3484 / 720

Master · Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.87 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 642.83 (+16.04)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4288

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

Consistency

±41.48

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.77 · weakest Brisket (159.80)

Road miles

2,270

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)

Purse competed for

$79K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.83 / 720

20 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

683.3484 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.3484 at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival — 94.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 4, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

IRON WHEEL COOKERS has finished one call ahead of BOOM CITY BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

14–2 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.97 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 19%.

Brisket avg 159.80
Pork Ribs avg 164.77
1 call in 20 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

11 of 14 shared pork ribs entries lost

Three Hog Night Smokers ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Three Hog Night Smokers has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared pork ribs 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
2021 ↗	Master	#816 (158 pts)	#753 (208 pts)	#562 (345 pts)	#1022 (118 pts)	#832 (168 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#667 (481 pts)	#701 (486 pts)	#532 (651 pts)	#601 (566 pts)	#764 (426 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#835 (383 pts)	#857 (388 pts)	#886 (383 pts)	#928 (348 pts)	#810 (418 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1317 (210 pts)	#1363 (225 pts)	#1790 (135 pts)	#1374 (230 pts)	#1439 (200 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1903 (107 pts)	#1953 (107 pts)	#1585 (162 pts)	#1955 (112 pts)	#1621 (147 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BOOM CITY 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.

BLUE SMOKE OKLAHOMA BARBECUE

#3,980 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOOM CITY BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 4, 2018

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WHISKEY WHISKERS BBQ COMPANY

#3,998 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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SMOKE-IN-LAW

#3,986 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1484

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2018

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MAKE M' SQUEAL

#3,991 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1512

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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HIGH ON THE HOG CATLIN, IL

#3,966 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1505

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

rated over 14 contests

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BIG HORNED BBQ

#3,969 of the rated field

1484 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1484

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BARRY & ERICA	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	1	0	174.2628	136.5032	162.42	top 62%
Pork Ribs	21	4	1	175.4288	155.4056	164.77	top 55%
Pork	19	2	0	174.2972	140.6056	163.86	top 58%
Brisket	20	1	0	173.7028	142.8000	159.80	top 65%

“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 76%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 66%
Large (40+)	6	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	11	0	top 61%
KS	9	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	2	10	top 41%	Jun 11, 2021
City Of Springs BBQ Championship	2	13	top 68%	May 10, 2019
Pork-A-Palooza	2	16	top 58%	Apr 19, 2019
CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	2	11	top 67%	Aug 12, 2016
Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	2	19	top 79%	Jun 10, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 11 of 21 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 15 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 21 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Opponents faced 436 finished ahead 285 times, behind 472

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Sep 16, 2016 → Mar 16, 2018

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

20211 milestone

Jun 11 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

20193 milestones

Jun 7 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 7 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4288 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1494) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

20182 milestones

Apr 6 10th tracked contest City of Springs BBQ Championship
May 4 Career-best overall score683.3484 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival

20162 milestones

Apr 15 First call Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ
Apr 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9428 Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ

20151 milestone

Jun 12 First tracked contest Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	May 4, 2018
+9.3	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	Aug 12, 2016
+7.6	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 7, 2019
+6.1	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ	Apr 15, 2016
+4.7	Pork-A-Palooza	Apr 19, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic	Jun 12, 2015
-10.6	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ	Aug 7, 2015
-10.1	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 3, 2015
-7.7	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest	Jul 29, 2016
-4.6	Derby BBQ Festival	Jun 8, 2018

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)
2021	3	0	33%	top 65%	94.1%	92.6%
2020	1	0	0%	top 78%	89.4%	89.4%
2019	5	1	40%	top 53%	93%	92%
2018	4	0	25%	top 58%	94.9%	91%
2016	5	0	60%	top 61%	92.3%	90.3%
2015	3	0	0%	top 96%	85.5%	78.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	16 / 28 (677.6344)	13 (173.1316)	12 (172.5600)	24 (161.1200)	14 (170.8228)
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs Derby, KS	—	—	7 (165.7144)	—	—
Apr 23, 2021	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	30 / 41 (656.4000)	18 (170.8228)	21 (166.2400)	33 (160.5144)	35 (158.8228)
Aug 7, 2020	15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	42 / 54 (643.3832)	35 (164.6172)	34 (163.9660)	—	49 (147.9656)
Oct 19, 2019	Rock-N-Q on the planes 🏅 Great Bend, KS	17 / 28 (653.6228)	11 (169.1200)	17 (162.8228)	18 (164.5600)	22 (157.1200)
Jul 26, 2019	Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition 🏅 Dodge City, KS	25 / 39 (663.3144)	29 (160.5488)	30 (161.6800)	12 (173.1200)	20 (167.9656)
Jun 7, 2019	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	10 / 39 (669.6800)	29 (159.9884)	2 (175.4288)	15 (168.5600)	16 (165.7028)
May 10, 2019	City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	15 / 25 (662.2284)	12 (168)	14 (163.4056)	11 (165.6800)	13 (165.1428)
Apr 19, 2019	Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK	18 / 33 (662.8456)	11 (170.2972)	10 (170.8456)	12 (169.7028)	25 (152)
Jun 8, 2018	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	30 / 40 (639.9544)	37 (154.2400)	11 (168.0116)	26 (162.2628)	34 (155.4400)
May 4, 2018	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK	12 / 68 (683.3484)	9 (174.2628)	31 (164.5372)	20 (170.8456)	6 (173.7028)
Apr 6, 2018	City of Springs BBQ Championship Sulphur, OK	13 / 17 (642.7312)	16 (163.9884)	12 (164.5484)	16 (156.5144)	13 (157.6800)
Mar 16, 2018	Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK	16 / 26 (655.8972)	16 (164.5484)	18 (161.1200)	12 (170.2744)	19 (159.9544)
Sep 16, 2016	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	33 / 43 (637.0288)	26 (164.5944)	34 (158.2516)	23 (163.9656)	38 (150.2172)
Aug 12, 2016	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	11 / 29 (664.4460)	15 (166.2744)	20 (160.5260)	8 (171.9656)	12 (165.6800)
Jul 29, 2016	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	31 / 37 (635.3488)	36 (138.8000)	27 (161.1316)	5 (174.2972)	23 (161.1200)
Jun 10, 2016	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	19 / 31 (653.6004)	12 (166.8344)	26 (160.5260)	20 (165.1200)	20 (161.1200)
Apr 15, 2016	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	28 / 63 (659.9428)	42 (159.9772)	8 (172.5600)	29 (166.8800)	38 (160.5256)
Aug 7, 2015	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	25 / 26 (595.9088)	26 (136.5032)	14 (166.3316)	24 (150.2740)	23 (142.8000)
Jul 3, 2015	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS	29 / 31 (615.3940)	26 (159.4056)	25 (155.4056)	31 (140.6056)	19 (159.9772)
Jun 12, 2015	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	34 / 35 (483.9316)	—	23 (164.5488)	32 (157.1428)	23 (162.2400)

BOOM CITY 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)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs 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

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)