High-water mark
664.5372
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5372 at Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 16, 2014
Big O BBQ
Big O BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 5th of 26 at the Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival (2014). They are ranked #4961 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Aug 17, 2013
latest Sep 9, 2022 · 9.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.80 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 625.55 (+3.25)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.18
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.71 · weakest Brisket (152.80)
Road miles
5,636
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,033 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Purse competed for
$9,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
625.55 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
147.95 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 Big O BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Big O BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big O BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Big O BBQ)
They've been 1525 at their best, 62 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,974 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Big O BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 18 contests to 8.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1510
They turned up 9 years after Big O BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,957 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Big O BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,945 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Big O BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 140.5828 | 157.71 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 143.4288 | 157.24 | top 62% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 137.7028 | 156.57 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 137.1200 | 152.80 | top 65% |
“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 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 75% | Aug 19, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 8 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
936
finished ahead 309 times, behind 1,005
Longest layoff
6.1 yrs
Aug 19, 2016 → Sep 9, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
20145 milestones
- First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5372 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score664.5372 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
- First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Aug 16, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.5 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Aug 19, 2016 |
| -8.5 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down | Jun 13, 2014 |
| -7.3 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| -5.9 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| -5.4 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 9, 2022 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 20.5% | 20.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 87.5% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 59% | 92.3% | 88.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 21 / 32 (147.9544) | — | — | 17 (147.9544) | — |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg | 25 / 25 (595.9888) | 18 (162.8572) | 22 (150.2860) | 25 (137.7028) | 24 (145.1428) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 467 / 606 (626.8912) | 591 (140.5828) | 201 (167.4400) | 401 (160.0228) | 359 (158.8456) |
| Aug 21, 2015 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB | 14 / 22 (629.6692) | 10 (159.9544) | 21 (148.0232) | 5 (165.1316) | 13 (156.5600) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 434 / 552 (626.9144) | 475 (153.1428) | 199 (166.9260) | 134 (169.7256) | 531 (137.1200) |
| Aug 16, 2014 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada | 5 / 26 (664.5372) | 2 (175.4172) | 14 (162.2628) | 13 (162.8800) | 8 (163.9772) |
| Jun 13, 2014 | Grill Billies BBQ Show Down Niverville Manitoba Canada | 11 / 14 (613.7260) | 8 (159.4628) | 4 (162.3088) | 14 (144.5600) | 11 (147.3944) |
| Aug 17, 2013 | Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA | 16 / 26 (621.1088) | 15 (152.5600) | 26 (143.4288) | 9 (164.5828) | 9 (160.5372) |