Their season
2025
their best year
2025 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 70%.
- 4 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 70%
Three Stoog3 BBQ
Three Stoog3 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 48 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2025). They are ranked #4527 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2024
latest Jun 5, 2026 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.19 · weakest Brisket (156.91)
Road miles
742
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$57K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
646.80 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #814 (120 pts) | #882 (120 pts) | #667 (264 pts) | #837 (120 pts) | #838 (120 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #670 (278 pts) | #935 (120 pts) | #848 (150 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #915 (154 pts) | #1189 (70 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Three Stoog3 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
Fewer contests behind them than Three Stoog3 BBQ has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Three Stoog3 BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Three Stoog3 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,545 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with Three Stoog3 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,507 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Three Stoog3 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Smoke BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Dirty Little Pigs BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Sheyenne BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BRAZEN BARREL BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OWENS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RUB MY RACK | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE JUMPERS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SPITFIRE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sugar Shack | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 163.3828 | 167.19 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 144.0116 | 160.39 | top 77% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 154.2400 | 162.38 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 142.8228 | 156.91 | top 78% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND BBQ Championship | 3 | 34 | 0 | top 84% | May 1, 2026 |
| Original SD BBQ Championships | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 76% | Jun 5, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
3.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
5 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
132
finished ahead 51 times, behind 204
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5716 ND BBQ Championship
- 10th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships
20252 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6916 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score661.6916 Original SD BBQ Championships
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Peak power rating (1488) ND BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | ND BBQ Championship | Sep 27, 2024 |
| -5.6 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 5, 2026 |
| -4.8 | ND BBQ Championship | May 1, 2026 |
| -3.3 | ND BBQ Championship | Oct 3, 2025 |
| -1.5 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 6, 2025 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.9% | 90.7% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 91.9% | 91.1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 41 / 48 (654.7772) | 29 (167.9772) | 31 (168.5372) | 36 (163.4056) | 45 (154.8572) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 19 (166.8684) | — | — |
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 56 / 71 (651.3716) | 38 (168.5716) | 52 (163.9888) | 57 (161.6912) | 60 (157.1200) |
| May 1, 2026 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 30 (157.1084) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 34 / 46 (650.8228) | 25 (167.4284) | 36 (161.1544) | 42 (154.2400) | 19 (168) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND | — | — | 23 (152.5600) | — | — |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 32 / 48 (661.6916) | 29 (168.5716) | 34 (163.9772) | 28 (167.4056) | 33 (161.7372) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 16 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2024 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 46 / 47 (615.3600) | 34 (163.3828) | 47 (144.0116) | 23 (165.1428) | 47 (142.8228) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 15 (160.5828) | — | — |