RED BARN BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2741

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1512

peak 1530 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2019-04-26

Best ToY finish

#657

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6460 / 720

Master · *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

Current form

567.09 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 631.66 (-64.58)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Brisket · Chillin & Grillin

Consistency

±114.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.09 · weakest Brisket (163.83)

Road miles

1,177

mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

631.66 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

681.6460 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6460 at *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-05

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TNK BBQ has finished one call ahead of RED BARN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 42%.

6 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 42%

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ (2019-04-26).

last seen 2017-09-08
back 2019-04-26

Chicken nemesis

15 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Boom or bust

±15.85% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±15.85% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.7% of a perfect score
best 94.7%

A May team

Top 46% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 46% across 6 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 60% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ

#2718 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1513

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to RED BARN BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RED BARN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2018-06-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Rum Runners BBQ

#2716 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

RED WAX BBQ

#2740 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2018-08-31

⚔ Head-to-head

MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE

#2744 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

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3 RIVERS BBQ

#2728 of the rated field

1513 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after RED BARN BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-07-10

⚔ Head-to-head

PURE SMOKE

#2742 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Three Hog Night Smokers	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
THE OUTLAWS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	2	0	174.2972	145.6456	166.09	top 56%
Pork Ribs	18	3	0	173.7144	146.2856	163.96	top 55%
Pork	17	2	0	174.2744	153.6228	165.29	top 54%
Brisket	17	4	1	176.0000	139.4284	163.83	top 48%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	17	0	top 57%
KS	1	0	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 76%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 73%
Large (40+)	11	top 51%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	2	29	top 74%	2017-05-19
*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)	2	11	top 21%	2017-05-05
Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2)	2	47	top 63%	2017-03-25

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2019-04-26

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 17 of 18 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 18 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.09 · weakest Brisket (163.83)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 8 of 18 contests

Overall top-10 rate 6% 1 of 18 contests

Master average 631.66 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 398 427–542 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,177 18 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi

Schedule strength 1591 average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests

Purse competed for $20,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs 2017-09-08 → 2019-04-26

Power rating 1512 peak 1530 · #2741 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
2015
Mar 20 First call 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
Mar 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3484 2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout
2016
Apr 8 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 Chillin & Grillin
May 20 10th tracked contest Grand Lake BBQ & Festival
Sep 30 First overall top-10 3rd Annual Smokin in Sapulpa
2017
May 5 Career-best overall score681.6460 *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
May 5 Peak power rating (1530) *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)
2019
Apr 26 Most recent contest 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	3rd Annual Smokin in Sapulpa	2016-09-30
+11.7	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL)	2017-05-05
+10.3	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon	2016-04-01
+9.4	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2016-05-06
+5.9	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2014-05-02

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship	2013-04-26
-11.7	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2019-04-26
-7.1	3rd Annual Smokin At The Run	2015-03-20
-4.9	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	2017-05-19
-3	Smokin on Route 66	2015-07-31

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 100%	23%	23%
2017	5	0	40%	top 59%	94.7%	92.6%
2016	6	1	67%	top 42%	94%	92.8%
2015	4	0	50%	top 73%	93.2%	90.3%
2014	1	0	0%	top 36%	90%	90%
2013	1	0	0%	top 100%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-04-26	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	39 / 39 (165.6800)	—	19 (165.6800)	—	—
2017-09-08	*Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	19 / 27 (660.3884)	23 (162.8000)	18 (163.9312)	10 (169.1200)	16 (164.5372)
2017-05-19	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	29 / 36 (663.2684)	28 (166.8344)	18 (169.6800)	15 (169.7028)	34 (157.0512)
2017-05-05	*Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	11 / 68 (681.6460)	11 (173.1200)	4 (173.7144)	16 (169.1316)	19 (165.6800)
2017-03-25	Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) Shawnee, OK	47 / 77 (664.4572)	44 (169.1544)	51 (166.8228)	63 (161.6572)	34 (166.8228)
2017-03-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	57 / 87 (662.6972)	59 (162.8000)	57 (163.3828)	12 (174.2744)	65 (162.2400)
2016-10-21	Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK	18 / 28 (656.4116)	12 (169.6800)	22 (156.5260)	20 (162.2284)	11 (167.9772)
2016-09-30	3rd Annual Smokin in Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK	9 / 37 (676.5028)	10 (170.2856)	20 (161.1316)	17 (169.6800)	2 (175.4056)
2016-05-20	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	31 / 46 (669.0628)	31 (169.7028)	38 (163.4060)	28 (165.7028)	21 (170.2512)
2016-05-06	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	21 / 83 (670.7656)	15 (171.9656)	9 (173.1200)	26 (167.9884)	36 (157.6916)
2016-04-08	Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK	19 / 43 (667.8516)	27 (166.2516)	23 (162.8116)	30 (162.7884)	6 (176.0000)
2016-04-01	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	12 / 44 (669.0172)	10 (170.2628)	5 (173.7028)	16 (167.3944)	26 (157.6572)
2015-07-31	Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK	13 / 17 (647.2916)	13 (161.6572)	14 (158.2288)	9 (166.2856)	9 (161.1200)
2015-05-01	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	41 / 81 (636.4112)	68 (145.6456)	32 (163.3828)	28 (166.2856)	34 (161.0972)
2015-03-21	2nd Annual Smokin At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	62 / 82 (671.3484)	33 (174.2972)	40 (168.5600)	75 (163.9656)	66 (164.5256)
2015-03-20	3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK	78 / 87 (646.6512)	82 (162.2628)	77 (155.9084)	85 (153.6228)	6 (174.8572)
2014-05-02	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	29 / 80 (647.9428)	37 (159.9772)	25 (165.0856)	41 (160.0572)	24 (162.8228)
2013-04-26	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	25 / 25 (612.5708)	16 (166.8570)	25 (146.2856)	20 (159.9998)	25 (139.4284)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017 ↗	Master	#902 (392 pts)	#1010 (372 pts)	#788 (512 pts)	#763 (527 pts)	#969 (367 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#657 (588 pts)	#660 (618 pts)	#662 (613 pts)	#852 (463 pts)	#532 (758 pts)