Last Minute BBQ

Last Minute BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 10th of 49 at the Smoke on the Bricks (2019). They are ranked #2640 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,640

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1515

peak 1515 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 1, 2013

latest Jun 19, 2020 · 6.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#543

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

680.4684 / 720

Master · Black Silo Winery

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.51 (+13.28)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Pork Ribs · Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

Consistency

±22.69

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.79 · weakest Pork (159.41)

Road miles

1,108

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 220 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 10 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.51 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

680.4684 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.4684 at Black Silo Winery — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 19, 2020

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.38 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Pork avg 159.41
Chicken avg 166.79
0 calls in 12 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKEVILLE in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

4.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4.8 years, then back at BBQ and Fly In on the River (JUDGES FULL) (Aug 17, 2018).

last seen Nov 1, 2013
back Aug 17, 2018

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

SLAPS BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLAPS BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 41% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 58% the rest of the year

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	#636 (126 pts)	#663 (131 pts)	#698 (121 pts)	#1106 (56 pts)	#456 (256 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#543 (610 pts)	#313 (980 pts)	#330 (950 pts)	#662 (505 pts)	#619 (545 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

F.O.M.S.B.

#2,635 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1529

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Last Minute BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Last Minute BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

CHOKIN ON SMOKE

#2,631 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1530

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jul 26, 2019

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HAWG COUNTY COOKERS

#2,645 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

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Pink Ring BBQ

#2,625 of the rated field

1516 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1519

They turned up 10 years after Last Minute BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2023

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MAUS-Q-TEERS

#2,633 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 5 years before Last Minute BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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Evans Ranch BBQ

#2,639 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1515

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Nov 22, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLAPS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
S&S BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Wabash BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKEVILLE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
DROP THE MIKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	4	2	176.0344	151.3712	166.79	top 48%
Pork Ribs	12	4	1	176.5828	147.4172	166.28	top 42%
Pork	12	0	0	169.1200	138.2972	159.41	top 73%
Brisket	12	2	1	175.4056	149.1888	162.03	top 59%

“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)	8	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 62%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	8	top 63%
KS	3	top 35%
AR	1	top 84%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ and Fly In on the River	2	50	0	top 81%	Aug 16, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 9 contests

Contests a season 3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 8 of 12 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 320 finished ahead 206 times, behind 290

Longest layoff 4.8 yrs Nov 1, 2013 → Aug 17, 2018

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

20203 milestones

Jun 19 Career-best overall score680.4684 Black Silo Winery
Jun 19 Peak power rating (1515) Black Silo Winery
Jun 19 Most recent contest Black Silo Winery

20195 milestones

May 31 First call Smoke on the Bricks
May 31 First overall top-10 Smoke on the Bricks
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.9032 Smoke on the Bricks
Aug 2 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5828 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 9 10th tracked contest Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash

20131 milestone

Nov 1 First tracked contest Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	Smoke on the Bricks	May 31, 2019
+11.1	Black Silo Winery	Jun 19, 2020
+4.8	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 7, 2019
+3.8	2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)	Jul 12, 2019
+2.3	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Aug 2, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.2	Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff	Nov 1, 2013
-7.8	BBQ and Fly In on the River (JUDGES FULL)	Aug 17, 2018
-3.1	BBQ and Fly In on the River	Aug 16, 2019
-2.5	Johnson County BBQ Challenge	Jul 5, 2019
-1.1	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 12, 2019

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	0	100%	top 35%	94.5%	94.5%
2019	9	1	67%	top 54%	93.8%	91.9%
2018	1	0	0%	top 88%	83.9%	83.9%
2013	1	0	0%	top 84%	85.7%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 19, 2020	Black Silo Winery 🏅 Trenton, MO	11 / 31 (680.4684)	10 (171.4056)	12 (169.7144)	27 (163.9428)	2 (175.4056)
Aug 16, 2019	BBQ and Fly In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	50 / 68 (653.6116)	53 (161.7028)	41 (165.1316)	31 (166.8344)	47 (159.9428)
Aug 9, 2019	Smokin Trackside BBQ Bash 🏅 Winston, MO	18 / 30 (658.2400)	2 (173.1316)	15 (165.6912)	25 (155.4628)	18 (163.9544)
Aug 2, 2019	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ 🏅 Laurie, MO	18 / 30 (675.3140)	23 (166.2628)	3 (176.5828)	19 (167.3828)	22 (165.0856)
Jul 12, 2019	2nd Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Cameron, MO	17 / 35 (671.3140)	8 (173.1200)	22 (163.3828)	23 (167.4056)	16 (167.4056)
Jul 5, 2019	Johnson County BBQ Challenge 🏅 Warrensburg, MO	27 / 37 (645.0516)	22 (167.4172)	15 (166.8228)	31 (160.5600)	33 (150.2516)
Jun 14, 2019	Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS	21 / 38 (661.6460)	12 (170.8344)	6 (171.9772)	29 (160.5256)	28 (158.3088)
Jun 7, 2019	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	12 / 39 (668.5260)	2 (176.0344)	5 (171.4172)	14 (169.1200)	33 (151.9544)
May 31, 2019	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	10 / 49 (674.9032)	18 (166.8344)	9 (171.4288)	26 (164.0456)	7 (172.5944)
Apr 12, 2019	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO	36 / 54 (643.4060)	27 (166.2628)	13 (169.1316)	53 (138.2972)	17 (169.7144)
Aug 17, 2018	BBQ and Fly In on the River (JUDGES FULL) Excelsior Springs, MO	50 / 57 (604.3884)	49 (151.3712)	53 (147.4172)	55 (145.0972)	39 (160.5028)
Nov 1, 2013	Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Cookoff Harrison, AR	21 / 25 (617.2576)	22 (157.1428)	20 (156.6288)	22 (154.2972)	22 (149.1888)

Last Minute 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

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

A June team

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)