High-water mark
341.1656
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.1656 at Minnesota in May — 94.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- May 9, 2025
Behemoth BBQ
Behemoth BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 29 at the Smokin in Steele (2023). They are ranked #3398 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1504 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 3.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
18% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.97 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 318.94 (+9.03)
Walk rate
45%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.26 · weakest Chicken (157.39)
Road miles
1,417
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 364 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$58K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
318.94 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 ↗ | Backyard | #326 (60 pts) | #330 (60 pts) | #334 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #213 (199 pts) | #230 (184 pts) | #176 (309 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1250 (75 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #196 (236 pts) | #121 (561 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #750 (260 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #192 (175 pts) | #164 (235 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Behemoth 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.
#3,407 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,397 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Behemoth BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Behemoth BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Behemoth BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,392 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudes BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sensuous BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEY GQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD BOD BARBEQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DAWGS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 138.7428 | 157.39 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 146.7884 | 163.26 | top 44% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 50% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 33% | May 9, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
5 of 11 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
274
finished ahead 208 times, behind 240
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Jul 14, 2023 → Apr 25, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20253 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score341.1656 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Minnesota in May
20232 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.2972 Smokin in Steele
- Peak power rating (1504) Smokin in Steele
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Best of the Midwest BBQ
- First overall top-10 Best of the Midwest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Minnesota in May | May 9, 2025 |
| +6.4 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | Oct 14, 2022 |
| +5 | Smokin in Steele | Jun 2, 2023 |
| +1 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
| -6.9 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -6.6 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 25, 2025 |
| -4.3 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 17, 2023 |
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 83% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 52% | 94.8% | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60% | top 49% | 91.7% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 54% | 82% | 81.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 33 / 40 (329.0628) | 28 (166.2284) | 31 (162.8344) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 12 / 58 (341.1656) | 12 (173.7028) | 17 (167.4628) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 22 (168.5828) | — | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 20 / 24 (318.8228) | 23 (150.8456) | 9 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI | — | — | 9 (163.9772) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 22 / 33 (320.5144) | 29 (154.8344) | 14 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 2, 2023 | Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 10 / 29 (330.2972) | 10 (166.2744) | 12 (164.0228) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 27 / 59 (322.8000) | 27 (159.9428) | 21 (162.8572) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 10 (170.8228) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 10 / 36 (293.5428) | 15 (138.7428) | 8 (154.8000) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 16 / 20 (295.3252) | 17 (148.5368) | 14 (146.7884) | — | — |