KOSMOSQ.COM

KOSMOSQ.COM is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 44 at the Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2016), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #570 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#570

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1664

peak 1667 · rated over 30 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 11, 2016

latest Sep 12, 2019 · 3.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#157

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

43% of 30 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

693.6912 / 720

Master · Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

670.80 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 675.95 (-5.15)

Walk rate

73%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition

Consistency

±11.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.85 · weakest Brisket (167.23)

Road miles

3,693

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 248 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$68K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

675.95 / 720

30 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#570 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1664 puts them #570 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1664
peak 1667
30 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 16% average finish here

Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 16%

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 30 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 30 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.6912 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.6912 at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 1, 2016

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

BUTCHER BBQ has finished one call ahead of KOSMOSQ.COM 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

22–6 behind in the head-to-head

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 28 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.62 points below their pork, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 167.23
Pork avg 171.85
8 calls in 30 entries

A strong matchup

15–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 94% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DR. NORDY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

3,693 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,693 miles across 30 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 248 miles to The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig.

30 mapped stops
furthest 248 mi

The metronome

±1.55% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.55% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.9% of a perfect score
30 contests

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	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#285 (1,244 pts)	#278 (1,189 pts)	#267 (1,229 pts)	#205 (1,386 pts)	#244 (1,336 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#157 (1,674 pts)	#229 (1,317 pts)	#144 (1,634 pts)	#61 (1,988 pts)	#222 (1,421 pts)

Overall rank by season

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PB&J'S BBQ TEAM

#569 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1675

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to KOSMOSQ.COM)

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

rated over 38 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2018

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THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS

#572 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1663

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to KOSMOSQ.COM)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

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T-Dawg BBQ

#571 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1670

Careers of much the same size, 37 contests to 30, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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BROS HOG

#573 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 74%
Peak: 1680

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 31 contests, alongside a 74% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2019

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Small Batch BBQ - TN

#574 of the rated field

1663 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1663

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

rated over 27 contests
last seen May 25, 2025

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Q Cartel

#568 of the rated field

1664 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 72%
Peak: 1664

They turned up 7 years after KOSMOSQ.COM did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUFFALO'S BBQ	28	6	22	21%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	27	12	15	44%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	25	8	17	32%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	24	15	9	63%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	22	15	7	68%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	21	13	8	62%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	16	15	1	94%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
Bonemaker Outdoors	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	8	0	1	176.5716	156.4796	168.16	top 44%
Pork Ribs	30	9	2	2	180 🔥	155.3828	168.70	top 36%
Pork	30	13	0	5	179.4400	165.0972	171.85	top 25%
Brisket	30	8	0	2	174.8572	148.5140	167.23	top 40%

“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)	15	0	top 36%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	21	top 30%
KS	7	top 30%
TX	2	top 42%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	2	6	top 16%	Sep 15, 2017
Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ	2	8	top 28%	Apr 21, 2017
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2	2	top 18%	Mar 31, 2017
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	22	top 37%	Mar 25, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 15 contests

Contests a season 7.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 21 of 30 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 26 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,387 finished ahead 2,130 times, behind 855

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 15, 2017 → Sep 15, 2018

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

20191 milestone

Sep 12 Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

20172 milestones

Apr 21 Peak power rating (1667) Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ
Jun 16 25th tracked contest Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition

201610 milestones

Mar 11 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 11 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8168 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 1 First overall top-10 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 1 First overall podium Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 1 First Reserve Championship Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Apr 1 Career-best overall score693.6912 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
Jun 17 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition
Jul 2 10th tracked contest Hot Pursuit BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	Apr 1, 2016
+14	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition	Jun 17, 2016
+13.8	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2016
+12.5	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016
+11.7	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship	Jun 10, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.4	Hot Pursuit BBQ	Sep 8, 2017
-7	Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off	Apr 28, 2017
-2.7	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	Sep 12, 2019
-0.9	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1	Jun 9, 2017
-0.9	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	May 19, 2017

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)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 26%	93.7%	93.7%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 34%	93.3%	93.3%
2017	13	4	0	69%	top 39%	95.5%	93.4%
2016	15	9	2	87%	top 24%	96.3%	94.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	123 / 468 (674.9144)	249 (164.6172)	137 (169.1200)	53 (173.1544)	157 (168.0228)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	158 / 467 (671.8740)	231 (166.8228)	180 (168.5256)	121 (169.7028)	181 (166.8228)
Sep 15, 2017	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	6 / 38 (686.7772)	4 (175.4172)	12 (169.6916)	13 (167.9656)	7 (173.7028)
Sep 8, 2017	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	21 / 27 (650.7884)	25 (156.4796)	20 (162.2400)	13 (168.0116)	19 (164.0572)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	147 / 407 (669.6456)	135 (170.2628)	103 (170.8456)	131 (169.1544)	279 (159.3828)
Jun 16, 2017	Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK	11 / 26 (663.2684)	21 (157.6456)	8 (164.5372)	2 (177.1428)	17 (163.9428)
Jun 9, 2017	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK	14 / 29 (667.3260)	7 (175.4172)	20 (161.1316)	11 (167.9772)	19 (162.8000)
Jun 2, 2017	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	8 / 28 (675.3256)	5 (173.1428)	16 (163.3828)	15 (166.8228)	3 (171.9772)
May 19, 2017	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	19 / 36 (674.1944)	27 (166.8344)	21 (169.1200)	24 (165.0972)	8 (173.1428)
Apr 28, 2017	Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS	20 / 32 (659.3372)	24 (161.0856)	14 (165.6916)	17 (167.4400)	16 (165.1200)
Apr 21, 2017	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	8 / 47 (687.3828)	2 (176.5716)	15 (168.5600)	7 (177.1428)	22 (165.1084)
Mar 31, 2017	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	12 / 37 (668.4228)	25 (158.8000)	14 (166.2400)	13 (169.1084)	3 (174.2744)
Mar 25, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Shawnee, OK	22 / 77 (685.0284)	45 (169.1200)	8 (176.5600)	24 (173.1200)	37 (166.2284)
Mar 24, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	39 / 87 (675.3484)	44 (167.4056)	39 (168)	13 (174.2744)	53 (165.6684)
Mar 10, 2017	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	7 / 34 (679.9084)	23 (163.9428)	4 (175.4400)	6 (170.2628)	13 (170.2628)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	20 / 557 (689.0168)	267 (165.0856)	13 (176.5600)	63 (173.1084)	42 (174.2628)
Sep 16, 2016	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	7 / 43 (682.2172)	11 (171.9656)	16 (167.4172)	14 (170.2628)	4 (172.5716)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	23 / 58 (662.1712)	21 (167.9772)	5 (173.7144)	13 (171.9656)	51 (148.5140)
Aug 12, 2016	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	9 / 29 (679.9428)	8 (169.7028)	19 (160.5372)	2 (179.4400)	8 (170.2628)
Jul 22, 2016	The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig Desoto, KS	14 / 49 (687.9316)	33 (169.6800)	24 (170.8344)	3 (177.7372)	24 (169.6800)
Jul 2, 2016	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	10 / 27 (669.0052)	5 (173.1428)	5 (171.9884)	9 (168.5256)	20 (155.3484)
Jun 24, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Chandler, OK	7 / 26 (682.2056)	11 (169.6800)	5 (172.5828)	3 (176)	12 (163.9428)
Jun 17, 2016	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK	3 / 31 (690.7540)	11 (169.1200)	1 (180)	4 (175.4056)	13 (166.2284)
Jun 10, 2016	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship Okmulgee, OK	7 / 41 (679.3716)	6 (174.2628)	21 (163.9772)	4 (173.7144)	14 (167.4172)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	10 / 83 (679.9200)	17 (170.8228)	21 (168.5372)	23 (168.5600)	5 (172)
Apr 22, 2016	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	5 / 31 (691.4060)	21 (167.4172)	9 (171.4288)	3 (177.7028)	4 (174.8572)
Apr 15, 2016	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	24 / 63 (667.2568)	32 (166.2400)	34 (161.6684)	20 (168.5256)	17 (170.8228)
Apr 1, 2016	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	2 / 44 (693.6912)	9 (170.2972)	1 (179.4400)	5 (175.4056)	13 (168.5484)
Mar 25, 2016	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	18 / 66 (682.1708)	25 (170.8112)	30 (167.9656)	9 (174.8456)	33 (168.5484)
Mar 11, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	13 / 29 (651.8168)	13 (165.0856)	24 (155.3828)	7 (167.9772)	15 (163.3712)

KOSMOSQ.COM

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)

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

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)