Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Full Belly BBQ
Full Belly BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 30th of 43 at the All American BBQ Throwdown (2025). They finished #1020 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2024
latest Aug 1, 2025 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.41 · weakest Brisket (161.41)
Road miles
148
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.08 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #621 (260 pts) | #952 (122 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1041 (110 pts) | #1008 (124 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1106 (90 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Full Belly BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Full Belly 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 128 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,409 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Full Belly BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Full Belly BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Full Belly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Full Belly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Full Belly 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 | 171.9656 | 170.8456 | 171.41 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 159.9772 | 166.60 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 160.0116 | 166.86 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 158.2628 | 161.41 | top 78% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 1 win · 1 call
Opponents faced
82
finished ahead 31 times, behind 72
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Apr 19, 2024 → May 9, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First call Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best overall score663.3716 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7884 GLBBQA Spring Fling
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown (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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | top 70% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 30 / 43 (663.3716) | 15 (171.9656) | 31 (166.8344) | 35 (160.0116) | 31 (164.5600) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 23 (165.6800) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 1 (180) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 44 / 62 (662.7884) | 28 (170.8456) | 52 (159.9772) | 19 (173.7028) | 52 (158.2628) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 32 (160.5256) | — | — |