High-water mark
690.7656
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.7656 at 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-06-19
TORNADO BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1448
peak 1448 · rated over 30 contests ⓘ
Contests
32
in the data
First seen
2022-08-26
latest 2026-08-21
Best ToY finish
#318
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 32 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.48 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 659.31 (+14.17)
Walk rate
34%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.23 · weakest Brisket (160.57)
Road miles
1,937
mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$310K
listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 30 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.31 / 720
30 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Squealin N Dealin BBQ has finished one call ahead of TORNADO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2025
their best year
2025 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 63%.
- 8 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 63%
The weak link
−6.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.65 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 16%.
- Brisket avg 160.57
- Chicken avg 167.23
- 2 calls in 32 entries
A strong matchup
11–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 85% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BALD BEAUTIES BBQ in 11 of their 13 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
21 of 23
shared chicken entries lost
Squealin N Dealin BBQ ahead 91% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Squealin N Dealin BBQ has out-cooked them in 21 of 23 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
7×
one call behind them
Split Borders BBQ has landed one call behind them 7 times.
A June team
Top 63%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 63% across 4 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 74% the rest of the year
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Smoke on the Bricks every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 23rd
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.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 35
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before TORNADO BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than TORNADO BBQ has cooked, 21 to 32, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#5560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before TORNADO BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Level with TORNADO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Split Borders BBQ | 23 | 11 | 12 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 23 | 2 | 21 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| Squealin N Dealin BBQ | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barking Dog BBQ | 22 | 2 | 20 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Who's Cookin' | 19 | 3 | 16 | 16% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 19 | 1 | 18 | 5% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Ambition Que | 17 | 1 | 16 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Bocephus BBQ | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pine Tar BBQ | 16 | 4 | 12 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Cow Creek BBQ | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cities Edge BBQ | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 141.1428 | 167.23 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 147.9544 | 165.13 | top 67% |
| Pork | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 157.1200 | 166.82 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 142.7888 | 160.57 | top 73% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 22 | 0 | top 73% |
| MO | 10 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 16 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 16 | 0 | top 79% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Bricks | 4 | 23 | 0 | top 64% | 2026-08-07 |
| Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ | 4 | 16 | 0 | top 74% | 2026-04-17 |
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 65% | 2026-07-10 |
| Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 84% | 2026-08-21 |
| Smoke in the Spring | 2 | 71 | 0 | top 79% | 2025-04-11 |
| Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2 | 51 | 0 | top 97% | 2024-10-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-08-26 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2024
11 contests
Contests a season
6.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
22 of 32 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
21
6 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
32 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.23 · weakest Brisket (160.57)
Walk rate
34%
a top-10 call in 11 of 32 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 32 contests
Master average
659.31
out of 720 · 30 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
481
344–1,135 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,937
32 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
1602
average field rating faced — tougher than 79% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$309,990
listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 30 state-championship entries
Power rating
1448
peak 1448 · #5566 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival
- 2023
- First call Smoke on the Bricks
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1712 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2024
- 10th tracked contest Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- 25th tracked contest 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Water
- 2026
- Career-best overall score690.7656 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- Most recent contest Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | 2025-06-13 |
| +5.8 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | 2026-06-19 |
| +5.4 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | 2025-07-11 |
| +5.2 | Smoke on the Water | 2025-10-10 |
| +4.4 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | 2024-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2023-03-17 |
| -9.3 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 2023-06-02 |
| -9.2 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival | 2022-08-26 |
| -7.3 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2024-10-25 |
| -7.1 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) | 2024-10-26 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 95.9% | 93.5% |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 63% | 95.2% | 93.1% |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18% | top 79% | 93.7% | 92% |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 81% | 93.6% | 88.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Weston, MO | 33 / 43 (671.8516) | 32 (168.5372) | 30 (169.6800) | 36 (166.2400) | 25 (167.3944) |
| 2026-08-07 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 38 / 52 (664.4228) | 41 (166.2400) | 38 (167.3828) | 35 (166.8228) | 40 (163.9772) |
| 2026-07-10 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 29 / 37 (673.6000) | 5 (176.5600) | 26 (170.8344) | 33 (164.5600) | 32 (161.6456) |
| 2026-06-19 | 12th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 17 / 33 (690.7656) | 17 (171.4172) | 10 (176.5600) | 13 (174.2628) | 19 (168.5256) |
| 2026-04-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 16 / 27 (679.8972) | 12 (171.9888) | 19 (166.2400) | 5 (173.1428) | 18 (168.5256) |
| 2026-03-20 | 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 54 / 68 (658.7196) | 51 (166.2400) | 30 (169.1084) | 55 (165.6684) | 57 (157.7028) |
| 2025-10-10 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS | 17 / 30 (676.4804) | 27 (163.3944) | 1 (177.1544) | 3 (175.4172) | 25 (160.5144) |
| 2025-09-19 | 37th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 17 / 30 (672.4112) | 19 (167.3828) | 14 (169.6800) | 17 (167.9656) | 19 (167.3828) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 40 / 53 (659.8168) | 27 (172.5600) | 45 (159.9428) | 36 (167.9656) | 42 (159.3484) |
| 2025-07-11 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 14 / 36 (685.6112) | 13 (173.1084) | 18 (173.1200) | 12 (172.0000) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2025-06-13 | 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 14 / 30 (680.4800) | 6 (176.5716) | 18 (169.6800) | 21 (167.9772) | 18 (166.2512) |
| 2025-05-16 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 18 / 27 (672.5256) | 5 (176.5828) | 23 (160.5600) | 19 (164.5600) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 78 / 92 (657.5312) | 71 (166.2400) | 19 (175.4172) | 65 (166.2628) | 88 (149.6112) |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 57 / 70 (658.6856) | 5 (177.7028) | 56 (164.5372) | 64 (159.9428) | 63 (156.5028) |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 55 / 56 (658.1716) | 20 (173.1428) | 42 (166.8344) | 44 (168.0000) | 56 (150.1944) |
| 2024-10-25 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 51 / 53 (662.1716) | 45 (167.3828) | 26 (171.4172) | 22 (172.5600) | 52 (150.8116) |
| 2024-09-13 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Weston, MO | 35 / 38 (660.9828) | 21 (170.8228) | 35 (161.6800) | 34 (162.8000) | 21 (165.6800) |
| 2024-08-31 | Smoke on the River 🏅 Burlington, KS | 26 / 28 (652.3312) | 4 (176.5600) | 28 (152.4800) | 25 (163.9428) | 28 (159.3484) |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 26 / 46 (668.3768) | 20 (170.8228) | 28 (167.3828) | 32 (165.0972) | 30 (165.0740) |
| 2024-07-12 | 2024 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 22 / 28 (659.8628) | 15 (170.2628) | 11 (171.4172) | 23 (164.5600) | 26 (153.6228) |
| 2024-06-14 | 10th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 19 / 34 (674.8000) | 15 (170.8572) | 25 (162.8228) | 26 (163.4172) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 26 / 31 (657.5540) | 25 (166.8572) | 26 (163.3828) | 28 (161.0856) | 23 (166.2284) |
| 2024-04-26 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 28 / 44 (674.7772) | 32 (164.5256) | 19 (170.8344) | 19 (170.2628) | 18 (169.1544) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 71 / 97 (670.1600) | 52 (169.7028) | 83 (163.3828) | 56 (168.5372) | 53 (168.5372) |
| 2024-03-15 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 48 / 58 (643.2688) | 37 (168.5372) | 48 (161.6916) | 33 (168.5600) | 56 (144.4800) |
| 2023-09-09 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 28 / 38 (650.7660) | 33 (159.4400) | 29 (162.8344) | 7 (174.2628) | 29 (154.2288) |
| 2023-08-25 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 23 / 44 (674.1712) | 32 (165.1084) | 24 (168.5600) | 22 (168.5256) | 9 (171.9772) |
| 2023-07-28 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 22 / 25 (625.5888) | 24 (153.0972) | 24 (150.2972) | 12 (166.8344) | 24 (155.3600) |
| 2023-06-02 | Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS | 27 / 28 (619.3372) | 25 (156.5828) | 26 (150.2284) | 26 (157.1200) | 25 (155.4060) |
| 2023-04-21 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 41 / 51 (641.6232) | 44 (154.2744) | 31 (164.5372) | 35 (166.8572) | 40 (155.9544) |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 66 / 68 (595.3828) | 68 (141.1428) | 67 (147.9544) | 60 (160.0228) | 64 (146.2628) |
| 2022-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS | 40 / 45 (619.9544) | 37 (157.7028) | 35 (156.5828) | 31 (162.8800) | 42 (142.7888) |
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 | #413 (375 pts) | #350 (520 pts) | #463 (395 pts) | #347 (475 pts) | #447 (355 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #318 (682 pts) | #246 (912 pts) | #304 (847 pts) | #294 (787 pts) | #378 (587 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #349 (626 pts) | #265 (881 pts) | #360 (681 pts) | #353 (636 pts) | #276 (826 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #510 (368 pts) | #556 (348 pts) | #609 (353 pts) | #407 (528 pts) | #461 (433 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |