B2 BBQ

B2 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 6th of 59 at the Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (2020). They are ranked #2676 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “B2BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,676

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1514 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 19, 2018

latest Jan 17, 2020 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#423

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2400 / 720

Master · Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Brisket · Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Consistency

±15.70

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.69)

Road miles

388

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$45K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.10 / 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

682.2400 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2400 at Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jan 17, 2020

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

Bad Boyz BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

Bad Boyz BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.53 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 161.69
Chicken avg 168.21
0 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 CLOUD OF SMOKE BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

5 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUTTHEAD BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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	#423 (255 pts)	#419 (280 pts)	#572 (180 pts)	#682 (125 pts)	#407 (290 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1931 (75 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1521 (135 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to B2 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Weasel's Bone Lickin' BBQ

#2,665 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1514

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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Truckin Sauced

#2,682 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1514

Level with B2 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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Primal-Q

#2,667 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jan 13, 2023

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PIGTASTIC QUE

#2,684 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1521

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before B2 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Outlaw Smokeshack

#2,668 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before B2 BBQ's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2016

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SportsPage Smokers

#2,679 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
All About Smokin Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PORTLY FELLAS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	173.1200	155.4288	168.21	top 38%
Pork Ribs	5	0	169.1772	154.2400	161.69	top 64%
Pork	4	0	167.9772	155.3944	161.81	top 63%
Brisket	5	2	173.1200	152	166.16	top 44%

“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)	1	0	top 82%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 49%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	6	0	top 41%	Jan 17, 2020
Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival	2	26	0	top 73%	Sep 27, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AZ 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 131 finished ahead 116 times, behind 125

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

20205 milestones

Jan 17 First overall top-10 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 17 Career-best overall score682.2400 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 17 Peak power rating (1514) Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 17 Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

20183 milestones

Jan 19 First tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3140 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Sep 28 First call Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.2	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2020
+6.1	Arizona National BBQ Stampede	Dec 27, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6	Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival	Sep 27, 2019
-2.8	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 19, 2018
-0.6	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival	Sep 28, 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	1	1	100%	top 10%	94.8%	94.8%
2019	2	0	100%	top 65%	93.3%	91.2%
2018	2	0	50%	top 68%	91%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 17, 2020	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	6 / 59 (682.2400)	12 (173.1200)	13 (169.1772)	26 (166.8228)	7 (173.1200)
Dec 27, 2019	Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ	21 / 44 (671.8856)	8 (173.1200)	41 (158.2400)	—	12 (172.5600)
Sep 27, 2019	Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ	27 / 33 (641.6344)	9 (169.7028)	18 (164.5372)	27 (155.3944)	29 (152)
Sep 28, 2018	Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ	26 / 40 (644.4460)	33 (155.4288)	22 (162.2516)	32 (157.0628)	10 (169.7028)
Jan 19, 2018	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	50 / 70 (655.3140)	30 (169.7028)	66 (154.2400)	31 (167.9772)	46 (163.3940)

B2 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

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

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)