#4,428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersChris' BBQ
Chris' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 15th of 15 at the Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (2025). They finished #1042 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 18, 2024
latest May 17, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.87 · weakest Pork (148.92)
Road miles
277
across 6 mapped stops
Master avg
616.78 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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)
The teams rated closest to Chris' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Chris' BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 151 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Chris' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Chris' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Chris' BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Chris' 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 156.5600 | 158.27 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8800 | 158.2744 | 167.87 | top 54% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3944 | 146.2628 | 148.92 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8112 | 147.9772 | 149.50 | top 95% |
“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 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 98% | May 17, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Opponents faced
26
finished ahead 1 times, behind 34
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score618.8228 Muehlviertler BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20244 milestones
- First tracked contest Muehlviertler BBQ Festival
- First call Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 100% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 95% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2025 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna | — | — | 9 (171.4400) | — | — |
| May 17, 2025 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt | 15 / 15 (618.8228) | 14 (159.9772) | 11 (162.8800) | 15 (146.2628) | 15 (149.7028) |
| May 17, 2025 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt | — | — | — | — | 12 (147.9772) |
| May 17, 2025 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt | — | — | — | 15 (151.3944) | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna | — | — | 1 (178.8800) | — | — |
| May 18, 2024 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt | 21 / 22 (614.7428) | 20 (156.5600) | 16 (158.2744) | 22 (149.0972) | 19 (150.8112) |