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
- Jun 22, 2018
BORDER WAR BBQ
BORDER WAR BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 10th of 185 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle (2018). They are ranked #2007 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1538
peak 1539 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 23, 2017
latest Jun 21, 2019 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% 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
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.07 · weakest Chicken (162.83)
Road miles
84
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.97 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BORDER WAR BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1543
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to BORDER WAR BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — BORDER WAR BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,993 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1547
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,996 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1539
They turned up 6 years after BORDER WAR BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1538
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,012 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
Level with BORDER WAR BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
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.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
779
finished ahead 803 times, behind 389
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20185 milestones
- 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)
20172 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2018 |
| +10.4 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Aug 24, 2018 |
| +8.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| +5.7 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| +0.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2019 |
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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2019 | 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) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 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) |
| Aug 24, 2018 | 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) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 10 / 185 (674.2052) | 13 (170.8456) | 21 (169.7256) | 80 (162.2284) | 9 (171.4056) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 53 / 112 (648.5256) | 89 (155.9656) | 19 (170.2744) | 73 (160.5828) | 55 (161.7028) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | 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) |