BOB'S BBQ

BOB'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 33 at the Harper County Bullseye BBQ (2018). They are ranked #1361 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Bob s BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,361

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1574 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 15, 2014

latest Mar 18, 2022 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#540

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

29% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3712 / 720

Master · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

679.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 668.90 (+11.01)

Walk rate

81%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Consistency

±16.67

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.76)

Road miles

3,163

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 404 mi

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.90 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

They almost always walk

81% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 21 contests

A top-10 category call in 81% of their 21 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3712 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3712 at Harper County Bullseye BBQ — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 19, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK has finished one call ahead of BOB'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKED OUT BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic (Jun 10, 2016).

last seen Aug 15, 2014
back Jun 10, 2016

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Brisket nemesis

7 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMELL OUR BUTTS BAR-B-Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 28% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 47% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,163 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,163 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 404 miles to National Western BBQ Throwdown.

21 mapped stops
furthest 404 mi

The metronome

±2.32% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.32% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
21 contests

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1247 (75 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#916 (155 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#644 (239 pts)	#681 (244 pts)	#515 (386 pts)	#593 (284 pts)	#715 (224 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1034 (249 pts)	#946 (304 pts)	#1279 (184 pts)	#1142 (234 pts)	#846 (374 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#540 (660 pts)	#669 (545 pts)	#572 (655 pts)	#427 (845 pts)	#372 (930 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#822 (453 pts)	#798 (493 pts)	#778 (518 pts)	#717 (573 pts)	#869 (443 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BOB'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

ShowMeMoSmoke

#1,358 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1592

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 32 contests to 21.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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EXE-QUE-TIONERS

#1,362 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1574

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 Sep 11, 2015

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GATEWAY DRUM SMOKERS.COM

#1,360 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1584

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 9 years before BOB'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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RobbieQ

#1,364 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1574

They turned up 11 years after BOB'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Q Shanty

#1,359 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1583

46 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Lucky Dawgs' BBQ

#1,363 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1574

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
IMAT BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BARREL BOYS BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKED OUT BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
OUT OF BOUNDS BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
SIPPIN ON SMOKE	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	5	0	0	176	156	167.18	top 54%
Pork Ribs	21	7	0	2	175.4172	152.5028	166.76	top 49%
Pork	20	8	1	2	180 🔥	149.6688	167.12	top 48%
Brisket	20	6	1	1	176.5600	138.2400	167.93	top 39%

“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)	2	top 75%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 42%
Large (40+)	6	top 47%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	17	top 42%
CO	1	top 64%
NE	1	top 62%
MO	1	top 88%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	4	3	0	top 37%	Oct 15, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 18 of 21 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 17 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 21 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Opponents faced 404 finished ahead 404 times, behind 316

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Aug 15, 2014 → Jun 10, 2016

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

20222 milestones

Mar 18 Peak power rating (1574) Qlathe BBQ Championship
Mar 18 Most recent contest Qlathe BBQ Championship

20185 milestones

Jan 5 10th tracked contest National Western BBQ Throwdown
Jul 27 First category win (Brisket) Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest
Oct 19 First overall podium Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 19 First perfect 180 (Pork) Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 19 Career-best overall score695.3712 Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20162 milestones

Jun 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5372 Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic
Jul 29 First overall top-10 The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest

20142 milestones

Aug 15 First tracked contest Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
Aug 15 First call Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.9	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 19, 2018
+11.3	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	Jul 27, 2018
+11	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest	Jul 29, 2016
+7.5	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 20, 2017
+7.1	Qlathe BBQ Championship	Mar 18, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.6	Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship	Aug 15, 2014
-2.1	BBQ on the Bricks	Aug 25, 2017
-1.7	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 15, 2021
-1.3	National Western BBQ Throwdown	Jan 5, 2018
-0.9	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 22, 2017

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 31%	94.3%	94.3%
2021	3	1	0	100%	top 51%	95.4%	94.7%
2019	2	2	0	100%	top 41%	94.6%	94.2%
2018	6	2	2	67%	top 45%	96.6%	93.5%
2017	5	0	0	80%	top 50%	94.4%	92%
2016	3	1	0	67%	top 38%	93.6%	93%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 88%	86.1%	86.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 18, 2022	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	22 / 71 (679.2912)	38 (166.8228)	25 (169.6800)	41 (168.5256)	8 (174.2628)
Oct 15, 2021	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	10 / 16 (676.4800)	14 (167.9772)	9 (170.8228)	7 (171.4172)	12 (166.2628)
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	11 / 28 (686.8000)	8 (176)	22 (165.6916)	9 (173.7028)	12 (171.4056)
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs Derby, KS	—	—	4 (168.5256)	—	—
Oct 18, 2019	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	10 / 25 (681.0400)	4 (175.4172)	14 (166.2628)	19 (165.0972)	5 (174.2628)
Sep 20, 2019	Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Manhattan, KS	10 / 24 (675.9084)	14 (166.8344)	19 (164.5256)	7 (173.1200)	4 (171.4284)
Oct 26, 2018	Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS	21 / 56 (682.7884)	12 (171.9884)	47 (162.2400)	3 (177.1544)	13 (171.4056)
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	3 / 33 (695.3712)	9 (174.8456)	3 (175.4172)	1 (180)	21 (165.1084)
Jul 27, 2018	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	6 / 27 (673.6456)	16 (166.8456)	11 (165.6916)	12 (166.2628)	1 (174.8456)
Mar 3, 2018	Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2 Cheney, KS	30 / 42 (669.0400)	35 (164.5372)	13 (171.4516)	39 (156.4912)	4 (176.5600)
Mar 2, 2018	Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Cheney, KS	30 / 47 (663.9544)	37 (164.5600)	42 (159.4172)	21 (169.1200)	13 (170.8572)
Jan 5, 2018	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	25 / 39 (652.3996)	29 (159.3368)	26 (159.9656)	23 (162.8000)	12 (170.2972)
Oct 20, 2017	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	18 / 47 (679.3824)	11 (174.8456)	18 (169.1200)	10 (171.9884)	29 (163.4284)
Sep 22, 2017	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	21 / 35 (651.3260)	24 (162.8572)	6 (172.5600)	35 (149.6688)	17 (166.2400)
Aug 25, 2017	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	21 / 34 (643.7940)	9 (170.2628)	29 (152.5028)	25 (158.2400)	17 (162.7884)
Jul 28, 2017	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	16 / 43 (678.8804)	34 (161.6688)	22 (168.0116)	4 (177.1772)	12 (172.0228)
Mar 10, 2017	Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	18 / 34 (660)	18 (166.8800)	14 (165.6800)	15 (166.8572)	25 (160.5828)
Sep 23, 2016	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS	16 / 39 (665.6456)	21 (166.2628)	23 (164)	18 (166.8572)	11 (168.5256)
Jul 29, 2016	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	9 / 37 (673.7488)	28 (156)	3 (174.2972)	6 (173.7372)	10 (169.7144)
Jun 10, 2016	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	15 / 31 (668.5372)	17 (165.6800)	4 (173.1544)	22 (159.4056)	11 (170.2972)
Aug 15, 2014	Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO	14 / 16 (619.8744)	9 (163.9656)	9 (162.8688)	14 (154.8000)	15 (138.2400)

BOB'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

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)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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)