The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
O' Town Que has finished one call ahead of MONEY SHOT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
MONEY SHOT BBQ
MONEY SHOT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 19 at the Smokin on the Route (2022). They are ranked #3733 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2013
latest Oct 8, 2022 · 9.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.89)
Road miles
240
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
626.86 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.37 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
505.62 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 MONEY SHOT BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MONEY SHOT BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MONEY SHOT BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,738 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MONEY SHOT BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 13 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1500
They turned up 12 years after MONEY SHOT BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Level with MONEY SHOT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before MONEY SHOT 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 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 141.0396 | 161.18 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169.7144 | 143.3832 | 155.89 | top 74% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 153.0972 | 165.02 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 144.5484 | 157.13 | top 61% |
“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 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 4 | 27 | 0 | top 77% | Aug 19, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
193
finished ahead 100 times, behind 222
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Aug 19, 2016 → Jul 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20226 milestones
- First call Smokin on the Route
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin on the Route
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Route
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Peak power rating (1489) Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Most recent contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
20142 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7772 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best overall score654.7772 BBQ and Fly In on the River
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 | Oct 8, 2022 |
| +7.7 | Smokin on the Route | Jul 29, 2022 |
| +1.8 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 15, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 16, 2013 |
| -11.9 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 19, 2016 |
| -3.3 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -0.3 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | Aug 14, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 43% | 94.8% | 92% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90% | 90% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 Tahlequah, OK | 10 / 32 (511.9316) | 2 (177.7028) | 20 (166.8460) | 16 (167.3828) | — |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK | 21 / 32 (499.3144) | 15 (167.3828) | 32 (155.3716) | 5 (176.5600) | — |
| Jul 29, 2022 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 6 / 19 (319.3716) | 7 (149.6572) | 1 (169.7144) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2016 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 56 / 56 (601.5656) | 46 (159.9656) | 56 (143.9544) | 54 (153.0972) | 53 (144.5484) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 41 / 67 (647.8856) | 34 (164.5256) | 57 (154.2628) | 28 (166.2744) | 32 (162.8228) |
| Aug 15, 2014 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 27 / 51 (654.7772) | 24 (167.9772) | 37 (157.6800) | 22 (167.4056) | 24 (161.7144) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 63 / 66 (603.2228) | 66 (141.0396) | 62 (143.3832) | 50 (159.3828) | 35 (159.4172) |