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.
BBQ IN-LAWS has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 136 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ IN-LAWS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where BBQ IN-LAWS's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after BBQ IN-LAWS did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BBQ IN-LAWS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 160.5944 | 161.70 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 144.0000 | 149.42 | top 79% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5488 | 154.8456 | 157.70 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8000 | 127.9772 | 137.39 | top 90% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Belvidere, IL | 31 / 33 (606.1720) | 24 (162.8116) | 22 (154.8344) | 22 (160.5488) | 33 (127.9772) |
| 2015-07-10 | Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI | 65 / 80 (606.2400) | 50 (160.5944) | 73 (144.0000) | 62 (154.8456) | 64 (146.8000) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2866 (58 pts) | #2338 (63 pts) | #2283 (73 pts) | #2260 (73 pts) | #2883 (58 pts) |