COMIN' IN HOT BBQ

COMIN' IN HOT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 18 at the Conquer The Grill (2016). They are ranked #6016 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,016

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1434

peak 1500 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 20, 2014

latest Apr 26, 2019 · 4.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#851

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

626.1260 / 720

Master · Marietta River City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

615.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 597.70 (+17.48)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8572

Pork Ribs · Conquer The Grill

Consistency

±54.09

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 156.60 · weakest Brisket (146.46)

Road miles

1,674

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 230 mi

Schedule strength

38%

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

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

597.70 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PAPA'S SMOKIN' AGAIN has finished one call ahead of COMIN' IN HOT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.15 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 146.46
Pork Ribs avg 156.60
0 calls in 11 entries

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork ribs entries lost

3 EYZ BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 3 EYZ BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.

Boom or bust

±7.51% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.51% 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 83.0% of a perfect score
best 87.0%

A September team

Top 70% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 70% across 3 contests, versus top 80% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 80% the rest of the year

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	#1947 (61 pts)	#1548 (126 pts)	#2587 (51 pts)	#1781 (101 pts)	#2005 (61 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#851 (417 pts)	#842 (452 pts)	#652 (627 pts)	#874 (447 pts)	#900 (397 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to COMIN' IN HOT BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Hillcrest Smokers BBQ

#6,009 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to COMIN' IN HOT BBQ)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 27, 2021

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BREWER'S BEST BBQ

#6,021 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 29, 2016

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PAPPY PETE'S BBQ

#6,018 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1433

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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Knappen Barbecrew

#6,027 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2021

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Whatcha Smokin'

#6,023 of the rated field

1433 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1433

They turned up 11 years after COMIN' IN HOT BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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Porkopolis

#6,010 of the rated field

1434 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1434

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
3 EYZ BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	168	140.5600	153.64	top 70%
Pork Ribs	10	1	1	170.8572	147.3372	156.60	top 60%
Pork	11	3	0	167.9772	139.3828	155.24	top 63%
Brisket	11	0	0	164.5372	128.5484	146.46	top 79%

“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)	1	top 78%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 83%
Large (40+)	6	top 78%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
PA	4	top 80%
NY	3	top 86%
OH	1	top 88%
WV	1	top 83%
VA	1	top 76%
NJ	1	top 54%

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 4 of 11 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 11 a different one every time

Opponents faced 309 finished ahead 93 times, behind 355

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

20192 milestones

Apr 26 Career-best overall score626.1260 Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 26 Most recent contest Marietta River City BBQ

20181 milestone

Jun 15 10th tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

20161 milestone

Jun 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8572 Conquer The Grill

20143 milestones

Sep 20 First tracked contest Que by the Sea
Sep 20 First call Que by the Sea
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1500) Que by the Sea

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.4	Que by the Sea	Sep 20, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.1	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Apr 10, 2015
-10.4	The Ironman	Apr 1, 2016
-9.6	Oinktoberfest	Sep 22, 2017
-7.8	Marietta River City BBQ	Apr 26, 2019
-7.4	Conquer The Grill	Jun 3, 2016

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	100%	top 88%	87%	87%
2018	1	0%	top 83%	86.2%	86.2%
2017	1	0%	top 91%	82.2%	82.2%
2016	6	17%	top 77%	86.4%	85.3%
2015	1	100%	top 100%	59.7%	59.7%
2014	1	100%	top 54%	86.2%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 26, 2019	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	23 / 26 (626.1260)	10 (168)	25 (147.3372)	15 (159.9656)	23 (150.8232)
Jun 15, 2018	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV	49 / 59 (620.4000)	25 (165.1428)	50 (151.3372)	58 (139.3828)	29 (164.5372)
Sep 22, 2017	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	48 / 53 (591.8976)	51 (142.8004)	47 (147.9544)	49 (145.7028)	26 (155.4400)
Oct 14, 2016	Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA	29 / 38 (617.0400)	28 (156.5028)	27 (154.2856)	20 (164)	34 (142.2516)
Oct 7, 2016	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	39 / 47 (620.4224)	21 (166.8112)	21 (162.8684)	44 (146.2284)	40 (144.5144)
Sep 23, 2016	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY	36 / 54 (622.1600)	14 (164.5828)	20 (158.8228)	24 (161.1200)	53 (137.6344)
Jun 10, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	20 / 29 (620.3768)	25 (153.1084)	16 (158.8344)	24 (155.3712)	21 (153.0628)
Jun 3, 2016	Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA	14 / 18 (612.4576)	17 (144.5372)	2 (170.8572)	10 (156.5600)	17 (140.5032)
Apr 1, 2016	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	49 / 54 (593.0628)	52 (140.5600)	39 (155.4284)	45 (151.3828)	48 (145.6916)
Apr 10, 2015	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	33 / 33 (430.1824)	26 (141.6684)	—	8 (159.9656)	28 (128.5484)
Sep 20, 2014	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	26 / 48 (620.5600)	43 (146.2972)	19 (158.2856)	6 (167.9772)	31 (148)

COMIN' IN HOT BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

Pork Ribs nemesis

Boom or bust

A September team

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)

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 — 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)