Mistler's BBQ

Mistler's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) (2022), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1442 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Mistlers BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,442

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1569

peak 1570 · rated over 8 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 6, 2015

latest Mar 24, 2023 · 7.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 12 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

670.6852 / 720

Master · MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

Consistency

±6.45

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.62 · weakest Brisket (162.62)

Road miles

511

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

54%

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

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.09 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

334.83 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 1 GC

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.

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5372 points from the title

Came within 0.5372 points of the Grand Championship at So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) (Sep 11, 2021).

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 16%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

670.6852 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.6852 at MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 6, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Damn Fine Beef & Swine has finished one call ahead of Mistler's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 1 Grand Championship

2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 12%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 12%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rucking Fidiculous BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League (Apr 6, 2020).

last seen Apr 21, 2017
back Apr 6, 2020

The metronome

±1.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.0% of a perfect score
12 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
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#182 (260 pts)	#344 (60 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#158 (231 pts)	#129 (314 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#78 (470 pts)	#74 (445 pts)	—	—

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Mistler's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BORDERTOWN BAR B QUE

#1,446 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1568

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 Aug 14, 2021
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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Money$hot BBQ

#1,440 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 90%
Peak: 1569

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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CHARCOAL MONKEY

#1,445 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1588

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Mistler's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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PARTTY ALL KNIGHT

#1,438 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 69%
Peak: 1573

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 69% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 20, 2022

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CROSSCUT BBQ2

#1,450 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1568

They turned up 7 years after Mistler's BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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PLUM SUPERIOR BBQ

#1,439 of the rated field

1569 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1571

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Nov 20, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rucking Fidiculous BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	6	1	5	175.4056	163.4172	170.62	top 19%
Pork Ribs	9	5	1	3	172.5600	160.5372	164.75	top 45%
Pork	3	1	0	1	177.7028	160.5144	168.34	top 44%
Brisket	3	0	0	0	169.6800	152.5144	162.62	top 58%

“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)	3	1	top 14%
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 35%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	2	1	1	top 16%	Sep 10, 2022
Anchor City Cook Off	2	2	0	top 29%	Oct 8, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 3 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 1.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 9 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

First title Sep 10, 2022 So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)

Opponents faced 269 finished ahead 223 times, behind 90

Longest layoff 3 yrs Apr 21, 2017 → Apr 6, 2020

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

20231 milestone

Mar 24 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest

20223 milestones

May 6 10th tracked contest Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff
Sep 10 First Grand Championship So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 10 Peak power rating (1570) So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)

20214 milestones

Sep 11 First category win (Chicken) So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First overall top-10 So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First overall podium So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First Reserve Championship So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)

20171 milestone

Apr 21 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

20153 milestones

Nov 6 First call MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)
Nov 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.6852 MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)
Nov 6 Career-best overall score670.6852 MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)

20141 milestone

Oct 10 First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 8, 2021
+13.4	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	Sep 10, 2022
+13.4	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff	May 6, 2022
+12.1	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	Sep 11, 2021
+7.4	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)	Nov 6, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest	Mar 24, 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)
2023	1	0	0	0	100%	top 49%	92.7%	92.7%
2022	3	1	2	0	67%	top 12%	94.6%	92.4%
2021	2	0	2	2	100%	top 15%	95.2%	93.8%
2020	1	0	0	0	0%	top 20%	94.3%	94.3%
2017	1	0	0	0	100%	top 50%	92.1%	92.1%
2016	1	0	0	0	100%	top 47%	92.7%	92.7%
2015	2	0	0	0	50%	top 46%	93.2%	93.2%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 24, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	18 / 37 (333.6572)	2 (173.1200)	29 (160.5372)	—	—
Sep 10, 2022	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO	1 / 8 (324.5716)	2 (163.4172)	3 (161.1544)	—	—
May 6, 2022	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO	3 / 25 (340.5256)	2 (174.2628)	3 (166.2628)	—	—
May 6, 2022	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs Columbia, MO	—	—	13 (165.1428)	—	—
Oct 8, 2021	Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO	2 / 19 (342.8228)	3 (170.2628)	1 (172.5600)	—	—
Sep 11, 2021	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO	2 / 10 (332.5828)	1 (171.4284)	4 (161.1544)	—	—
Apr 6, 2020	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO	22 / 109 (169.7488)	—	—	—	—
Apr 21, 2017	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	20 / 40 (663.2916)	12 (169.6800)	26 (163.3944)	3 (177.7028)	34 (152.5144)
Oct 14, 2016	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	16 / 34 (667.2916)	15 (167.3828)	6 (169.7144)	27 (160.5144)	11 (169.6800)
Nov 6, 2015	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) St. James, MO	12 / 26 (670.6852)	4 (175.4056)	19 (162.8000)	12 (166.8112)	15 (165.6684)
Oct 9, 2015	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 10, 2014	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	—	—	—	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Mistler's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

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

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)