R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM

R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 12th of 25 at the Fire it up Frostproof! (2019). They are ranked #4774 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “R. C. Buck's Grillin' Team” and “R.C. BUCKS GRILLIN� TEAM”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,774

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1467 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 26, 2018

latest Sep 11, 2020 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#856

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

674.1828 / 720

Master · Fire it up Frostproof!

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.15 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 637.97 (-4.83)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2744

Pork · Lakeland Pig Festival

Consistency

±52.40

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.76 · weakest Chicken (162.43)

Road miles

2,626

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,088 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$82K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

637.97 / 720

9 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

674.1828 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.1828 at Fire it up Frostproof! — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 6, 2020

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.33 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Chicken avg 162.43
Pork avg 166.76
0 calls in 9 entries

Pork nemesis

6 of 6 shared pork entries lost

SWAMP BOYS ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SWAMP BOYS has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±7.28% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.28% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 88.6% of a perfect score
best 93.6%

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	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#542 (185 pts)	—
2019 ↗	Master	#930 (295 pts)	#974 (290 pts)	#950 (315 pts)	#745 (435 pts)	#850 (370 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1380 (175 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Back 40 BBQ

#4,764 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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BBQ TEAM NATTE

#4,797 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2023

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BuBByQ

#4,778 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Level with R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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Butts & Guts

#4,775 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

They've been 1512 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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JIM BOB'S BBQ

#4,777 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 5, 2019

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TOM'S SMOKIN' GOOD TIMES BBQ

#4,776 of the rated field

1467 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1514

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 6 years before R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOT WACHULA'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SWAMP BOYS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HOGS GONE WILD BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SWINOS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
STOKIN SMOKE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
KNIFE PORK AND SPOON	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Double Barrel Smokers	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	0	169.1084	153.6684	162.43	top 68%
Pork Ribs	9	1	0	169.1200	151.9888	162.45	top 68%
Pork	9	3	0	174.2744	157.6572	166.76	top 50%
Brisket	8	3	1	173.7028	151.3828	164.62	top 51%

“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)	5	0	top 72%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
FL	7	top 69%
GA	1	top 79%
IA	1	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Fire it up Frostproof!	3	12	0	top 61%	Mar 6, 2020
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	44	0	top 75%	Jan 25, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 7 of 9 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 306 finished ahead 119 times, behind 333

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

20202 milestones

Mar 6 Career-best overall score674.1828 Fire it up Frostproof!
Sep 11 Most recent contest Swine At the Shrine

20185 milestones

Jan 26 First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 26 First call Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 26 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2744 Lakeland Pig Festival
Jan 26 Peak power rating (1496) Lakeland Pig Festival
Nov 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.6852 Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5	Fire it up Frostproof!	Mar 6, 2020
+4.3	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 16, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 22, 2019
-9.9	Fire it up Frostproof!	Sep 1, 2018
-6.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 25, 2019
-4.5	Swine At the Shrine	Sep 11, 2020
-4	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 26, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	2	50%	top 63%	93.6%	93.5%
2019	4	50%	top 73%	93.3%	85.4%
2018	3	67%	top 70%	92.6%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2020	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	30 / 38 (672.4456)	29 (167.3944)	34 (165.6916)	17 (171.9656)	30 (167.3940)
Mar 6, 2020	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	15 / 32 (674.1828)	16 (166.2400)	18 (166.8572)	9 (170.2628)	8 (170.8228)
Nov 22, 2019	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	39 / 39 (496.4688)	26 (161.6800)	29 (161.6688)	5 (173.1200)	—
Oct 4, 2019	Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	34 / 49 (650.7772)	41 (154.8116)	32 (163.4400)	13 (169.6800)	28 (162.8456)
Apr 12, 2019	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	12 / 25 (671.8512)	13 (167.3828)	9 (169.1200)	21 (162.2400)	2 (173.1084)
Jan 25, 2019	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	44 / 58 (641.0176)	50 (155.9084)	32 (164.5488)	42 (159.9888)	37 (160.5716)
Nov 16, 2018	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	22 / 44 (666.6852)	18 (169.1084)	26 (166.2168)	40 (157.6572)	7 (173.7028)
Sep 1, 2018	Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL	21 / 24 (637.0060)	16 (165.6800)	23 (152.4800)	19 (161.6800)	20 (157.1660)
Jan 26, 2018	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	44 / 60 (631.3144)	55 (153.6684)	49 (151.9888)	6 (174.2744)	46 (151.3828)

R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM

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 (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

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)