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THUMP & STRUM BBQ KS

Rating

1503
peak 1513

Contests

4
in the data

First seen

2019-09-28
latest 2026-06-12

Best ToY finish

#48
Master 2015

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 54%
overall standings

Best overall

686.2056

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

677.31
last 4 vs career avg 677.31 (+0.00)

Walk rate

75%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±8.63
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.26 · weakest Pork (168.39)

Road miles

421
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 205 mi

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 4 2 0 1 179.4400 162.8000 169.98 top 49%
Pork Ribs 4 2 0 0 175.4172 162.8000 170.26 top 43%
Pork 4 1 0 0 179.4400 160.5028 168.39 top 60%
Brisket 4 0 0 0 173.1084 164.5256 168.68 top 55%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS20top 71%
MO20top 37%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 51%
Large (40+)10top 64%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026100 675.8512 675.85
2019300 686.2056 677.79

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-12 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS 28 / 36 (675.8512) 3 (179.4400) 34 (162.8000) 36 (160.5028) 14 (173.1084)
2019-10-25 Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS 28 / 44 (663.8628) 36 (162.8000) 16 (169.7144) 33 (162.8000) 26 (168.5484)
2019-10-04 Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown Lebanon, MO 8 / 27 (683.3140) 9 (170.8456) 5 (173.1200) 13 (170.8228) 13 (168.5256)
2019-09-28 West Bottoms BBQ Contest Kansas City, MO 13 / 29 (686.2056) 21 (166.8228) 6 (175.4172) 5 (179.4400) 22 (164.5256)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #791 (60 pts) #506 (235 pts) #903 (60 pts) #823 (60 pts) #691 (115 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #885 (321 pts) #1021 (271 pts) #745 (451 pts) #884 (351 pts) #1118 (241 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1418 (145 pts) #1300 (185 pts) #1891 (85 pts) #1970 (70 pts) #1100 (260 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #73 (2113 pts) #20 (2351 pts) #86 (1873 pts) #49 (2038 pts) #124 (1704 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #130 (1811 pts) #66 (2021 pts) #122 (1686 pts) #115 (1721 pts) #71 (2041 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #48 (2279 pts) #100 (1770 pts) #30 (2308 pts) #22 (2359 pts) #26 (2356 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #143 (1787 pts) #55 (2091 pts) #69 (1959 pts) #131 (1658 pts) #202 (1476 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #384 (789 pts) #251 (1124 pts) #312 (969 pts) #393 (804 pts) #403 (769 pts)

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