The Eagle BBQ

The Eagle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 11th of 28 at the Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge (2019). They are ranked #3367 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,367

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1496

peak 1496 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 15, 2018

latest Oct 18, 2019 · 1.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1143

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

667.2568 / 720

Master · Meat Scream BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.16 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.13 (+9.02)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Pork · Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

Consistency

±14.21

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.17 · weakest Brisket (157.05)

Road miles

4,096

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 852 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$46K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.13 / 720

10 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

667.2568 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.2568 at Meat Scream BBQ Competition — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 18, 2019

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.13 points below their pork, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 157.05
Pork avg 163.17
1 call in 11 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JUSTUS BBQ COLORADO in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 7 shared pork entries lost

HONEYMAN BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HONEYMAN BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared pork entries.

The long haul

4,096 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,096 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 852 miles to Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest.

11 mapped stops
furthest 852 mi

The metronome

±1.97% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.97% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
11 contests

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1143 (209 pts)	#1469 (144 pts)	#954 (314 pts)	#1071 (254 pts)	#1209 (204 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Hoochie Que

#3,349 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 9, 2025

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KCKing BBQ

#3,357 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1525

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Apr 8, 2022

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SALE & PEPE

#3,353 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1522

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN SMOKERS

#3,380 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1504

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 22, 2018

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SMOKING TOKING BBQ

#3,356 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1496

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 Nov 1, 2019

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Organized Chaos

#3,355 of the rated field

1496 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before The Eagle BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HONEYMAN BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
#MIDNIGHT SMOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	1	0	168	146.2400	160.23	top 64%
Pork Ribs	10	2	0	172	147.9428	161.17	top 53%
Pork	10	2	1	173.7028	150.2284	163.17	top 53%
Brisket	11	1	1	166.2284	146.8112	157.05	top 61%

“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)	1	top 68%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 62%
Large (40+)	5	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CO	8	0	top 61%
WI	2	0	top 69%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	11	0	top 60%	Sep 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 7 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 9 of 11 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 213 finished ahead 144 times, behind 219

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

20194 milestones

Sep 6 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 6 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Oct 18 Career-best overall score667.2568 Meat Scream BBQ Competition
Oct 18 Most recent contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition

20184 milestones

Jun 15 First tracked contest 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jun 15 Peak power rating (1500) 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
Aug 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9088 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
Aug 17 First call Pikes Peak BBQ Showdown (GRILLING COMPETITORS SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.6	Meat Scream BBQ Competition	Oct 18, 2019
+7.6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 6, 2019
+0.1	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	Oct 19, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 7, 2018
-5.5	LuLu's Brew & Que	Apr 26, 2019
-3.8	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	Aug 3, 2018
-2.6	Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash	Oct 5, 2018
-1.7	Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest	May 31, 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	4	0	0	0	75%	top 55%	92.7%	90.4%
2018	7	0	0	0	14%	top 67%	90.5%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 18, 2019	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	16 / 46 (667.2568)	23 (166.2400)	5 (172)	27 (162.7884)	18 (166.2284)
Sep 6, 2019	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO	11 / 28 (657.0288)	18 (158.2516)	14 (163.4172)	3 (173.7028)	13 (161.6572)
May 31, 2019	Blue Hills Bar-B-Q Fest 🏅 Rice Lake, WI	13 / 19 (638.1716)	19 (146.2400)	9 (163.9888)	4 (168.5600)	12 (159.3828)
Apr 26, 2019	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	31 / 40 (641.0284)	29 (164)	37 (149.0972)	23 (165.0856)	22 (162.8456)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	29 / 48 (647.2912)	27 (165.6800)	12 (167.9656)	20 (165.1200)	41 (148.5256)
Oct 5, 2018	Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash Turtle Lake, WI	18 / 26 (637.0512)	14 (168)	23 (154.8228)	17 (165.1200)	24 (149.1084)
Sep 7, 2018	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	26 / 32 (622.0796)	24 (155.3712)	29 (147.9428)	21 (162.8228)	23 (155.9428)
Aug 17, 2018	Pikes Peak BBQ Showdown (GRILLING COMPETITORS SERIES) Woodland Park, CO	—	4 (161.0856)	—	—	2 (161.0972)
Aug 3, 2018	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	30 / 41 (651.9088)	31 (161.7028)	12 (171.4172)	28 (163.4288)	33 (155.3600)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	18 / 31 (623.3140)	20 (159.3828)	13 (162.2400)	21 (154.8800)	25 (146.8112)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	37 / 62 (626.2052)	42 (156.5828)	34 (158.8456)	46 (150.2284)	26 (160.5484)

The Eagle 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

Pork nemesis

The long haul

The metronome

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)