High-water mark
674.2052
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2052 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-22
BORDER WAR BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1538
peak 1539 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2017-06-23
latest 2019-06-21
Best ToY finish
#943
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.97 (+1.86)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.07 · weakest Chicken (162.83)
Road miles
84
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.97 / 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.
Their season
2018
their best year
2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 22%
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Men of Erin in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1553
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BORDER WAR BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BORDER WAR BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1547
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-head#1982 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after BORDER WAR BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#1997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BORDER WAR BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1998 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with BORDER WAR BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2004 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Dead Last BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Griswold Grillers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hoggy Style BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Wigs BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 155.9656 | 162.83 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 151.9316 | 166.07 | top 31% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 158.8228 | 164.55 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 158.2628 | 165.51 | top 32% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-06-23 → 2019-06-21
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.07 · weakest Chicken (162.83)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
658.97
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
781
803–389 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
84
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,425
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1538
peak 1539 · #1994 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6456 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- First overall top-10 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best overall score674.2052 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
- Peak power rating (1539) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2019
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| +10.4 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2018-08-24 |
| +8.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| +5.7 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| +0.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 22% | 93.6% | 93.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 91 / 183 (642.1600) | 88 (161.1200) | 142 (151.9316) | 120 (158.8228) | 25 (170.2856) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 178 / 467 (669.6116) | 214 (167.3944) | 154 (169.1200) | 81 (171.9772) | 287 (161.1200) |
| 2018-08-24 | *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 15 / 67 (669.6456) | 22 (165.1200) | 8 (173.1200) | 13 (173.1428) | 38 (158.2628) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 10 / 185 (674.2052) | 13 (170.8456) | 21 (169.7256) | 80 (162.2284) | 9 (171.4056) |
| 2017-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 53 / 112 (648.5256) | 89 (155.9656) | 19 (170.2744) | 73 (160.5828) | 55 (161.7028) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 48 / 184 (649.6456) | 106 (156.5600) | 66 (162.2744) | 89 (160.5256) | 15 (170.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #943 (305 pts) | #1117 (255 pts) | #1040 (295 pts) | #1159 (240 pts) | #1086 (265 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2123 (90 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |