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BBQ WorX

BBQ WorX is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Spencerville Smoke Ring (2025). They are ranked #1898 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,898
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1544
peak 1544 · rated over 14 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

18
in the data

First seen

May 27, 2023
latest Oct 9, 2026 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#225
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

5
13 podiums

Overall top-10s

9
50% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 55%
overall standings

Best overall

702.8228 / 720
Master · La Classique What the Pork?

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

673.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 647.63 (+26.20)

Walk rate

78%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800
Brisket · Spencerville Smoke Ring

Consistency

±77.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 167.30 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.75)

Road miles

7,198
across 18 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 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

647.63 / 720
17 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

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 (Sep 27, 2025) 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 Aug 1, 2025 — from 1506 up to 1544.

  • 6 contests since Aug 1, 2025
  • now 1544

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 18 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
  • Aug 1, 2025

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.

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The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.56 points below their pork, and turns into a call 56% of the time against 59%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 160.75
  • Pork avg 167.30
  • 10 calls in 18 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.

A big fish in small ponds

Top 36% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 36% finish in small fields against top 89% in large ones.

  • Small (<20 teams): top 36% (7)
  • Large (40+): top 89% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

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

Boom or bust

±10.81% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±10.81% 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 89.9% of a perfect score
  • best 97.6%

A June team

Top 45% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 45% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

  • 3 June contests
  • top 55% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,198 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,198 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 772 miles to Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown.

  • 18 mapped stops
  • furthest 772 mi

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #344 (582 pts) #349 (632 pts) #258 (902 pts) #229 (877 pts) #402 (507 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #225 (972 pts) #418 (552 pts) #245 (1,017 pts) #289 (802 pts) #210 (1,042 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Great White Smoke
#1,891 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
22
GCs
0
Top-10s
18%
Peak
1544
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% 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 18 contests
  • last seen Oct 15, 2026
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CARTER-QUE-ING
#1,888 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
1
Top-10s
46%
Peak
1556

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before BBQ WorX's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 13 contests
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SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM
#1,895 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
2
Top-10s
59%
Peak
1569

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Sep 14, 2019
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When Pigs Fly - Florence, AL
#1,903 of the rated field
1543 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1543

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 Mar 27, 2026
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CYGNETURE BARBEQUE
#1,884 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1545

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

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 12, 2014
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Good Grief BBQ
#1,897 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1563

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Sep 12, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin 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
Shiggin aint easy 7 0 7 0% ⚔ 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
Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
73-BBQ 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 16 7 0 1 174.2972 154.7884 165.83 top 64%
Pork Ribs 18 10 1 5 178.8572 20 160.75 top 45%
Pork 17 10 2 4 178.8572 146.2400 167.30 top 48%
Brisket 17 8 2 3 178.8800 139.9200 164.57 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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)72top 36%
Medium (20–39)60top 54%
Large (40+)40top 89%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
ON70top 51%
QC41top 46%
TN30top 85%
NS10top 25%
MI10top 100%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
La Classique BBQ Labonte 2 16 0 top 73% Aug 2, 2024
Jack 9 Memorial 2 8 0 top 46% May 25, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 7 contests
Contests a season 4.5 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in ON 8 of 18 contests · 5 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 15 2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 18 entries · 1 win · 10 calls
First title Aug 1, 2025 La Classique What the Pork?
Opponents faced 381 finished ahead 184 times, behind 463

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

20262 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1544) New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
  2. Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20256 milestones
  1. First overall podium Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
  2. First category win (Brisket) La Classique What the Pork?
  3. First Grand Championship La Classique What the Pork?
  4. Career-best overall score702.8228 La Classique What the Pork?
  5. 10th tracked contest Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle
  6. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 Spencerville Smoke Ring
20234 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Jack 9 Memorial
  2. First call Jack 9 Memorial
  3. First overall top-10 Jack 9 Memorial
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1028 Jack 9 Memorial

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.6Spencerville Smoke RingSep 27, 2025
+16.4La Classique What the Pork?Aug 1, 2025
+14.3Throttled Up BBQ ThrowdownJun 8, 2025
+7.4La Classique - L'Entrepot de ViandesMay 29, 2026
+6.9Jack 9 MemorialMay 25, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.2GLBBQA Spring FlingApr 19, 2024
-9.7La Classique BBQ LabonteAug 4, 2023
-7.7Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ CompetitionJun 17, 2023
-1.8La Classique BBQ LabonteAug 2, 2024
-1.1Jack9 Memorial BBQ CompetitionMay 24, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20267033 71% top 62% 95.7% 93.6%
20255242 100% top 28% 97.6% 95.1%
20243010 67% top 67% 91.2% 77.1%
20233010 67% top 72% 90.3% 86.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 9, 2026 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 93 / 99 (660.4228) 92 (162.8344) 83 (167.9772) 77 (167.3828) 96 (162.2284)
Jun 19, 2026 New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON 5 / 16 (689.1200) 3 (174.2972) 6 (172) 9 (171.4172) 5 (171.4056)
May 29, 2026 La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC 8 / 24 (674.7540) 5 (171.4172) 7 (169.1084) 1 (176.5828) 21 (157.6456)
May 24, 2026 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)
May 23, 2026 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)
May 9, 2026 Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON 6 / 12 (674.1368) 9 (167.3828) 3 (169.6684) 1 (173.1428) 6 (163.9428)
May 9, 2026 Smoke on the Seaway (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cornwall, ON — — 1 (178.8572) — —
Sep 27, 2025 Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville 1 / 14 (702.2628) 10 (169.1200) 3 (176.5600) 2 (177.7028) 1 (178.8800)
Aug 23, 2025 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON 9 / 22 (689.6572) 16 (168.5372) 3 (176.5600) 10 (170.8572) 5 (173.7028)
Aug 1, 2025 La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC 1 / 18 (702.8228) 8 (173.1200) 3 (173.7028) 2 (177.1428) 1 (178.8572)
Jun 8, 2025 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS 3 / 12 (685.7484) 7 (172.0228) 4 (173.1772) 9 (161.6684) 2 (178.8800)
May 24, 2025 Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON 16 / 26 (643.3032) 22 (156.5488) 5 (167.4288) 20 (158.2056) 15 (161.1200)
Aug 2, 2024 La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC 16 / 26 (656.4688) 5 (170.8344) 15 (162.2628) 17 (165.7144) 20 (157.6572)
May 25, 2024 Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON 8 / 20 (655.8516) 12 (162.2516) 11 (163.3944) 10 (163.9656) 5 (166.2400)
Apr 19, 2024 GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI 62 / 62 (353.6688) — 62 (20) 20 (173.7028) 50 (159.9660)
Aug 4, 2023 La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC 28 / 33 (613.6344) 14 (160.5944) 15 (160.5944) 23 (152.5256) 32 (139.9200)
Jun 17, 2023 Stuttering John's Smokehouse BBQ Competition Seagrave, ON 12 / 15 (612.9144) 12 (154.7884) 8 (161.0972) 13 (146.2400) 11 (150.7888)
May 27, 2023 Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON 10 / 19 (650.1028) 19 (155.9084) 12 (162.8112) 6 (167.4172) 10 (163.9660)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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