WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE

WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 20 at the JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition (2026). They are ranked #1783 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,783

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1556 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 4, 2018

latest Aug 1, 2026 · 8.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#401

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

70% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

695.3716 / 720

Master · Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.29 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.10 (+14.19)

Walk rate

90%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition

Consistency

±20.90

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.20 · weakest Brisket (162.31)

Road miles

883

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

666.10 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

6 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 6

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.3716 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.3716 at Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 23, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ has finished one call ahead of WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

MEAN MOE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MEAN MOE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 70%.

Brisket avg 162.31
Chicken avg 169.20
5 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Blokes in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

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The comeback

5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Jack 9 Memorial (May 25, 2024).

last seen May 25, 2019
back May 25, 2024

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
2026 ↗	Master	#401 (485 pts)	#357 (625 pts)	#526 (400 pts)	#329 (650 pts)	#482 (385 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#563 (298 pts)	#533 (388 pts)	#553 (383 pts)	#634 (263 pts)	#711 (208 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#786 (170 pts)	#919 (140 pts)	#900 (160 pts)	#824 (170 pts)	#894 (130 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1459 (145 pts)	#1740 (110 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#1124 (235 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#925 (319 pts)	#846 (394 pts)	#991 (324 pts)	#709 (514 pts)	#1147 (244 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Slice to Meat You

#1,786 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1548

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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K-10 BBQ

#1,784 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1553

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Big Mike's Smokehouse

#1,778 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1549

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Big Pig Inc

#1,790 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1559

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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SHAKIN NOT STIRRED

#1,781 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1548

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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RED'S SMOKE'N BBQ OF WY

#1,791 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1548

Level with WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MEAN MOE'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
HASHTAG BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BBQ Blokes	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
What For BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Rub Sweat and Beers	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	7	2	4	178.8572	154.2628	169.20	top 33%
Pork Ribs	10	6	0	1	174.2744	157.1200	166.49	top 42%
Pork	10	7	1	2	177.7028	154.2628	168.09	top 34%
Brisket	10	5	0	1	171.9772	146.2284	162.31	top 54%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 35%
Large (40+)	2	top 35%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
ON	8	0	top 33%
NY	2	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	2	4	0	top 27%	May 23, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in ON 8 of 10 contests · 2 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 150 finished ahead 164 times, behind 93

Longest layoff 5 yrs May 25, 2019 → May 25, 2024

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

20264 milestones

May 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
Jun 19 Peak power rating (1556) New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
Aug 1 10th tracked contest Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff
Aug 1 Most recent contest Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff

20252 milestones

May 24 First category win (Chicken) Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
Aug 23 Career-best overall score695.3716 Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle

20184 milestones

May 4 First tracked contest BBQ in The Valley
Jul 13 First call Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic
Jul 13 First overall top-10 Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic
Jul 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5488 Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic	Jul 13, 2018
+9.8	Jack 9 Memorial	May 25, 2024
+9.4	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	May 23, 2026
+8.3	Capital BBQ Festival	May 25, 2019
+8.3	Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle	Aug 23, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff	Aug 1, 2026
-5.1	BBQ in The Valley	May 4, 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	3	2	100%	top 38%	96.1%	94.7%
2025	2	2	1	100%	top 31%	96.6%	94.2%
2024	1	1	0	100%	top 25%	92.8%	92.8%
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 30%	91.7%	91.7%
2018	3	1	0	67%	top 48%	92.9%	89.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 1, 2026	Camper's Corner BBQ Cookoff London, ON	8 / 14 (669.0288)	2 (175.4172)	12 (158.8116)	1 (173.7028)	11 (161.0972)
Jun 19, 2026	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON	6 / 16 (683.9772)	10 (166.8572)	9 (169.1428)	3 (177.7028)	6 (170.2744)
May 23, 2026	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	4 / 20 (691.9540)	1 (178.8572)	5 (173.1428)	5 (173.7028)	10 (166.2512)
Aug 23, 2025	Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON	6 / 22 (695.3716)	12 (172.5600)	9 (174.2744)	4 (176.5600)	9 (171.9772)
May 24, 2025	Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	9 / 26 (661.0972)	1 (176.5828)	2 (172)	22 (154.8000)	20 (157.7144)
May 25, 2024	Jack 9 Memorial La Salette, ON	5 / 20 (667.9084)	8 (165.7028)	6 (170.8228)	5 (168.5600)	9 (162.8228)
May 25, 2019	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	13 / 43 (659.9200)	9 (169.1200)	15 (165.1200)	33 (154.2628)	3 (171.4172)
Sep 22, 2018	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	20 / 51 (626.1024)	32 (154.2628)	21 (157.6456)	4 (167.9656)	36 (146.2284)
Jul 13, 2018	Niagara Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	7 / 24 (668.5488)	3 (171.4628)	7 (166.8572)	4 (173.7144)	16 (156.5144)
May 4, 2018	BBQ in The Valley Jamestown, NY	19 / 25 (637.0628)	13 (161.1428)	17 (157.1200)	14 (159.9772)	17 (158.8228)

WINE COUNTRY BARBECUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

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)