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WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ IL

Power ranking

#8
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1850
peak 1859

Contests

110
in the data

First seen

2021-06-11
latest 2026-05-24

Best ToY finish

#1
Backyard 2024

Grand champs

16
9 reserve

Category wins

29
69 podiums

Overall top-10s

62
of 110 contests

Avg finish

top 15%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

7 🔥

Current form

415.04 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 395.45 (+19.59)

Walk rate

79%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

14
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±108.81
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 172.79 · weakest Brisket (170.84)

Road miles

24089
mi across 110 mapped stops · furthest 971 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

QUE U has finished one call ahead of WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Swine-O-licious BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SmoQued On Main St in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: 3 Grand Championships in 4 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-04-25).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 93-team field at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship.

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 4 of 52 at their very first tracked contest, Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 (2021-06-11).

Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 76 57 10 23 180.0000 🔥 155.3716 172.79 top 19%
Pork Ribs 101 68 19 40 180.0000 🔥 159.9772 171.53 top 25%
Pork 22 14 0 6 180.0000 🔥 158.8572 171.96 top 24%
Brisket 7 2 0 0 177.7372 162.8000 170.84 top 36%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IL189top 8%
WI173top 13%
IA71top 18%
TN61top 11%
MN51top 19%
GA40top 15%
KS40top 30%
MO40top 28%
AL30top 24%
OK20top 21%
VA20top 16%
MI11top 4%
FL10top 7%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 33%
Medium (20–39)3912top 14%
Large (40+)314top 13%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026901 692.4796 397.19
20252528 703.9312 389.90
20241667 699.3828 408.02
20232412 682.1828 403.37
20222746 670.8344 411.15
2021935 348.5600 338.96

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-24 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN 15 / 82 (348.5372) 30 (171.9656) 5 (176.5716)
2026-05-23 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN 36 / 117 (692.4796) 15 (177.7028) 26 (175.4056) 111 (161.6340) 14 (177.7372)
2026-05-22 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN 8 (178.2972)
2026-05-22 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN 54 (170.8228)
2026-04-24 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 8 / 24 (339.9772) 6 (173.7028) 15 (166.2744)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 14 / 42 (342.2400) 5 (176.5600) 27 (165.6800)
2026-03-27 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL 3 / 43 (351.9772) 12 (174.2744) 4 (177.7028)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 3 / 125 (353.1200) 7 (177.7028) 6 (175.4172) 2 (180.0000)
2026-03-06 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 3 / 44 (351.9656) 1 (180.0000) 13 (171.9656) 9 (173.1200)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 184 / 401 (679.3600) 2 (180.0000) 16 (177.7028) 357 (158.8572) 297 (162.8000)
2025-10-16 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) Roswell, GA 4 / 36 (703.9312) 18 (176.5600) 1 (180.0000) 8 (177.7028) 24 (169.6684)
2025-09-13 Trekking for CDH Pierron, IL 1 / 27 (346.2516) 4 (170.8228) 1 (175.4288)
2025-09-12 Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL 7 / 28 (351.9772) 5 (177.7144) 10 (174.2628)
2025-09-12 The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL 3 (174.2744)
2025-09-12 The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Battle of the Bones" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Guntersville, AL 1 (180.0000)
2025-08-31 Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 2 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL 10 (166.8228)
2025-08-31 Smokin Ghost BBQ Rib Double Dip 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL 3 (174.2744)
2025-08-16 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 1 / 20 (347.4400) 2 (174.8572) 4 (172.5828)
2025-08-16 Smoke N for the Kids Troy, IL 3 / 32 (343.9544) 9 (167.3944) 1 (176.5600)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Backyard 2) Spencer, IA 7 / 17 (334.2400) 5 (170.2628) 9 (163.9772)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) Spencer, IA 2 / 15 (346.8344) 5 (171.9772) 1 (174.8572)
2025-06-27 Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA 2 (176.5716)
2025-06-20 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 2 / 36 (353.7144) 3 (177.7028) 3 (176.0116)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 3 / 36 (350.2744) 4 (174.2744) 1 (176.0000)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 2 / 36 (352.0000) 13 (173.1200) 1 (178.8800)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 16 (168.5372)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 5 / 58 (344.5488) 4 (176.5600) 15 (167.9888)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 3 (178.2972)
2025-04-25 Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI 2 / 24 (347.9772) 1 (180.0000) 10 (167.9772)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 4 / 49 (350.2628) 3 (176.5600) 10 (173.7028)
2025-03-21 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 18 / 33 (335.3716) 12 (171.9772) 24 (163.3944)
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 5 / 100 (350.2512) 21 (173.1084) 3 (177.1428) 19 (169.6800)
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 40 (169.1084)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 18 / 444 (699.3828) 12 (178.8572) 95 (174.2628) 29 (177.1428) 171 (169.1200)
2024-10-17 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) Roswell, GA 9 / 33 (698.1940) 22 (171.9656) 11 (175.4172) 14 (173.1084) 4 (177.7028)
2024-08-24 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL 1 / 36 (354.3200) 1 (178.8800) 2 (175.4400)
2024-08-17 Smoke N for the Kids Troy, IL 1 / 27 (346.8344) 7 (167.9772) 1 (178.8572)
2024-08-17 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 1 / 26 (354.2628) 1 (178.8572) 4 (175.4056)
2024-07-20 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI 1 / 23 (352.5484) 4 (174.8456) 2 (177.7028)
2024-06-14 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 3 / 40 (345.6800) 4 (171.9772) 3 (173.7028)
2024-06-08 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 3 / 37 (342.7884) 9 (170.8228) 2 (171.9656)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 2 / 41 (349.1200) 6 (173.7028) 3 (175.4172)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 10 (166.8228)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 6 / 58 (343.9656) 28 (166.8228) 2 (177.1428) 4 (169.6800)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 1 (177.1544)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 1 / 42 (351.9772) 6 (174.2628) 1 (177.7144)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 1 / 93 (357.1428) 1 (177.7028) 1 (179.4400) 2 (176.0000)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 2 (178.8572)
2023-11-17 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 9 / 60 (341.6340) 11 (169.6684) 10 (171.9656) 3 (175.4172)
2023-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 9 / 24 (341.0972) 10 (172.5600) 12 (168.5372)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 1 / 21 (354.2972) 1 (177.7372) 1 (176.5600)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 13 (168.5372)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 147 / 487 (682.1828) 149 (171.9772) 298 (166.2284) 56 (175.4172) 194 (168.5600)
2023-09-03 Rib Double Dip (2) (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL 5 (170.8228)
2023-09-03 Rib Double Dip (1) (ONE MEAT RIBS) Chillicothe, IL 3 (171.4172)
2023-08-19 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 8 / 32 (332.5144) 5 (171.9772) 14 (160.5372)
2023-08-12 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS 11 / 29 (349.6800) 5 (177.7144) 16 (171.9656)
2023-08-11 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS
2023-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO 7 / 28 (518.2056) 5 (175.4172) 13 (170.8228) 7 (171.9656)
2023-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) Osceola, MO 20 (161.6572)
2023-07-21 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO 7 / 31 (509.6344) 4 (175.4172) 5 (171.9772) 11 (162.2400)
2023-06-17 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL 5 / 33 (336.5256) 11 (166.2628) 6 (170.2628)
2023-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 3 / 40 (346.8228) 3 (173.7028) 3 (173.1200)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 8 / 43 (336.5028) 15 (166.2284) 5 (170.2744)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 15 (167.3944)
2023-05-27 Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Westmont, IL 2 / 34 (517.6688) 3 (176.5716) 5 (170.8344) 5 (170.2628)
2023-05-20 Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN 2 (175.4172)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 12 / 59 (335.9312) 21 (163.3712) 6 (172.5600)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN 13 (170.2972)
2023-03-17 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 7 / 80 (344.5256) 5 (175.4056) 12 (169.1200)
2023-03-17 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Lebanon, TN 3 (175.4172)
2022-11-12 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL Gadsden, AL 20 / 49 (339.9544) 21 (171.4056) 17 (168.5488)
2022-11-11 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Gadsden, AL
2022-11-04 Saluting with Smoke Single Meat Rib Burn (ONE MEAT RIBS) Yorkville, IL 19 (167.3712)
2022-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI 1 / 20 (348.5256) 4 (174.2628) 1 (174.2628)
2022-10-14 Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI 3 / 36 (332.4800) 3 (167.3828) 4 (165.0972)
2022-10-07 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK 5 / 32 (518.2172) 10 (169.6916) 11 (170.8228) 2 (177.7028)
2022-09-16 Smokin' For Garrett Mt. Carmel, IL 5 / 27 (517.1200) 4 (176.0000) 15 (161.6800) 3 (179.4400)
2022-09-09 Bar-B-QC (Backyard) Davenport, IA 3 / 13 (526.8228) 3 (172.5600) 1 (178.8572) 5 (175.4056)
2022-08-20 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL 1 / 20 (341.1428) 1 (169.1428) 1 (172.0000)
2022-07-22 Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN 7 / 13 (337.6684) 3 (173.7256) 7 (163.9428)
2022-07-15 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Eureka, IL 2 / 25 (333.0512) 4 (166.2284) 4 (166.8228)
2022-07-15 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Eureka, IL 14 (166.8228)
2022-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) Belvidere, IL 6 / 36 (330.7772) 11 (157.6572) 2 (173.1200)
2022-06-24 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - One Meat ribs Belvidere, IL 21 (161.0972)
2022-05-28 Westmont Red White & BBQ Backyard BBQ Cook-Off 2022 (BACKYARD ONLY) Westmont, IL 1 / 28 (345.1084) 4 (170.8456) 1 (174.2628)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN 1 / 38 (348.0228) 2 (174.2856) 2 (173.7372)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN 3 (173.7028)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) Cambridge, MN
2022-05-06 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO 2 / 25 (345.0856) 1 (180.0000) 4 (165.0856)
2022-05-06 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs Columbia, MO 12 (165.6800)
2022-04-29 Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI 4 (170.8228)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) Altoona, IA 2 / 27 (347.9772) 2 (174.8572) 5 (173.1200)
2022-03-26 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA 5 / 50 (513.6688) 8 (171.9772) 3 (171.4288) 5 (170.2628)
2022-03-25 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA 7 (171.9656)
2022-03-25 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA 12 / 53 (493.0400) 20 (155.3716) 8 (166.2512) 7 (171.4172)
2022-03-25 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA 10 (169.6800)
2022-01-28 Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL 4 / 60 (670.8344) 11 (167.3828) 5 (170.8800) 17 (162.3088) 6 (170.2628)
2021-11-12 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard Shawnee, OK 9 / 33 (340.5028) 7 (173.1200) 14 (167.3828)
2021-10-22 Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI 1 / 44 (333.6572) 2 (166.2400) 1 (167.4172)
2021-10-16 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 13 / 36 (332.5028) 10 (168.5372) 18 (163.9656)
2021-10-15 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 9 / 40 (330.8116) 6 (169.1200) 19 (161.6916)
2021-07-16 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 1 Eureka, IL 1 / 25 (341.6800) 3 (166.8228) 1 (174.8572)
2021-07-16 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Rib Contest Eureka, IL 12 (159.9772)
2021-06-25 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) Belvidere, IL 1 / 49 (348.5600) 1 (176.0000) 1 (172.5600)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI 3 / 45 (346.2628) 1 (176.5600) 9 (169.7028)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI 4 / 52 (337.6800) 9 (166.8228) 2 (170.8572)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #15 (962 pts) #14 (952 pts) #37 (787 pts)
2026 ↗ Master #791 (60 pts) #461 (265 pts) #733 (120 pts) #823 (60 pts) #691 (115 pts)
2025 ↗ Backyard #8 (1313 pts) #18 (1199 pts) #2 (1374 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #676 (260 pts) #158 (1337 pts) #616 (273 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Backyard #1 🏆 (1404 pts) #9 (1254 pts) #1 🏆 (1386 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1034 (95 pts) #958 (125 pts) #341 (731 pts) #1231 (60 pts) #1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗ Backyard #28 (1113 pts) #19 (1189 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #1319 (60 pts) #133 (1396 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard #10 (1253 pts) #2 (1341 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #969 (168 pts)
2021 ↗ Backyard #14 (1168 pts) #14 (1184 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1131 (108 pts)

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