BBQ WorX

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1884

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1544 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2023-05-27

latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#225

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8228 / 720

Master · La Classique What the Pork?

Perfect 180s

Current form

676.57 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.83 (+29.74)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Brisket · Spencerville Smoke Ring

Consistency

±80.13

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)

Road miles

6,485

mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.83 / 720

16 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (13 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Against the odds

29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 71 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Spencerville Smoke Ring (2025-09-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 29-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS.

On the rise

+38 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 38 points across 6 contests since 2025-08-01 — from 1506 up to 1544.

6 contests since 2025-08-01
now 1544

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8228 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8228 at La Classique What the Pork? — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-08-01

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of BBQ WorX 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 2 Grand Championships

2025 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.

5 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 28%

A tough matchup

8–2 behind in the head-to-head

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.98 points below their pork, and turns into a call 59% of the time against 63%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.32
Pork avg 167.30
10 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Team Sunrise BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 10 shared pork entries lost

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MEAN MOE'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±11.13% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±11.13% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 89.8% of a perfect score
best 97.6%

The long haul

6,485 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,485 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 772 miles to Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown.

17 mapped stops
furthest 772 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

PapaDads BBQ

#1876 of the rated field

1544 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1596

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BBQ WorX)

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

rated over 46 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

ONE PIT WONDER

#1870 of the rated field

1544 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1549

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-04-24

⚔ Head-to-head

When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL

#1886 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

BLOWIN' SMOKE LLC

#1878 of the rated field

1544 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before BBQ WorX's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Small Batch BBQ MD

#1889 of the rated field

1543 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1561

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Slow & Easy BBQ

#1874 of the rated field

1544 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1548

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before BBQ WorX's first contest.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MEAN MOE'S BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Rub Sweat and Beers	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Team Sunrise BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
BBQ Blokes	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
What For BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
HASHTAG BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Shiggin aint easy	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
73-BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	7	0	1	174.2972	154.7884	166.03	top 62%
Pork Ribs	17	10	1	5	178.8572	20.0000	160.32	top 43%
Pork	16	10	2	4	178.8572	146.2400	167.30	top 46%
Brisket	16	8	2	3	178.8800	139.9200	164.72	top 52%

“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

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
ON	7	0	top 51%
QC	4	1	top 46%
TN	2	0	top 80%
NS	1	0	top 25%
MI	1	0	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	7	2	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 87%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
La Classique BBQ Labonte	2	16	0	top 73%	2024-08-02
Jack 9 Memorial	2	8	0	top 46%	2024-05-25

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.1 yrs 2023-05-27 → 2026-06-19

Busiest season 2026 6 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in ON 8 of 17 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 17 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)

Walk rate 82% a top-10 call in 14 of 17 contests

Overall top-10 rate 53% 9 of 17 contests

Wins it all 12% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2025-08-01 La Classique What the Pork?

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 646.83 out of 720 · 16 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 310 178–371 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,485 17 mapped stops · furthest 772 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests

Purse competed for $14,500 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1544 peak 1544 · #1884 of 6,413 rated

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

2023
May 27 First tracked contest Jack 9 Memorial
May 27 First call Jack 9 Memorial
May 27 First overall top-10 Jack 9 Memorial
May 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1028 Jack 9 Memorial
2025
Jun 8 First overall podium Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
Aug 1 First category win (Brisket) La Classique What the Pork?
Aug 1 First Grand Championship La Classique What the Pork?
Aug 1 Career-best overall score702.8228 La Classique What the Pork?
Aug 23 10th tracked contest Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
Sep 27 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 Spencerville Smoke Ring
2026
Jun 19 Peak power rating (1544) New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
Jun 19 Most recent contest New Lowell True North BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	Spencerville Smoke Ring	2025-09-27
+16.4	La Classique What the Pork?	2025-08-01
+14.3	Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown	2025-06-08
+7.4	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes	2026-05-29
+6.9	Jack 9 Memorial	2024-05-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	GLBBQA Spring Fling	2024-04-19
-9.7	La Classique BBQ Labonte	2023-08-04
-7.7	Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition	2023-06-17
-1.9	La Classique BBQ Labonte	2024-08-02
-1.1	Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition	2025-05-24

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	6	0	3	3	83%	top 55%	95.7%	94%
2025	5	2	4	2	100%	top 28%	97.6%	95.1%
2024	3	0	1	0	67%	top 67%	91.2%	77.1%
2023	3	0	1	0	67%	top 72%	90.3%	86.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-19	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON	5 / 16 (689.1200)	3 (174.2972)	6 (172.0000)	9 (171.4172)	5 (171.4056)
2026-05-29	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC	8 / 24 (674.7540)	5 (171.4172)	7 (169.1084)	1 (176.5828)	21 (157.6456)
2026-05-24	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	78 / 82 (663.8172)	75 (166.2400)	54 (171.9772)	82 (161.6456)	75 (163.9544)
2026-05-23	8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN	77 / 117 (681.0400)	99 (167.3944)	97 (166.2628)	8 (178.8572)	73 (168.5256)
2026-05-09	Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON	6 / 12 (674.1368)	9 (167.3828)	3 (169.6684)	1 (173.1428)	6 (163.9428)
2026-05-09	Smoke on the Seaway (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cornwall, ON	—	—	1 (178.8572)	—	—
2025-09-27	Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville, K0E 1X0	1 / 14 (702.2628)	10 (169.1200)	3 (176.5600)	2 (177.7028)	1 (178.8800)
2025-08-23	Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON	9 / 22 (689.6572)	16 (168.5372)	3 (176.5600)	10 (170.8572)	5 (173.7028)
2025-08-01	La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC	1 / 18 (702.8228)	8 (173.1200)	3 (173.7028)	2 (177.1428)	1 (178.8572)
2025-06-08	Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS	3 / 12 (685.7484)	7 (172.0228)	4 (173.1772)	9 (161.6684)	2 (178.8800)
2025-05-24	Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	16 / 26 (643.3032)	22 (156.5488)	5 (167.4288)	20 (158.2056)	15 (161.1200)
2024-08-02	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	16 / 26 (656.4688)	5 (170.8344)	15 (162.2628)	17 (165.7144)	20 (157.6572)
2024-05-25	Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON	8 / 20 (655.8516)	12 (162.2516)	11 (163.3944)	10 (163.9656)	5 (166.2400)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	62 / 62 (353.6688)	—	62 (20.0000)	20 (173.7028)	50 (159.9660)
2023-08-04	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	28 / 33 (613.6344)	14 (160.5944)	15 (160.5944)	23 (152.5256)	32 (139.9200)
2023-06-17	Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition Seagrave, ON	12 / 15 (612.9144)	12 (154.7884)	8 (161.0972)	13 (146.2400)	11 (150.7888)
2023-05-27	Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON	10 / 19 (650.1028)	19 (155.9084)	12 (162.8112)	6 (167.4172)	10 (163.9660)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#286 (582 pts)	#275 (632 pts)	#194 (902 pts)	#175 (877 pts)	#334 (507 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#225 (972 pts)	#418 (552 pts)	#245 (1017 pts)	#289 (802 pts)	#210 (1042 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#580 (296 pts)	#638 (286 pts)	#681 (276 pts)	#612 (296 pts)	#600 (306 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#592 (282 pts)	#630 (292 pts)	#611 (352 pts)	#579 (327 pts)	#608 (287 pts)