3BBQ LT
Rating
1526
peak 1540
Contests
21
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2026-05-02
Best ToY finish
#231
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 21 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
661.86 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 656.46 (+5.40)
Walk rate
95%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±24.95
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.91 · weakest Brisket (159.11)
Road miles
14072
mi across 21 mapped stops · furthest 5014 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
VH BBQ has finished one call ahead of 3BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Grate Expectations has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Barbecoa BBQ Team has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Porkmafia in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 40% across 5 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024-08-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, LT first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 176.5828 | 144.0000 | 166.24 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 21 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 176.5600 | 136.9716 | 164.36 | top 52% |
| Pork | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 148.6172 | 166.91 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 139.3600 | 159.11 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 4 | 0 | top 40% |
| NO | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 13 | 1 | top 51% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (9 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NO (4 of 21 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (21 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024-08-16)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 656.46
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 688.5944 | 678.80 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 677.1316 | 656.19 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 703.3944 | 676.08 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 653.0512 | 648.74 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 606.3088 | 606.31 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 601.0276 | 601.03 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 2 / 8 (688.5944) | 6 (173.7144) | 5 (172.0228) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (162.8572) |
| 2026-05-02 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 5 (166.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna, 1030 | 8 / 12 (669.0060) | 9 (168.5256) | 5 (168.5372) | 6 (169.6916) | 10 (162.2516) |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1030 | — | — | 5 (169.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 14 / 31 (651.9772) | 20 (160.0000) | 14 (163.4516) | 10 (165.7028) | 13 (162.8228) |
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 11 / 18 (659.3372) | 1 (176.5828) | 9 (168.5372) | 16 (156.5372) | 12 (157.6800) |
| 2025-06-27 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 12 / 13 (640.3884) | 4 (171.9772) | 10 (159.9428) | 5 (169.1084) | 13 (139.3600) |
| 2025-05-24 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850 | 16 / 20 (648.9260) | 3 (174.2628) | 20 (136.9716) | 9 (169.1544) | 9 (168.5372) |
| 2025-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850 | 12 / 16 (636.4916) | 13 (160.0000) | 6 (162.8344) | 8 (162.2972) | 12 (151.3600) |
| 2025-05-17 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 4 / 11 (677.1316) | 6 (168.5600) | 3 (169.1316) | 1 (171.4400) | 4 (168.0000) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 6 / 12 (666.7888) | 6 (167.4172) | 3 (173.1544) | 5 (166.8572) | 6 (159.3600) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 9 (159.9312) | — | — |
| 2025-03-29 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia, 25125 | 17 / 30 (668.4916) | 19 (167.4172) | 3 (176.5600) | 20 (167.3828) | 20 (157.1316) |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 58 / 87 (670.2056) | 47 (169.6800) | 46 (171.4056) | 82 (156.5600) | 26 (172.5600) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 4 / 23 (677.6800) | 11 (168.5828) | 2 (176.0116) | 7 (168.5600) | 10 (164.5256) |
| 2024-08-16 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish, 76505 | 1 / 16 (703.3944) | 4 (175.4056) | 6 (173.1316) | 4 (178.2972) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 6 / 18 (653.0400) | 6 (163.9428) | 2 (170.3200) | 1 (174.8572) | 14 (143.9200) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 7 / 15 (653.0512) | 9 (161.1084) | 9 (161.0972) | 3 (174.2972) | 9 (156.5484) |
| 2023-05-20 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 8 / 14 (644.4344) | 6 (162.8572) | 14 (149.6344) | 2 (170.2744) | 6 (161.6684) |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 5 / 15 (606.3088) | 11 (144.0000) | 8 (154.2744) | 8 (148.6172) | 6 (159.4172) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish, 76505 | 11 / 13 (601.0276) | 10 (158.2284) | 10 (148.5712) | 9 (154.8340) | 12 (139.3940) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #313 (365 pts) | #452 (270 pts) | #209 (634 pts) | #280 (410 pts) | #377 (295 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #231 (956 pts) | #170 (1246 pts) | #153 (1354 pts) | #184 (1151 pts) | #235 (976 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #351 (622 pts) | #457 (467 pts) | #371 (647 pts) | #358 (612 pts) | #501 (412 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #601 (279 pts) | #649 (279 pts) | #829 (219 pts) | #462 (454 pts) | #620 (279 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #862 (165 pts) | #1155 (110 pts) | #1060 (135 pts) | #996 (135 pts) | #916 (155 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1040 (108 pts) | #1067 (113 pts) | #1103 (113 pts) | #951 (123 pts) | #1087 (103 pts) |