High-water mark
684.5144
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 684.5144 at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 3, 2019
LaMac's
LaMac's is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 26 at the Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon (2018). They are ranked #2008 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1538
peak 1538 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 28, 2017
latest May 7, 2021 · 3.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.34 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.14)
Road miles
269
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 131 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1210 (70 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1342 (155 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #1399 (155 pts) | #1513 (130 pts) | #1066 (260 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1500 (125 pts) | #1054 (280 pts) | #1950 (70 pts) | #1846 (95 pts) | #1511 (140 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to LaMac's, each with one reason worth a look.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before LaMac's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,011 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
Level with LaMac's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1539
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Compare careers#2,022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before LaMac's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before LaMac's'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN DAN | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 159.3944 | 168.67 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 158.8228 | 166.14 | top 46% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 163.9544 | 169.34 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.2972 | 168.68 | top 40% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
136
finished ahead 122 times, behind 65
Longest layoff
2 yrs
May 3, 2019 → May 7, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score684.5144 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1538) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
20184 milestones
- First call Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
- First overall top-10 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon
- First category win (Chicken) Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7772 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | May 3, 2019 |
| +13.2 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | Apr 6, 2018 |
| +8.5 | Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | Jun 1, 2018 |
| +2.9 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Jul 28, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.1 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival | May 7, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 28% | 94.3% | 94.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2021 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 30 / 53 (665.5428) | 28 (169.1200) | 29 (165.0972) | 27 (166.2284) | 23 (165.0972) |
| May 3, 2019 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 8 / 56 (684.5144) | 34 (159.3944) | 8 (173.1428) | 11 (174.2744) | 2 (177.7028) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK | 11 / 30 (676.5256) | 1 (177.7144) | 22 (158.8228) | 17 (167.9656) | 9 (172.0228) |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 5 / 26 (678.8000) | 6 (172) | 12 (166.2400) | 4 (174.2972) | 12 (166.2628) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 16 / 27 (658.7772) | 18 (165.1200) | 11 (167.4056) | 16 (163.9544) | 21 (162.2972) |