A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 Blondes and a Bald ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 Blondes and a Bald has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Thick 8 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-06-21
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.07
last 3 Master vs avg 627.07 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 160.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.10)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of All Fired Up in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Thick 8 BBQ has 3 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 138 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.
#4253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Thick 8 BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — JayHawgs BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with Thick 8 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Thick 8 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before Thick 8 BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Thick 8 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1088 | 155.4056 | 156.36 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 123.2000 | 152.10 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 147.3600 | 158.26 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 151.9772 | 160.35 | top 56% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 102 | 0 | top 78% | 2026-06-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2024-06-21 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 160.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.10)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
249
104–381 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$39,900
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-06-21 → 2025-06-27
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1488) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2025
- Career-best overall score645.1088 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2026
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
| -7.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
| -3.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 125 / 157 (632.4000) | 127 (156.5600) | 95 (162.8000) | 154 (147.3600) | 67 (165.6800) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 102 / 159 (645.1088) | 132 (157.1088) | 53 (170.2972) | 73 (165.7256) | 132 (151.9772) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 157 / 172 (603.6912) | 137 (155.4056) | 168 (123.2000) | 101 (161.7028) | 75 (163.3828) |