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GOD'S COUNTRY BBQ

GOD'S COUNTRY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (2026), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1419 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Gods Country BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,419
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1570
peak 1570 · rated over 7 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

Sep 8, 2023
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

1
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
22% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 27%
overall standings

Best overall

706.2516 / 720
Master · 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

689.58 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 685.59 (+3.99)

Walk rate

33%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Pork · Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship

Consistency

±12.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 172.70 · weakest Chicken (168.91)

Road miles

4,167
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,032 mi

Schedule strength

36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$302K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

685.59 / 720
8 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Pork Ribs ×1
  • Pork ×1

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge (Jan 16, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ.

On the rise

+48 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 48 points across 5 contests since Sep 12, 2025 — from 1522 up to 1570.

  • 5 contests since Sep 12, 2025
  • now 1570

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 7 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 7 state-championship entries
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Their season

2026 1 Grand Championship

2026 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 15%.

  • 4 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 15%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

LC BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LC BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KYOTEE KOOKERS in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

4 of 5 shared pork entries lost

The Pitfather BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, The Pitfather BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork entries.

The long haul

4,167 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,167 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,032 miles to 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge.

  • 9 mapped stops
  • furthest 1,032 mi

The metronome

±1.74% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.74% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 95.2% of a perfect score
  • 9 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to GOD'S COUNTRY BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SLOGIES BBQ
#1,417 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1570

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen May 28, 2016
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GETTIN' SAUCED BBQ CANADA
#1,424 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
80%
Peak
1570

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before GOD'S COUNTRY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • on a 6-contest top-10 run
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RIVER CITY RUB
#1,412 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1570

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Jun 8, 2018
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BIG BITE BBQ
#1,411 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
2
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1576

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 12 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen May 27, 2023
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THE DOUBLE "S" SMOKEHOUSE
#1,421 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1570

They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before GOD'S COUNTRY BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Oct 22, 2021
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THE DUTCH BBQ CREW
#1,422 of the rated field
1570 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1570

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

  • rated over 18 contests
  • last seen Sep 7, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
KYOTEE KOOKERS 6 6 0 100% ⚔ compare
LA PASADITA 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
Kanned Heat 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
The Pitfather BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
BULLHORN BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
Sure Shot BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
Barton BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
LC BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 0 0 0 173.1084 155.9656 168.91 top 46%
Pork Ribs 8 3 1 1 180 🔥 162.8116 172.49 top 31%
Pork 8 2 0 1 180 🔥 167.3828 172.70 top 29%
Brisket 8 3 0 1 178.8572 157.0744 171.49 top 28%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
TX50top 21%
KS20top 55%
AZ11top 2%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 2 12 0 top 25% Sep 12, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 4 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in TX 5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 7 1 of them more than once
First title Jan 16, 2026 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Opponents faced 771 finished ahead 669 times, behind 431
Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 27, 2023 → Sep 12, 2025

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

202612 milestones
  1. First call 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  2. First category win (Pork Ribs) 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  3. First overall top-10 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  4. First overall podium 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  5. First Grand Championship 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  6. First state championship 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  7. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  8. Biggest field won (53 teams) 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  9. Career-best overall score706.2516 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
  10. First Reserve Championship Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
  11. Peak power rating (1570) Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
  12. Most recent contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
20232 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.3712 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+18.411th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque ChallengeJan 16, 2026
+15.6Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye ChampionshipAug 21, 2026
+13.2Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic CookoffSep 8, 2023
+8.5Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship CookoffSep 11, 2026
+5Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic CookoffSep 12, 2025

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20264121 75% top 15% 98.1% 96.4%
20251000 0% top 37% 93.1% 93.1%
20234000 0% top 41% 94.9% 94.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 11, 2026 Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX 14 / 75 (681.6684) 27 (170.2628) 34 (169.7028) 31 (169.7028) 14 (172)
Aug 21, 2026 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX 2 / 51 (705.7716) 21 (170.2972) 7 (177.1772) 3 (180) 4 (178.2972)
Apr 10, 2026 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX 14 / 41 (683.9772) 20 (167.4400) 7 (173.1544) 19 (167.3828) 8 (176)
Jan 16, 2026 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ 1 / 53 (706.2516) 27 (170.8344) 1 (180) 4 (176.5600) 2 (178.8572)
Sep 12, 2025 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX 34 / 92 (670.2400) 83 (155.9656) 33 (170.8344) 23 (172.5828) 18 (170.8572)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 134 / 211 (678.7084) 86 (173.1084) 197 (162.8116) 114 (170.8228) 80 (171.9656)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 228 / 487 (674.7312) 169 (171.4056) 84 (174.2628) 131 (171.9884) 408 (157.0744)
Sep 8, 2023 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX 12 / 99 (683.3712) 22 (171.9656) 25 (171.9884) 22 (172.5484) 34 (166.8688)

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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