High-water mark
666.1600
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1600 at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 4, 2018
HOBBS BBQ
HOBBS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 20 at the Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) (2021). They are ranked #3863 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1506 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 4, 2018
latest Oct 8, 2022 · 4.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.91 · weakest Brisket (152.35)
Road miles
136
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
636.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
492.48 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #224 (149 pts) | #239 (139 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #172 (140 pts) | #242 (85 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1448 (137 pts) | #1491 (147 pts) | #1416 (172 pts) | #1122 (252 pts) | #1518 (137 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to HOBBS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
148 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,856 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOBBS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOBBS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
They've been 1517 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before HOBBS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,859 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with HOBBS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before HOBBS BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 155.9084 | 162.91 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 154.2404 | 162.72 | top 60% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 147.3712 | 162.74 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 148.0116 | 152.35 | 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) | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
5 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
154
finished ahead 93 times, behind 136
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Oct 1, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
20186 milestones
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First call Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1600 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score666.1600 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1506) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | May 4, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 | Oct 8, 2022 |
| -3.6 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | May 3, 2019 |
| -2.7 | 10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 26, 2018 |
| -0.9 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -0.5 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) | Oct 1, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 92.7% | 91.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 87% | 87% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 92.5% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 Tahlequah, OK | 29 / 32 (489.0976) | 18 (169.1544) | 23 (163.9660) | 30 (155.9772) | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK | 18 / 32 (500.4224) | 27 (161.6456) | 22 (163.9312) | 10 (174.8456) | — |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Tahlequah, OK | 11 / 20 (487.9316) | 8 (170.2628) | 17 (154.2404) | 12 (163.4284) | — |
| May 3, 2019 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 39 / 56 (626.6168) | 44 (155.9084) | 25 (164.5256) | 38 (157.6800) | 47 (148.5028) |
| Oct 26, 2018 | 10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 20 / 27 (617.0856) | 18 (160) | 14 (161.7028) | 22 (147.3712) | 20 (148.0116) |
| May 4, 2018 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 25 / 68 (666.1600) | 45 (160.5144) | 24 (167.9656) | 5 (177.1428) | 37 (160.5372) |