High-water mark
685.0856
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.0856 at BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 23, 2026
Tim Tom's BBQ
Tim Tom's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 33 at the BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay (2026). They are ranked #3741 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1500 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.72 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 670.68 (-0.96)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.58 · weakest Pork (165.12)
Road miles
1,262
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 372 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$105K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.68 / 720
7 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 | #467 (369 pts) | #355 (599 pts) | #511 (404 pts) | #601 (264 pts) | #430 (444 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Tim Tom's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with Tim Tom's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Tim Tom's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Tim Tom's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1519
They've been 1519 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J&C BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RJs Smokehouse | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Dirty Basters | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 163.9428 | 171.58 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 154.2056 | 167.32 | top 58% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 154.8456 | 165.12 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 159.9772 | 167.82 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherlin Throwdown | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 56% | Jul 18, 2026 |
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 54% | May 23, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
4 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
132
finished ahead 78 times, behind 147
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20266 milestones
- First overall top-10 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Career-best overall score685.0856 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- Peak power rating (1500) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First category win (Chicken) Sutherlin Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Sutherlin Throwdown
- Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0740 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call Sutherlin Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 23, 2026 |
| +3.5 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest | Sep 4, 2026 |
| -6.9 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 16, 2025 |
| -6.4 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 24, 2025 |
| -1.8 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 22, 2026 |
| -0.9 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 18, 2026 |
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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60% | top 63% | 95.2% | 93.2% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 66% | 94.6% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID | 49 / 52 (648.4340) | 13 (177.1544) | 50 (154.2056) | 51 (154.8456) | 48 (162.2284) |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID | — | — | 4 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 17 / 27 (670.1944) | 16 (166.8228) | 11 (170.2744) | 25 (162.2628) | 11 (170.8344) |
| Jul 18, 2026 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 19 / 29 (679.8856) | 1 (179.4400) | 14 (173.1200) | 23 (161.6572) | 20 (165.6684) |
| May 23, 2026 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 10 / 33 (685.0856) | 16 (168.5600) | 14 (171.4056) | 19 (169.6800) | 5 (175.4400) |
| Aug 16, 2025 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 23 / 30 (665.0176) | 27 (163.9428) | 29 (158.2288) | 13 (169.7144) | 11 (173.1316) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 16 / 35 (681.0972) | 6 (178.2972) | 17 (171.4172) | 17 (171.4056) | 24 (159.9772) |
| May 24, 2025 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 20 / 26 (665.0740) | 16 (166.8456) | 21 (164.5256) | 18 (166.2744) | 16 (167.4284) |