High-water mark
668.0000
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.0000 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 2, 2014
MR. BIBS
MR. BIBS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 13th of 468 at the 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019). They are ranked #2209 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1531
peak 1531 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.21 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 646.15 (-2.94)
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.76 · weakest Brisket (154.00)
Road miles
85
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$129K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.15 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MR. BIBS, each with one reason worth a look.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,212 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to MR. BIBS)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — TWO BUTTS AND A HAM ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,202 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1540
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,204 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1539
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before MR. BIBS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,216 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1530
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,215 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1531
They turned up 5 years after MR. BIBS did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Compare careers#2,205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1542
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Men and A Pig | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| Q-CHIPS | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ELVISES | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of a Brisket | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN GUNS BBQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| THIS IS HOW WE QUE IT | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| EXCESSIVE BEHAVIOR | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 161.1200 | 165.76 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 149.6912 | 163.16 | top 49% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 153.1544 | 163.23 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 134.2516 | 154.00 | 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
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
9
a different one every time
Opponents faced
1,768
finished ahead 2,115 times, behind 1,625
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1531) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20162 milestones
- First call 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4628 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort
20141 milestone
- Career-best overall score668 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9084 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.3 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
| +11 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
| +9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +8.8 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| +2.7 | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort | May 13, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| -7.2 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| -4.5 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | May 15, 2015 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 16% | 91% | 91% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 3% | 95% | 95% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 52% | 90.9% | 90.7% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.6% | 88.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 76 / 467 (491.3484) | 324 (161.1200) | 343 (160.5600) | 267 (163.9428) | 384 (152.5256) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 13 / 468 (513.2000) | 193 (167.4400) | 375 (155.9772) | 325 (161.0856) | 321 (158.8116) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 385 / 467 (628.4456) | 308 (162.8228) | 369 (158.2628) | 323 (160) | 420 (147.3600) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 306 / 557 (651.3364) | 105 (170.8456) | 496 (149.6912) | 175 (168.5484) | 288 (162.2512) |
| May 13, 2016 | 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 25 / 51 (654.8112) | 16 (166.8456) | 11 (168.5600) | 8 (171.4628) | 44 (147.9428) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 470 / 606 (626.2172) | 264 (165.1200) | 230 (166.8344) | 402 (160.0112) | 587 (134.2516) |
| May 15, 2015 | 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 34 / 51 (645.1544) | 26 (165.1428) | 13 (169.1316) | 45 (153.1544) | 27 (157.7256) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 150 / 552 (668) | 164 (169.1200) | 125 (169.7144) | 246 (165.1428) | 225 (164.0228) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 101 / 535 (659.9084) | 215 (163.4056) | 56 (169.7144) | 159 (165.6912) | 221 (161.0972) |