They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE
BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 51 at the Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) (2019). They are ranked #1872 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1545
peak 1545 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Oct 24, 2014
latest Oct 25, 2019 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.84 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 663.76 (+14.08)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.99
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.70 · weakest Chicken (164.04)
Road miles
211
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.76 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #1342 (155 pts) | #1441 (150 pts) | #1347 (170 pts) | #1247 (195 pts) | #1100 (245 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1544
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1548
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1545
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1545
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1545
Level with BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,876 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1545
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH i QUE | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| HOUSE'S BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Wildhouse BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Pullers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' SAUCED | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 157.0972 | 164.04 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 151.4172 | 165.62 | top 50% |
| Pork | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 156.5256 | 169.70 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 152.5488 | 164.40 | top 47% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 35% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Border War Barbeque | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 34% | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Border War BBQ | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 76% | Oct 23, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
237
finished ahead 241 times, behind 139
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Oct 23, 2015 → Jul 27, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- Peak power rating (1545) Border War Barbeque
- Most recent contest Border War Barbeque
20185 milestones
- First call Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1944 Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ
- First overall top-10 Smoke On the Trails
- Career-best overall score691.9200 Smoke On the Trails
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Border War Barbeque
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Border War BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | Smoke On the Trails | Sep 28, 2018 |
| +15 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 11, 2019 |
| +14.3 | Border War Barbeque | Oct 26, 2018 |
| +6.5 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Aug 24, 2018 |
| +3.7 | Border War Barbeque | Oct 25, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Border War BBQ | Oct 24, 2014 |
| -2.1 | Border War BBQ | Oct 23, 2015 |
| -0.5 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Jul 27, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 29% | 98.1% | 95.8% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 96.1% | 93.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Border War Barbeque 🏅 Osawatomie, KS | 22 / 44 (673.0172) | 28 (165.0972) | 15 (170.8228) | 26 (166.2628) | 19 (170.8344) |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 DeSoto, KS | 4 / 51 (176.5600) | 19 (170.8344) | 41 (158.2288) | 10 (173.1200) | 8 (173.7028) |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 10 / 56 (688.4800) | 27 (168.5256) | 13 (173.7144) | 5 (176.5600) | 24 (169.6800) |
| Sep 28, 2018 | Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 7 / 68 (691.9200) | 34 (167.9772) | 4 (176.5600) | 2 (176.5600) | 14 (170.8228) |
| Aug 24, 2018 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 26 / 67 (659.9204) | 38 (159.3828) | 49 (159.4288) | 6 (176) | 22 (165.1088) |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 18 / 27 (654.1944) | 25 (157.0972) | 10 (170.8572) | 8 (172.5600) | 24 (153.6800) |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 24 / 35 (645.0860) | 29 (162.2744) | 20 (163.9656) | 29 (160) | 21 (158.8460) |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS | 34 / 41 (621.6116) | 29 (161.1200) | 37 (151.4172) | 32 (156.5256) | 30 (152.5488) |