Stewey Magoos BBQ

Stewey Magoos BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 31 at the East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival (2026). They are ranked #1005 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,005

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1605

peak 1605 · rated over 32 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 23, 2016

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 10 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#88

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

14 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

702.2400 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

693.66 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 670.70 (+22.96)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Lakeland Pig Festival

Consistency

±38.31

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.34 · weakest Brisket (167.69)

Road miles

7,274

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 1,175 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$295K

listed at 28 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.70 / 720

32 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork Ribs ×1
Brisket ×1

On the rise

+67 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 67 points across 13 contests since Sep 26, 2025 — from 1538 up to 1605.

13 contests since Sep 26, 2025
now 1605

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Shawnee Great Grillers is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 6th
average top 16%

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.2400 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.2400 at Shawnee Great Grillers — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2026

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 12 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

12 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 94% of their meetings

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

11–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 79% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of This is Nice in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque (Sep 21, 2018).

last seen Sep 23, 2016
back Sep 21, 2018

Pork nemesis

10 of 11 shared pork entries lost

Tillman's BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Tillman's BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared pork entries.

The long haul

7,274 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,274 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,175 miles to Torry Island BBQ Showdown.

33 mapped stops
furthest 1,175 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 6th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#88 (1,420 pts)	#45 (1,784 pts)	#75 (1,567 pts)	#79 (1,414 pts)	#73 (1,438 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#274 (796 pts)	#352 (656 pts)	#258 (981 pts)	#250 (896 pts)	#307 (771 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#537 (335 pts)	#552 (355 pts)	#744 (240 pts)	#629 (285 pts)	#349 (650 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1125 (90 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1128 (105 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Stewey Magoos BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Casual Smokers SC

#1,009 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1605

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 31 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Cousin's Catering and BBQ

#1,007 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1606

Careers of much the same size, 30 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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OKLAHOMA JAYHAWK BBQ

#999 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1606

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Stewey Magoos BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 30 contests
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Chasin Chicken Barbeque

#1,006 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1626

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 32% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2024

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GRAND SLAM BBQ

#1,000 of the rated field

1606 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1606

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

rated over 28 contests
last seen Mar 1, 2024

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Marty Party BBQ

#1,004 of the rated field

1605 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1620

They turned up 6 years after Stewey Magoos BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
This is Nice	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
POWER I BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Hoggy Style BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Velvet Swine	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Big Fork BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Broken Bottle BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Tillman's BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
IHC BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	8	1	3	180 🔥	149.0628	168.78	top 44%
Pork Ribs	33	8	1	4	180 🔥	147.3256	168.45	top 45%
Pork	31	11	0	3	179.4400	162.8000	171.34	top 37%
Brisket	32	12	2	4	180 🔥	150.7772	167.69	top 42%

“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)	2	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 36%
Large (40+)	21	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	16	top 41%
FL	12	top 41%
MO	4	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers	4	6	top 16%	Sep 25, 2026
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	4	10	top 37%	Jun 26, 2026
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	4	56	top 66%	Sep 23, 2022
Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest	3	13	top 45%	Apr 24, 2026
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	14	top 41%	Jan 22, 2026
Plant City Pig Jam	2	8	top 36%	Nov 21, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 12 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 16 of 33 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 19 6 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 33 entries · 1 win · 8 calls

Opponents faced 925 finished ahead 1,338 times, behind 1,080

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 23, 2016 → Sep 21, 2018

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

20264 milestones

Mar 13 25th tracked contest Jeepin 4 Justice
Sep 25 Career-best overall score702.2400 Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 25 Peak power rating (1605) Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 25 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers

20251 milestone

Jan 9 First overall top-10 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam

20243 milestones

Jan 4 10th tracked contest 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
Sep 27 First category win (Brisket) Shawnee Great Grillers
Sep 27 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Shawnee Great Grillers

20211 milestone

Jun 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0628 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

20162 milestones

Sep 23 First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 23 First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.1	Shawnee Great Grillers	Sep 27, 2024
+12.6	Shawnee Great Grillers	Sep 26, 2025
+12.3	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 26, 2026
+11.9	East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival	Aug 28, 2026
+11	9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam	Jan 9, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 21, 2024
-8.8	8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show	Jan 4, 2024
-8.3	Torry Island BBQ Showdown	Mar 20, 2026
-5.1	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 23, 2016
-4.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	Sep 24, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2026	12	4	2	100%	top 31%	97.5%	96%
2025	7	4	1	71%	top 32%	96.7%	95.6%
2024	5	0	1	80%	top 56%	96.3%	89%
2023	2	0	0	50%	top 47%	94.6%	92.8%
2022	2	0	0	0%	top 61%	89.7%	89.7%
2021	2	0	0	0%	top 47%	91.8%	90.5%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 66%	88.5%	88.5%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	88.8%	88.8%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 67%	88%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2026	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	6 / 65 (702.2400)	7 (176.5600)	12 (173.1200)	13 (176.5600)	10 (176)
Aug 28, 2026	East Central State BBQ Cookoff - Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	4 / 31 (694.7884)	11 (173.1084)	2 (176.5600)	2 (178.2972)	16 (166.8228)
Jun 26, 2026	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	10 / 157 (694.2860)	19 (174.2744)	11 (176.5944)	2 (179.4400)	71 (163.9772)
Jun 19, 2026	12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	14 / 33 (693.6460)	9 (175.4172)	15 (175.4172)	7 (176.5716)	24 (166.2400)
Apr 24, 2026	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	13 / 28 (683.3372)	7 (173.1200)	15 (170.2628)	23 (162.8000)	1 (177.1544)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL	16 / 41 (691.3832)	21 (174.2744)	15 (171.9888)	32 (167.4172)	2 (177.7028)
Apr 17, 2026	The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL	—	—	7 (174.8572)	—	—
Mar 20, 2026	Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL	20 / 34 (675.3372)	4 (175.4172)	3 (178.8572)	20 (167.3828)	27 (153.6800)
Mar 13, 2026	Jeepin 4 Justice 🏅 Shady Hills, FL	5 / 15 (689.6344)	1 (176)	4 (173.1316)	6 (173.1200)	10 (167.3828)
Feb 20, 2026	Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL	11 / 32 (685.5884)	3 (178.8572)	12 (173.1200)	8 (173.1200)	29 (160.4912)
Jan 22, 2026	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	14 / 63 (696.4912)	3 (180)	17 (175.4056)	38 (169.1084)	24 (171.9772)
Jan 9, 2026	10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL	13 / 38 (694.7884)	15 (176.5600)	27 (170.2628)	28 (169.6684)	4 (178.2972)
Nov 21, 2025	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	8 / 31 (690.2056)	9 (174.2972)	9 (173.1200)	16 (170.8228)	8 (171.9656)
Sep 26, 2025	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	9 / 67 (696.5372)	13 (173.7144)	15 (172.5600)	8 (176)	10 (174.2628)
Jun 27, 2025	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	29 / 159 (680.5144)	83 (165.6800)	36 (173.1428)	33 (171.9772)	42 (169.7144)
Apr 25, 2025	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	17 / 40 (686.7884)	23 (172)	9 (176.5716)	7 (176.5828)	35 (161.6340)
Mar 14, 2025	Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL	6 / 15 (687.3604)	13 (163.9544)	2 (176.5716)	2 (174.2628)	6 (172.5716)
Jan 24, 2025	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	24 / 40 (683.3140)	16 (173.1200)	32 (167.3828)	21 (171.9656)	20 (170.8456)
Jan 9, 2025	9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL	8 / 38 (693.6228)	19 (171.9772)	1 (180)	28 (167.3828)	8 (174.2628)
Nov 22, 2024	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	12 / 26 (675.8744)	13 (168.5140)	19 (163.3944)	9 (174.2744)	11 (169.6916)
Sep 27, 2024	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	11 / 73 (693.0856)	12 (174.2856)	33 (166.8344)	23 (171.9656)	1 (180)
Jun 21, 2024	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	166 / 172 (489.7372)	125 (157.1312)	94 (161.7260)	—	23 (170.8800)
Apr 26, 2024	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	20 / 44 (682.1944)	15 (173.1084)	30 (166.8344)	34 (164.5488)	3 (177.7028)
Jan 4, 2024	8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL	32 / 43 (661.5428)	27 (167.3828)	38 (161.0972)	8 (176)	39 (157.0628)
Sep 22, 2023	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	19 / 73 (681.0284)	25 (171.4056)	27 (169.6800)	31 (168.5256)	16 (171.4172)
Apr 21, 2023	Smokin in the Creek BBQ 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	35 / 51 (654.7892)	36 (160.5372)	47 (150.8344)	31 (167.9888)	5 (175.4288)
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	56 / 87 (645.5428)	69 (158.7884)	69 (157.0972)	27 (167.9656)	42 (161.6916)
Jun 24, 2022	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	95 / 164 (645.6684)	36 (169.1656)	151 (147.9544)	89 (164.5600)	62 (163.9884)
Sep 24, 2021	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	57 / 86 (642.1256)	53 (161.6800)	57 (161.1200)	24 (168.5484)	76 (150.7772)
Jun 25, 2021	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	40 / 145 (661.0628)	106 (158.2056)	25 (170.8572)	23 (171.4400)	70 (160.5600)
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	67 / 102 (636.9944)	91 (149.0628)	69 (159.4172)	11 (174.2628)	74 (154.2516)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	68 / 107 (639.3716)	95 (154.2744)	44 (165.7144)	42 (166.8456)	83 (152.5372)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	74 / 111 (633.5544)	105 (149.0972)	102 (147.3256)	6 (172.0116)	29 (165.1200)

Stewey Magoos BBQ

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 (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

The long haul

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

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)