A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bearded Boys BBQ
Bearded Boys BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 14th of 53 at the Hudson Valley Ribfest (2019). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2019
latest May 2, 2026 · 6.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.66 · weakest Brisket (153.26)
Road miles
69
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Purse competed for
$80K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bearded Boys BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Bearded Boys BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Bearded Boys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Bearded Boys BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Bearded Boys BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Bearded Boys BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 160.5600 | 162.66 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 147.9544 | 157.39 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 157.1544 | 160.74 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9200 | 151.3484 | 153.26 | top 91% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NY
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
133
finished ahead 36 times, behind 125
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Aug 16, 2019 → Aug 2, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT)
20253 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4232 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open)
- Career-best overall score648.4232 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8460 Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open)
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest
- Peak power rating (1504) Hudson Valley Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | Aug 16, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) | May 2, 2026 |
| -7.7 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) | Aug 2, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 26% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 55 / 59 (631.2572) | 59 (160.5600) | 61 (154.8116) | 55 (159.9656) | 58 (155.9200) |
| May 1, 2026 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated New Paltz, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2026 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) New Paltz, NY | — | — | 17 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship (Open) 🏅 Port Jervis, NY | 43 / 47 (648.4232) | 39 (166.8460) | 41 (163.9772) | 40 (165.0856) | 45 (152.5144) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 14 / 53 (629.6572) | 35 (160.5600) | 48 (147.9544) | 35 (157.1544) | 42 (151.3484) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.