TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ

TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 22 at The Hayfield (2020). They are ranked #6136 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,136

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1426

peak 1426 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 2, 2018

latest Jul 10, 2026 · 8.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#597

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

677.1432 / 720

Master · Mankato Cookout (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 650.08 (+4.46)

Walk rate

21%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · 13th Annual Big Island BBQ

Consistency

±13.90

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.44 · weakest Brisket (160.29)

Road miles

2,029

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 266 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)

Purse competed for

$116K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

650.08 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

677.1432 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.1432 at Mankato Cookout (Day 2) — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 9, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Borgy the BBQ Butcher has finished one call ahead of TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.15 points below their pork, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 6%.

Brisket avg 160.29
Pork avg 164.44
1 call in 18 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin G's BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at KTD Smokn' Gobbler (Jul 10, 2026).

last seen Jun 2, 2023
back Jul 10, 2026

Pork nemesis

13 of 16 shared pork entries lost

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY ahead 81% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY has out-cooked them in 13 of 16 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin Big has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.3% of a perfect score
19 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1220 (69 pts)	#1288 (69 pts)	#1106 (124 pts)	#1146 (99 pts)	#1231 (74 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#803 (183 pts)	#880 (178 pts)	#793 (238 pts)	#827 (193 pts)	#855 (178 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#739 (185 pts)	#699 (235 pts)	#457 (454 pts)	#670 (235 pts)	#659 (250 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#597 (152 pts)	#504 (222 pts)	#643 (147 pts)	#642 (142 pts)	#455 (257 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1226 (180 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1285 (180 pts)	#810 (395 pts)	#1244 (190 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#934 (315 pts)	#1013 (300 pts)	#949 (345 pts)	#889 (365 pts)	#994 (300 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

UTB BBQ

#6,137 of the rated field

1426 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1426

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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DU-LITTLE BBQ

#6,142 of the rated field

1425 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1425

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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SPECIAL ED'S BBQ

#6,138 of the rated field

1426 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1426

Fewer contests behind them than TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ has cooked, 13 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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BBQ De Reizende Mannen

#6,140 of the rated field

1426 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1426

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 8% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Nov 30, 2019

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Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers

#6,141 of the rated field

1425 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1425

Level with TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Apr 11, 2025

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SMOKIN ROSES

#6,135 of the rated field

1426 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1426

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 17, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Hogline	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
PO PO PORK	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Swampview BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Borgy the BBQ Butcher	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Big	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	1	0	171.9772	142.1828	163.24	top 69%
Pork Ribs	18	1	1	176.5600	145.6228	161.75	top 68%
Pork	17	1	0	173.7144	151.3828	164.44	top 63%
Brisket	18	1	0	171.9884	146.2172	160.29	top 71%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 77%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MN	15	top 76%
IA	1	top 74%
SD	1	top 78%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin in Steele	3	22	top 74%	Jun 2, 2023
Minnesota in May (Masters)	3	36	top 73%	May 13, 2022
Mankato Cookout (Day 2)	2	22	top 74%	Jun 9, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MN 16 of 19 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 348 finished ahead 192 times, behind 688

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Jun 2, 2023 → Jul 10, 2026

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

20261 milestone

Jul 10 Most recent contest KTD Smokn' Gobbler

20211 milestone

Aug 20 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 13th Annual Big Island BBQ

20201 milestone

Aug 28 10th tracked contest Minnesota in Mayaugust

20191 milestone

Jul 19 First call Cookin On Kampeska

20184 milestones

Mar 2 First tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Mar 2 Peak power rating (1489) Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Jun 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.1432 Mankato Cookout (Day 2)
Jun 9 Career-best overall score677.1432 Mankato Cookout (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.1	Mankato Cookout (Day 2)	Jun 9, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship	Mar 2, 2018
-8.8	Minnesota in May	May 10, 2019
-8.6	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off	Jul 15, 2022
-7.3	Mankato Cookout (Day 1)	Jun 8, 2018
-6.4	Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest)	Jun 3, 2022

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	100%	top 82%	92%	92%
2023	1	0%	top 76%	91.6%	91.6%
2022	3	0%	top 84%	90.9%	90.3%
2021	4	25%	top 68%	92.2%	91.8%
2020	2	50%	top 71%	90.6%	90.5%
2019	3	33%	top 76%	90.2%	89.5%
2018	5	0%	top 78%	94%	89.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 10, 2026	KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN	27 / 33 (662.7084)	10 (171.9656)	—	30 (161.6572)	28 (159.3828)
Jun 2, 2023	Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	22 / 29 (659.4288)	22 (164.5944)	11 (168)	16 (165.7144)	21 (161.1200)
Jul 15, 2022	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	39 / 40 (645.6116)	34 (163.9656)	39 (157.6688)	33 (162.8000)	32 (161.1772)
Jun 3, 2022	Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN	24 / 33 (654.1716)	27 (163.3828)	13 (169.7372)	26 (165.0972)	29 (155.9544)
May 13, 2022	Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN	48 / 59 (650.7660)	52 (158.8460)	35 (163.9772)	22 (170.2628)	52 (157.6800)
Sep 24, 2021	Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	26 / 35 (663.8512)	14 (171.9772)	32 (157.6684)	14 (170.8228)	27 (163.3828)
Aug 20, 2021	13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN	24 / 35 (662.2056)	32 (153.6916)	2 (176.5600)	29 (159.9656)	11 (171.9884)
May 7, 2021	Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN	36 / 60 (657.6228)	26 (168.0116)	21 (165.6800)	46 (160.5484)	35 (163.3828)
May 7, 2021	Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN	—	—	27 (158.2516)	—	—
Aug 28, 2020	Minnesota in Mayaugust 🏅 Cambridge, MN	31 / 45 (650.1944)	12 (171.9772)	41 (157.0972)	36 (161.1428)	35 (159.9772)
Jun 19, 2020	The Hayfield 🏅 Fort Ripley, MN	16 / 22 (652.5148)	15 (163.3944)	17 (160.5716)	—	4 (169.1544)
Jul 19, 2019	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	31 / 40 (649.5540)	29 (161.6800)	33 (161.1200)	7 (173.1084)	37 (153.6456)
May 31, 2019	Smokin In Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	31 / 43 (641.5544)	29 (163.4060)	42 (145.6228)	11 (170.8228)	23 (161.7028)
May 10, 2019	Minnesota in May 🏅	44 / 57 (641.4972)	56 (142.1828)	37 (162.2516)	17 (170.8228)	28 (166.2400)
Aug 17, 2018	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	32 / 40 (647.8400)	30 (163.9544)	20 (166.8344)	34 (161.1200)	31 (155.9312)
Jun 9, 2018	Mankato Cookout (Day 2) Mankato, MN	22 / 42 (677.1432)	26 (171.4172)	21 (168.0116)	12 (173.7144)	34 (164)
Jun 8, 2018	Mankato Cookout (Day 1) Mankato, MN	42 / 44 (627.8972)	32 (166.8456)	41 (155.3600)	44 (151.3828)	41 (154.3088)
May 11, 2018	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	48 / 70 (643.8864)	46 (162.8232)	55 (158.8116)	47 (162.2628)	46 (159.9888)
Mar 2, 2018	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	53 / 57 (612.9032)	52 (154.2172)	47 (158.2288)	52 (154.2400)	52 (146.2172)

TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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