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BOONDOCKS BBQ

BOONDOCKS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 24th of 25 at the Randolph County Pig Party (2013). They are ranked #4939 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,939
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1464
peak 1464 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013
latest Nov 10, 2017 · 4.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#2158
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 80%
overall standings

Best overall

642.7428 / 720
Master · Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

20%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2856
Brisket · Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off

Consistency

±19.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 158.38 · weakest Pork (150.38)

Road miles

879
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 527 mi

Schedule strength

24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

623.13 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Pork avg 150.38
  • Chicken avg 158.38
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

2.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) (Nov 10, 2017).

  • last seen May 8, 2015
  • back Nov 10, 2017

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2015 ↗ Master #2158 (60 pts) #2209 (60 pts) #2209 (60 pts) #2225 (60 pts) #2214 (60 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Firehouse BBQ
#4,933 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BOONDOCKS BBQ)

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

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Aug 5, 2023
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Whiskey Damage BBQ
#4,952 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1464

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Apr 3, 2026
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Guinea Pigs BBQ
#4,940 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1464

They turned up 7 years after BOONDOCKS BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jan 24, 2025
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FREEDOM BBQ
#4,918 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1464

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

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen May 17, 2024
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Sons of Barbeque
#4,925 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1464

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 19, 2021
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BRONX BOMBERS BBQ
#4,957 of the rated field
1464 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1464

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2019
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 161.7028 150.8572 158.38 top 78%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 0 169.7146 142.2856 156.78 top 65%
Pork 5 0 0 0 163.9772 132.5372 150.38 top 81%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 170.2856 142.8570 157.59 top 57%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 96%
Large (40+)40top 75%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NC20top 80%
IL20top 80%
KS10top 77%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NC 2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 5 a different one every time
Opponents faced 260 finished ahead 67 times, behind 221
Longest layoff 2.5 yrs May 8, 2015 → Nov 10, 2017

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

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL)
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
  2. First call Smoke In The Spring
  3. Peak power rating (1492) Smoke In The Spring
  4. Career-best overall score642.7428 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off
  5. Career-best single call (Brisket)170.2856 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off

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

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.6Randolph County Pig PartyMay 17, 2013
-8.5Smoke In The SpringApr 12, 2013
-8.4Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ ChallengeMay 8, 2015
-3.4Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL)Nov 10, 2017
-2Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-offSep 19, 2013

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20171000 0% top 74% 88.3% 88.3%
20151000 0% top 85% 86.4% 86.4%
20133000 33% top 79% 89.3% 86%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Nov 10, 2017 Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC 35 / 47 (635.8400) 33 (161.7028) 29 (162.2400) 41 (149.6572) 24 (162.2400)
May 8, 2015 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC 63 / 74 (622.2056) 58 (161.1084) 46 (162.2856) 74 (132.5372) 28 (166.2744)
Sep 19, 2013 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL 49 / 76 (642.7428) 53 (161.1084) 72 (147.3716) 35 (163.9772) 15 (170.2856)
May 17, 2013 Randolph County Pig Party Steeleville, IL 24 / 25 (586.2852) 24 (150.8572) 23 (142.2856) 23 (150.2854) 23 (142.8570)
Apr 12, 2013 Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS 55 / 71 (628.5718) 52 (157.1430) 10 (169.7146) 58 (155.4286) 61 (146.2856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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