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.
- Pork ×1
3BBQ
3BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2302 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “3 BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1544 · rated over 20 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
28
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2021
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 5.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
11
39% of 28 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
674.66 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 660.42 (+14.24)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.82
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.93 · weakest Brisket (160.44)
Road miles
19,427
across 28 mapped stops · furthest 5,044 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$114K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
660.42 / 720
23 Master contests · 1 GC
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 | #289 (691 pts) | #318 (711 pts) | #197 (1,094 pts) | #300 (716 pts) | #348 (606 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #231 (956 pts) | #170 (1,246 pts) | #153 (1,354 pts) | #184 (1,151 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 3BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1527
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to 3BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 3BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1527
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,310 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1579
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before 3BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1533
Fewer contests behind them than 3BBQ has cooked, 16 to 28, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 32
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1549
32 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 16% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#2,295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1529
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before 3BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barbecoa BBQ Team | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Antwerp Smokers | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Symphony | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Woodquarter Smokerheads | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| The BBQ Ranch | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Just wing it BBQ team | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKING FINNS FI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Insomnia BBQ Team | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Hot Yard | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Cotte | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 23 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 144 | 167.93 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 176.5944 | 136.9716 | 165.30 | top 54% |
| Pork | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 180 🔥 | 148.6172 | 166.75 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 139.3600 | 160.44 | top 58% |
“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) | 15 | 1 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 40% | May 17, 2025 |
| Marchfelder Feuerfest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 38% | May 2, 2026 |
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 31% | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 77% | Jun 28, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
11 contests
Contests a season
4.7
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NO
4 of 28 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
17
4 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
26 entries · 0 wins · 19 calls
First title
Aug 16, 2024
BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
Opponents faced
545
finished ahead 416 times, behind 504
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First Reserve Championship Marchfelder Feuerfest
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Marchfelder Feuerfest
- 25th tracked contest Open Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Peak power rating (1544) Twin Smoke
20244 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Twin Smoke
- First overall podium BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- First Grand Championship BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
- Career-best overall score703.3944 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0512 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa
20221 milestone
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Festival 2021
- First call BBQ Festival 2021
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.6 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +13.7 | Marchfelder Feuerfest | May 2, 2026 |
| +11.7 | Smoke in the North | Aug 23, 2024 |
| +8 | Twin Smoke | May 18, 2024 |
| +8 | Twin Smoke | Jul 2, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Open Barbecue Championship | Jul 18, 2026 |
| -10.3 | BBQ Festival 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 |
| -9.9 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | Jun 27, 2025 |
| -7.7 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition | May 24, 2025 |
| -5.4 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition | May 23, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 64% | top 64% | 95.6% | 93.9% |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 62% | 94% | 91.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 75% | top 31% | 97.7% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 90.7% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 111 / 158 (678.1828) | 104 (169.6684) | 131 (166.8228) | 122 (167.3944) | 42 (174.2972) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 171 / 360 (681.0744) | 26 (177.7028) | 282 (165.1316) | 131 (172) | 226 (166.2400) |
| Sep 30, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2026 | Open Barbecue Championship Wilhering | 20 / 20 (654.1484) | 4 (173.1200) | 20 (162.2284) | 20 (158.2284) | 18 (160.5716) |
| Jul 17, 2026 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Wilhering | 15 / 17 (677.0516) | 4 (176.5716) | 4 (176.5944) | 16 (161.6456) | 12 (162.2400) |
| Jul 11, 2026 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) Zagreb | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | No Smoke, No Glory Zagreb | 8 / 16 (682.8348) | 9 (173.1544) | 5 (175.4172) | 10 (171.4516) | 11 (162.8116) |
| May 2, 2026 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 2 / 8 (688.5944) | 6 (173.7144) | 5 (172.0228) | 1 (180) | 4 (162.8572) |
| May 2, 2026 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 5 (166.8572) | — | — |
| Feb 28, 2026 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna | 8 / 12 (669.0060) | 9 (168.5256) | 5 (168.5372) | 6 (169.6916) | 10 (162.2516) |
| Feb 28, 2026 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna | — | — | 5 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp | 14 / 31 (651.9772) | 20 (160) | 14 (163.4516) | 10 (165.7028) | 13 (162.8228) |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard | 11 / 18 (659.3372) | 1 (176.5828) | 9 (168.5372) | 16 (156.5372) | 12 (157.6800) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard | 12 / 13 (640.3884) | 4 (171.9772) | 10 (159.9428) | 5 (169.1084) | 13 (139.3600) |
| May 24, 2025 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom | 16 / 20 (648.9260) | 3 (174.2628) | 20 (136.9716) | 9 (169.1544) | 9 (168.5372) |
| May 23, 2025 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom | 12 / 16 (636.4916) | 13 (160) | 6 (162.8344) | 8 (162.2972) | 12 (151.3600) |
| May 17, 2025 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 4 / 11 (677.1316) | 6 (168.5600) | 3 (169.1316) | 1 (171.4400) | 4 (168) |
| May 3, 2025 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 6 / 12 (666.7888) | 6 (167.4172) | 3 (173.1544) | 5 (166.8572) | 6 (159.3600) |
| May 3, 2025 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 9 (159.9312) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 17 / 30 (668.4916) | 19 (167.4172) | 3 (176.5600) | 20 (167.3828) | 20 (157.1316) |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 58 / 87 (670.2056) | 47 (169.6800) | 46 (171.4056) | 82 (156.5600) | 26 (172.5600) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp | 4 / 23 (677.6800) | 11 (168.5828) | 2 (176.0116) | 7 (168.5600) | 10 (164.5256) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish | 1 / 16 (703.3944) | 4 (175.4056) | 6 (173.1316) | 4 (178.2972) | 4 (176.5600) |
| May 18, 2024 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 6 / 18 (653.0400) | 6 (163.9428) | 2 (170.3200) | 1 (174.8572) | 14 (143.9200) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish | 7 / 15 (653.0512) | 9 (161.1084) | 9 (161.0972) | 3 (174.2972) | 9 (156.5484) |
| May 20, 2023 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 8 / 14 (644.4344) | 6 (162.8572) | 14 (149.6344) | 2 (170.2744) | 6 (161.6684) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 5 / 15 (606.3088) | 11 (144) | 8 (154.2744) | 8 (148.6172) | 6 (159.4172) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish | 11 / 13 (601.0276) | 10 (158.2284) | 10 (148.5712) | 9 (154.8340) | 12 (139.3940) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.