High-water mark
677.1200
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.1200 at La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 29, 2026
BBQ a la maison
BBQ a la maison is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the La Classique BBQ Labonte (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2087 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 8, 2019
latest May 29, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.25 · weakest Brisket (161.36)
Road miles
265
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
653.00 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1051 (242 pts) | #1270 (187 pts) | #816 (392 pts) | #1101 (242 pts) | #1185 (212 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BBQ a la maison, each with one reason worth a look.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1541
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1539
They turned up 6 years after BBQ a la maison did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#2,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BBQ a la maison's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
Level with BBQ a la maison on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1536
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#2,076 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1536
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7256 | 153.0972 | 162.96 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 169.7256 | 155.9544 | 165.25 | top 23% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 148.0116 | 163.43 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 154.8000 | 161.36 | top 49% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 26% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 90 times, behind 35
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Jun 15, 2019 → Aug 4, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.1200 La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7372 La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes
- Peak power rating (1536) La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes
- Most recent contest La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes
20233 milestones
- First overall podium La Classique BBQ Labonte
- First Reserve Championship La Classique BBQ Labonte
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.9140 La Classique BBQ Labonte
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.7 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 4, 2023 |
| +11.8 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes | May 29, 2026 |
| +3.8 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 8, 2019 |
| +3 | 514 BBQ | Jun 15, 2019 |
| +1.2 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 2, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 94% | 94% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 6% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 45% | 88.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC | 5 / 24 (677.1200) | 17 (165.0856) | 5 (169.7144) | 5 (173.7372) | 9 (168.5828) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 12 / 26 (662.8112) | 11 (166.2744) | 9 (167.4056) | 8 (169.7028) | 17 (159.4284) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 2 / 33 (666.9140) | 2 (169.7256) | 3 (169.7256) | 15 (160.5828) | 9 (166.8800) |
| Jun 15, 2019 | 514 BBQ Saint-Léonard, QC | 11 / 23 (636.4804) | 12 (160.5944) | 11 (155.9544) | 7 (165.1316) | 17 (154.8000) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec | 10 / 24 (621.6688) | 20 (153.0972) | 1 (163.4516) | 17 (148.0116) | 10 (157.1084) |