BARBQUE XTREME

BARBQUE XTREME is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 6th of 18 at the Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival (2017). They are ranked #2601 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,601

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1516

peak 1542 · rated over 9 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 31, 2013

latest Nov 15, 2019 · 6.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#809

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

20% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6800 / 720

Master · Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 650.07 (+1.42)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Pork Ribs · Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±11.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 162.85 · weakest Pork (162.23)

Road miles

1,788

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 474 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

650.07 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

669.6800 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6800 at Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 13, 2017

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ELLIS COUNTY BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (Sep 2, 2017).

last seen Sep 4, 2015
back Sep 2, 2017

Brisket nemesis

4 of 6 shared brisket entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.60% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.60% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
10 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
2020 ↗	Master	#809 (79 pts)	#689 (124 pts)	#853 (84 pts)	#1097 (59 pts)	#826 (84 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1387 (139 pts)	#1286 (184 pts)	#1455 (144 pts)	#1531 (129 pts)	#1437 (144 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1083 (293 pts)	#1299 (238 pts)	#1188 (278 pts)	#1353 (218 pts)	#1083 (313 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BARBQUE XTREME, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TWIN PIGS BARBECUE

#2,599 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1519

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BARBQUE XTREME)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BARBQUE XTREME has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Mar 18, 2016

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GARDEN STATE PORKWAY

#2,590 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1523

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

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SMOKIN HOSS

#2,612 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1526

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 6 years before BARBQUE XTREME's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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TOMBOY'S BEST

#2,593 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1528

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Feb 24, 2023

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Gold’s BBQ

#2,598 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1517

Level with BARBQUE XTREME on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Truck'n Sauced

#2,597 of the rated field

1517 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1527

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELLIS COUNTY BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN PENDEJOS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
CIRCLE R COOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	169.6916	149.0860	162.27	top 56%
Pork Ribs	10	2	1	175.4400	147.3716	162.73	top 51%
Pork	10	1	0	170.8572	143.9428	162.23	top 53%
Brisket	10	2	0	172	154.8344	162.85	top 46%

“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 33%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 79%
Large (40+)	8	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	7	top 42%
MO	2	top 61%
LA	1	top 92%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	16	0	top 29%	Sep 4, 2015
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	10	0	top 49%	Aug 31, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 7 of 10 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 862 finished ahead 606 times, behind 578

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 4, 2015 → Sep 2, 2017

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

20192 milestones

Nov 15 10th tracked contest McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ
Nov 15 Most recent contest McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ

20174 milestones

Sep 2 First overall top-10 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Oct 13 Career-best overall score669.6800 Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
Oct 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival
Oct 13 Peak power rating (1542) Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival

20141 milestone

Aug 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7032 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20132 milestones

Aug 31 First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
+8.5	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	Sep 2, 2017
+7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
+6	Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival	Oct 13, 2017
+5.1	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Hammond BBQ	Mar 22, 2019
-7.7	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2018
-4.9	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ	Nov 15, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	50%	top 85%	89.4%	88.8%
2018	1	0	0%	top 76%	89.5%	89.5%
2017	2	2	100%	top 28%	93%	92.7%
2015	1	0	0%	top 30%	91.7%	91.7%
2014	1	0	0%	top 21%	91.3%	91.3%
2013	3	0	33%	top 53%	89.9%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 15, 2019	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX	19 / 24 (644.0344)	10 (169.6684)	18 (162.8916)	23 (153.1772)	18 (158.2972)
Mar 22, 2019	Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA	44 / 48 (634.7200)	48 (155.9884)	46 (155.9316)	23 (167.9656)	48 (154.8344)
Aug 31, 2018	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	56 / 74 (644.4916)	57 (158.2744)	29 (166.8572)	49 (162.2856)	56 (157.0744)
Oct 13, 2017	Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Duncanville, TX	6 / 18 (669.6800)	15 (158.8572)	3 (175.4400)	6 (170.8572)	8 (164.5256)
Sep 2, 2017	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	10 / 46 (664.5260)	9 (169.6916)	29 (160.5372)	25 (162.2972)	6 (172)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	21 / 70 (660.5028)	29 (165.1316)	33 (163.9772)	20 (167.9656)	23 (163.4284)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	16 / 76 (657.7032)	44 (159.9772)	31 (161.6916)	11 (169.7372)	15 (166.2972)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	148 / 174 (637.1544)	54 (169.1656)	169 (147.3716)	131 (159.4744)	111 (161.1428)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	196 / 535 (647.3828)	142 (166.8228)	142 (165.1544)	502 (143.9428)	35 (171.4628)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	32 / 89 (640.4688)	74 (149.0860)	9 (167.4056)	22 (164.5828)	29 (159.3944)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BARBQUE XTREME

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 (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Brisket nemesis

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)