WALLY BBQ

WALLY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 23 at the Summer Daze BBQ Classic (2019). They are ranked #1349 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,349

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1576

peak 1576 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 7, 2017

latest Sep 7, 2019 · 2.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#216

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

671.3712 / 720

Master · Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.92 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.02 (+11.90)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Brisket · Capital BBQ Festival

Consistency

±30.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.42 · weakest Brisket (158.32)

Road miles

6,581

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 404 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$52K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.02 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

671.3712 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.3712 at Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 11, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of WALLY BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

22–3 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 88% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 22 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.10 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 55% of the time against 39%.

Brisket avg 158.32
Pork Ribs avg 162.42
17 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

15–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SHOP BOYS BBQ in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

19 of 25 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 19 of 25 shared pork ribs entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BOYMEETSGRILL has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 36% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 36% across 4 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,581 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,581 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 404 miles to Capital BBQ Festival.

31 mapped stops
furthest 404 mi

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	#224 (1,238 pts)	#233 (1,175 pts)	#231 (1,190 pts)	#201 (1,291 pts)	#70 (1,861 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#216 (1,341 pts)	#270 (1,171 pts)	#94 (1,755 pts)	#237 (1,234 pts)	#142 (1,592 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1103 (281 pts)	#795 (496 pts)	#943 (406 pts)	#852 (461 pts)	#1280 (236 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WALLY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Many Moons BBQ

#1,348 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1583

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WALLY BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WALLY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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BARK BROTHERS BBQ

#1,347 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1579

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Jun 29, 2018

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OFF THE CHAIN

#1,343 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1586

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE

#1,346 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1576

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 28% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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BACON & WHISKEY

#1,344 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1578

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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AWESOME Q

#1,354 of the rated field

1575 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1581

Fewer contests behind them than WALLY BBQ has cooked, 20 to 31, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	25	3	22	12%	⚔ compare
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
What the Pork?	19	7	12	37%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SHOP BOYS BBQ	15	15	0	100%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
piratesBBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
FAT TIGER BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	7	1	3	174.2628	143.9544	160.04	top 61%
Pork Ribs	31	12	1	1	174.8572	148.5144	162.42	top 43%
Pork	31	11	0	0	171.4172	144.5144	160.23	top 52%
Brisket	31	17	2	4	176.5828	20	158.32	top 40%

“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 78%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 46%
Large (40+)	5	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	8	top 48%
MA	6	top 65%
ON	4	top 36%
ME	4	top 42%
VT	3	top 58%
QC	2	top 46%
NJ	2	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	3	11	top 55%	Jul 5, 2019
Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	11	top 42%	Sep 7, 2019
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	10	top 69%	May 18, 2019
New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	17	top 51%	Apr 27, 2019
NYC BBQ Cookoff	2	10	top 49%	Apr 5, 2019
Great Maine BBQ Challenge	2	10	top 46%	Sep 22, 2018
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SEREIES	2	10	top 54%	Apr 21, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 15 contests

Contests a season 10.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 8 of 31 contests · 7 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 23 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 315 finished ahead 481 times, behind 421

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

20194 milestones

May 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 Capital BBQ Festival
Jun 8 25th tracked contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1576) Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Sep 7 Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

20185 milestones

Apr 6 First category win (Pork Ribs) NYC BBQ Cookoff
Apr 6 First overall top-10 NYC BBQ Cookoff
Apr 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4688 NYC BBQ Cookoff
Jun 1 10th tracked contest Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
Aug 11 Career-best overall score671.3712 Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park

20172 milestones

Jul 7 First tracked contest I love Barbecue & Music Festival
Jul 7 First call I love Barbecue & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park	Aug 11, 2018
+11.2	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 6, 2018
+10.3	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 6, 2018
+10.1	Summer Daze BBQ Classic	Aug 23, 2019
+8.1	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 18, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.5	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	May 18, 2019
-9.7	Green Mountain BBQ Championship	Sep 9, 2017
-8.4	Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2)	Oct 13, 2018
-5.8	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 5, 2019
-4.7	Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018	Jun 15, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2019	12	4	3	83%	top 49%	92.5%	88.8%
2018	15	7	1	73%	top 44%	93.2%	89.8%
2017	4	0	0	75%	top 66%	88.2%	86.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 7, 2019	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	11 / 31 (661.6344)	13 (169.6684)	21 (158.2744)	16 (162.2744)	4 (171.4172)
Aug 23, 2019	Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	4 / 23 (666.1940)	1 (173.1428)	10 (160.5256)	5 (166.2628)	7 (166.2628)
Aug 10, 2019	Thrillin' & Grillin' Maine State Championship BBQ Festival @ aquaboggan Waterpark 🏅 Saco, ME	16 / 28 (652.5024)	16 (165.7028)	4 (170.8800)	24 (152.4912)	10 (163.4284)
Jul 20, 2019	Ribs and Rhythm & Blues 🏅 Auburn, NY	16 / 34 (655.3144)	26 (154.7772)	17 (166.8344)	22 (158.8228)	2 (174.8800)
Jul 5, 2019	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	24 / 32 (628.9484)	27 (157.0740)	13 (159.9544)	27 (152.5028)	17 (159.4172)
Jun 15, 2019	514 BBQ Saint-LÃ©onard, QC	6 / 23 (662.7772)	2 (171.4400)	7 (159.9772)	9 (164.5372)	4 (166.8228)
Jun 8, 2019	Quebec City International BBQ & Music Fest Quebec	6 / 24 (634.2280)	16 (156.5256)	12 (151.4400)	8 (157.6912)	1 (168.5712)
May 25, 2019	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	15 / 43 (659.3484)	31 (157.1200)	16 (163.9772)	20 (161.6684)	1 (176.5828)
May 18, 2019	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	28 / 28 (506.8452)	23 (155.4168)	19 (163.4400)	9 (167.9884)	28 (20)
May 17, 2019	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Plymouth, MA	10 / 27 (662.2172)	17 (164.5372)	16 (158.8572)	4 (171.4172)	9 (167.4056)
Apr 27, 2019	New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	26 / 43 (638.2172)	37 (157.1200)	37 (150.7772)	14 (166.3200)	17 (164)
Apr 5, 2019	NYC BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Staten Island, NY	18 / 26 (645.6456)	21 (155.9656)	16 (160)	10 (165.0972)	11 (164.5828)
Oct 13, 2018	Back to BAYsics Primitive Contest-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES ( DAY 2) Monson, MA	16 / 18 (653.1316)	17 (159.4172)	14 (168.0344)	16 (159.9544)	13 (165.7256)
Oct 12, 2018	Bay State BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) Monson, MA	14 / 26 (668.5256)	17 (164.0228)	6 (169.6684)	15 (166.2400)	10 (168.5944)
Sep 22, 2018	Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME	10 / 27 (662.2400)	19 (157.0856)	7 (168.0116)	6 (167.4056)	6 (169.7372)
Sep 8, 2018	Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT	16 / 33 (647.3028)	3 (174.2628)	7 (168.5828)	32 (144.5144)	15 (159.9428)
Aug 11, 2018	Thrillin & Grillin at Aquaboggan Water park Saco, ME	6 / 30 (671.3712)	20 (157.6684)	4 (172.5484)	10 (168.5600)	3 (172.5944)
Jul 21, 2018	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	15 / 31 (636.5032)	12 (164.5372)	11 (162.2744)	28 (149.1200)	12 (160.5716)
Jul 13, 2018	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	8 / 24 (666.2628)	14 (164.5828)	4 (169.1200)	11 (166.8456)	9 (165.7144)
Jul 6, 2018	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	11 / 39 (637.7488)	9 (165.7256)	7 (162.3200)	35 (145.6916)	6 (164.0116)
Jun 15, 2018	Wolf BBQ Fest Richmond 2018 Richmond, QC	12 / 18 (590.7660)	18 (143.9544)	11 (148.5144)	12 (146.2628)	7 (152.0344)
Jun 1, 2018	Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City	6 / 22 (629.7372)	17 (147.4172)	13 (157.1660)	5 (161.7256)	5 (163.4284)
May 18, 2018	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	10 / 34 (638.2172)	31 (146.8000)	7 (162.2972)	11 (161.1200)	5 (168)
Apr 28, 2018	New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ	17 / 40 (649.5996)	31 (157.1200)	12 (167.4056)	21 (161.1084)	16 (163.9656)
Apr 21, 2018	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY 2) CAMPGROUND BBQ SEREIES Plymouth, MA	10 / 25 (663.4400)	21 (162.8456)	11 (165.7372)	11 (166.2972)	9 (168.5600)
Apr 20, 2018	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown (DAY1) CAMPGROUND BBQ SEREIES Plymouth, MA	17 / 25 (633.5768)	17 (154.8000)	15 (159.3828)	15 (161.6568)	17 (157.7372)
Apr 6, 2018	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	10 / 36 (648.4688)	10 (166.8228)	1 (174.8572)	31 (149.0856)	15 (157.7032)
Sep 22, 2017	Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME	16 / 29 (635.3028)	4 (170.2628)	15 (159.4172)	4 (169.1200)	26 (136.5028)
Sep 9, 2017	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Randolph, VT	29 / 32 (621.0744)	31 (150.2516)	23 (158.8228)	27 (158.2628)	27 (153.7372)
Aug 5, 2017	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	24 / 42 (625.0856)	35 (150.2056)	6 (164.0116)	24 (155.9884)	24 (154.8800)
Jul 7, 2017	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	25 / 40 (619.3256)	6 (165.1200)	30 (151.9656)	10 (161.1200)	35 (141.1200)

WALLY 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 (10 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)