The comeback
6.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.2 years, then back at Smoke-N-Wings (Jun 27, 2025).
- last seen May 3, 2019
- back Jun 27, 2025
Xtreme BBQ
Xtreme BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 15 at the Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “X-TREME BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 7.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.84 · weakest Brisket (151.97)
Road miles
2,418
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,782 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.61 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
305.68 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Xtreme BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Xtreme BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Xtreme BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Xtreme BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Xtreme BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Xtreme BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 153.1200 | 164.84 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4060 | 145.0628 | 154.11 | top 81% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 154.8572 | 157.71 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 149.6572 | 151.97 | top 97% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ID
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
58
finished ahead 8 times, behind 67
Longest layoff
6.2 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Jun 27, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8120 Smoke-N-Wings
- Career-best overall score650.8120 Smoke-N-Wings
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Smoke-N-Wings
- Most recent contest Smoke-N-Wings
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1495) Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series)
- First call Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 27, 2025 |
| -8.4 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 26, 2026 |
| -4.6 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) | May 3, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 29 / 31 (650.8120) | 11 (174.2744) | 26 (167.4060) | 31 (154.8572) | 31 (154.2744) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 31 / 32 (624.4116) | 15 (169.1316) | 31 (145.0628) | 31 (160.5600) | 30 (149.6572) |
| May 3, 2019 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) Elk Grove, CA | 10 / 15 (305.6800) | 11 (153.1200) | 11 (152.5600) | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Ceres Bands Brews & BBQ Throwdown / Formerly Smoke on the River Ceres, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2015 | Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series) Blue Island, IL | — | 5 (162.8228) | 10 (151.4288) | — | — |