A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
LEGACY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2017-09-29
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
625.54 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 621.95 (+3.59)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.81 · weakest Pork (153.32)
Road miles
18
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.95 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−6.5
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.49 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.
- Pork avg 153.32
- Pork Ribs avg 159.81
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Brewski and Barbeque in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 56th
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to LEGACY BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — LEGACY BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4334 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to LEGACY BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1514
2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to LEGACY BBQ)
17 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where LEGACY BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4318 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after LEGACY BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with LEGACY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN UP BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| RAW DAWGIN BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Buffalo Chips | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| All Fired Up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoking Our Butts Off | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Rubbed the Right Way | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Fire in the Hole | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Second City's Finest | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Ford Motor Company | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 146.8572 | 154.18 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4628 | 146.2288 | 159.81 | top 49% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 142.8000 | 153.32 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 138.2284 | 154.65 | top 59% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 56 | 0 | top 57% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.3 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2017-09-29
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.81 · weakest Pork (153.32)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
621.95
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
385
354–621 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
18
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-27
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #4343 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2014
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4628 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.2744 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1495) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Smoke On the Trails
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -9.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -8 | *Smoke On the Trails | 2017-09-29 |
| -3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -1.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.3% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 55 / 64 (621.6684) | 48 (156.5828) | 52 (154.2740) | 52 (156.5600) | 52 (154.2516) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 152 / 184 (609.5888) | 161 (147.9428) | 54 (164.0116) | 175 (142.8000) | 106 (154.8344) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 103 / 183 (628.4688) | 120 (154.8228) | 159 (146.2288) | 125 (155.9656) | 15 (171.4516) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 56 / 183 (646.2744) | 84 (161.1200) | 87 (160.0000) | 55 (164.5716) | 70 (160.5828) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 113 / 184 (621.7024) | 115 (157.7256) | 2 (175.4628) | 140 (150.2856) | 173 (138.2284) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 148 / 183 (603.9996) | 158 (146.8572) | 89 (158.8570) | 145 (149.7140) | 135 (148.5714) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |