HELMUTH BBQ

HELMUTH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 8th of 36 at the Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 (2020). They are ranked #1976 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,976

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1539 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 6, 2018

latest Sep 11, 2020 · 2.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#783

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

33% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7884 / 720

Master · Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Pork Ribs · Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1

Consistency

±10.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.23 · weakest Pork (164.20)

Road miles

106

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi

Schedule strength

83%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.41 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

682.7884 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7884 at Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 11, 2020

Their season

2020 their best year

2020 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.04 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 33%.

Pork avg 164.20
Pork Ribs avg 169.23
2 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JACKS PIT SHACK in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1611 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1611 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.

5 rated 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
2020 ↗	Master	#783 (90 pts)	#839 (85 pts)	#774 (110 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#762 (110 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1436 (140 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1484 (150 pts)	#1254 (205 pts)	#1139 (245 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Belly Buss Barbeque

#1,975 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1539

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to HELMUTH BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HELMUTH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2021
on a 6-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Uncle Vic's BBQ

#1,971 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

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Lucky Charms

#1,983 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2020

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She Thinks My Slabs R Sexy

#1,980 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1539

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before HELMUTH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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C-N-B BAR-B-Q

#1,985 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1547

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Mar 10, 2017

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Secondhand Smoke BBQ Team

#1,988 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1539

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOOSIERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
FARMER'S RETREAT SMOKIN BARBEQUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	0	170.2628	156.5484	165.58	top 52%
Pork Ribs	6	2	1	175.4172	161.7028	169.23	top 31%
Pork	5	2	0	172.5600	156.5144	164.20	top 52%
Brisket	5	1	0	170.2856	162.2628	166.61	top 38%

“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)	2	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Rockin BBQ	3	10	0	top 36%	May 29, 2020

More numbers

Busiest season 2020 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IN 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Opponents faced 125 finished ahead 139 times, behind 86

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs May 10, 2019 → May 29, 2020

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

20204 milestones

Sep 11 Career-best overall score682.7884 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1
Sep 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1
Sep 11 Peak power rating (1539) Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1
Sep 11 Most recent contest Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1

20191 milestone

May 10 First overall top-10 Rockin BBQ

20183 milestones

Apr 6 First tracked contest CCS Fest
Apr 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3488 CCS Fest
May 11 First call Rockin BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.8	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1	Sep 11, 2020
+12.8	Rockin BBQ	May 10, 2019
+11.3	Rockin BBQ	May 29, 2020
+2.7	Rockin BBQ	May 11, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.5	CCS Fest	Apr 6, 2018

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	3	1	67%	top 26%	94.8%	93.5%
2019	1	1	0%	top 24%	93.2%	93.2%
2018	2	0	50%	top 62%	91.5%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	8 / 36 (682.7884)	18 (167.9656)	2 (175.4172)	8 (172.5600)	15 (166.8456)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN	—	—	9 (170.2628)	—	—
May 29, 2020	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	19 / 66 (663.3596)	20 (167.4056)	15 (170.2972)	54 (156.5256)	15 (169.1312)
May 10, 2019	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	10 / 42 (670.7656)	15 (170.2628)	11 (170.8456)	18 (165.1088)	20 (164.5484)
May 11, 2018	Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	21 / 37 (658.8112)	32 (156.5484)	24 (161.7028)	9 (170.2744)	5 (170.2856)
Apr 6, 2018	CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	33 / 49 (651.3488)	28 (165.7028)	20 (166.8688)	44 (156.5144)	31 (162.2628)

HELMUTH 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

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

They cook the hard rooms

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

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)