Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
3BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1544 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ
Best runs
6
straight top-10s
Contests
25
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2026-07-18
Best ToY finish
#231
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
11
of 25 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
674.33 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.59 (+15.74)
Walk rate
92%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±24.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.39 · weakest Brisket (159.50)
Road miles
14,427
mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 5014 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
658.59 / 720
21 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (15 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Against the odds
15-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2024-08-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 15-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
They almost always walk
92%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 23 of 25 contests
A top-10 category call in 92% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
703.3944
career-best overall
97.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 703.3944 at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia — 97.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-16
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
VH BBQ has finished one call ahead of 3BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2024
1 Grand Championship
2024 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 31%.
- 4 contests
- 3 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 31%
A tough matchup
10–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barbecoa BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barbecoa BBQ Team has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 48% of the time against 71%.
- Brisket avg 159.50
- Chicken avg 167.39
- 10 calls in 21 entries
The drought
19
contests since the last title
Their last Grand Championship came at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia on 2024-08-16 — 19 contests and 2 years ago.
- last GC 2024-08-16
- 2 years ago
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Porkmafia in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
7 of 10
shared chicken entries lost
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 70% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Grate Expectations has landed one call behind them 2 times.
An August team
Top 40%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 40% across 5 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.
- 5 August contests
- top 56% the rest of the year
The long haul
14,427
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 14,427 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,014 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).
- 25 mapped stops
- furthest 5,014 mi
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Twin Smoke every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 4th
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
92 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before 3BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2383 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 17 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before 3BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2374 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with 3BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbecoa BBQ Team | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ 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 |
| The Antwerp Smokers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Szendo Smoke BBQ Team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Symphony | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Cotte | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Hot Yard | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 176.5828 | 144.0000 | 167.39 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 25 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 176.5944 | 136.9716 | 165.07 | top 53% |
| Pork | 21 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 148.6172 | 166.47 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 139.3600 | 159.50 | top 60% |
“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) | 15 | 1 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 40% | 2025-05-17 |
| Marchfelder Feuerfest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 38% | 2026-05-02 |
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 31% | 2025-08-22 |
| Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 77% | 2025-06-28 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2021-08-20 → 2026-07-18
Busiest season
2025
9 contests
Contests a season
4.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NO
4 of 25 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
15
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
25 entries · 0 wins · 19 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.39 · weakest Brisket (159.50)
Walk rate
92%
a top-10 call in 23 of 25 contests
Overall top-10 rate
44%
11 of 25 contests
Wins it all
4%
1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve
First title
2024-08-16
BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia
Best top-10 run
6
straight contests
Master average
658.59
out of 720 · 21 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
220
180–224 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14,427
25 mapped stops · furthest 5,014 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1524
peak 1544 · #2384 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest BBQ Festival 2021
- First call BBQ Festival 2021
- 2022
- First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0512 BBQ Festival Vanamoisa
- 2024
- 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
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Peak power rating (1544) Twin Smoke
- 2026
- First Reserve Championship Marchfelder Feuerfest
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Marchfelder Feuerfest
- 25th tracked contest Open Barbecue Championship
- Most recent contest Open Barbecue Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.6 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia | 2024-08-16 |
| +13.7 | Marchfelder Feuerfest | 2026-05-02 |
| +11.7 | Smoke in the North | 2024-08-23 |
| +8 | Twin Smoke | 2024-05-18 |
| +7.9 | Twin Smoke | 2022-07-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Open Barbecue Championship | 2026-07-18 |
| -10.1 | BBQ Festival 2021 | 2021-08-20 |
| -9.9 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) | 2025-06-27 |
| -7.7 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition | 2025-05-24 |
| -5.4 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition | 2025-05-23 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 88% | top 66% | 95.6% | 93.7% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | Open Barbecue Championship Wilhering, 4073 | 20 / 20 (654.1484) | 4 (173.1200) | 20 (162.2284) | 20 (158.2284) | 18 (160.5716) |
| 2026-07-17 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Wilhering, 4073 | 15 / 17 (677.0516) | 4 (176.5716) | 4 (176.5944) | 16 (161.6456) | 12 (162.2400) |
| 2026-07-11 | No Smoke, No Glory (ONE MEAT RIBS) Zagreb, 10000 | — | — | 12 (161.1088) | — | — |
| 2026-07-10 | No Smoke, No Glory Zagreb, 10000 | 8 / 16 (682.8348) | 9 (173.1544) | 5 (175.4172) | 10 (171.4516) | 11 (162.8116) |
| 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) unrated 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) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 | #294 (571 pts) | #298 (591 pts) | #167 (974 pts) | #285 (596 pts) | #348 (486 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) |