Potbellied Stallions

Potbellied Stallions is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 56 at the Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 (2021). They are ranked #2414 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,414

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1523

peak 1532 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 23, 2020

latest Mar 19, 2022 · 1.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

692.5028 / 720

Master · Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

666.29 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.66 (-4.37)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

Consistency

±15.97

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.41)

Road miles

429

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 275 mi

Schedule strength

90%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1627)

Purse competed for

$41K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.66 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

High-water mark

692.5028 career-best overall

96.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.5028 at Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 — 96.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 23, 2020

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Rio Valley Meat BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Rio Valley Meat BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.43 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 165.41
Chicken avg 170.84
1 call in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOLLOW Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1627 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 90% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1627 power rating — a tougher draw than 90% of every rated contest in the data.

6 rated contests

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The teams rated closest to Potbellied Stallions, each with one reason worth a look.

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JaBs

#2,428 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1523

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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BAMA QUE'N & BREW'N

#2,422 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1523

Level with Potbellied Stallions on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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The Meatyo-Q'rs

#2,400 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1541

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2020.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2021

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SMOKIN BARNYARD BBQ

#2,412 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1523

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Potbellied Stallions's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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Mr. Green's Q

#2,399 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1523

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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Jumptown BBQ

#2,405 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1523

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Potbellied Stallions's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Chingon BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	0	0	173.7372	162.8228	170.84	top 47%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	0	173.7028	156.5372	165.41	top 57%
Pork	5	2	1	1	178.8572	149.7028	165.93	top 46%
Brisket	6	1	0	1	180 🔥	153.6228	167.10	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 71%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 58%
Large (40+)	3	top 37%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	3	0	top 62%
OK	3	0	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	2	13	0	top 58%	May 15, 2021
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	2	11	0	top 21%	Mar 19, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 3 of 6 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 142 finished ahead 137 times, behind 99

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

20221 milestone

Mar 19 Most recent contest Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout

20212 milestones

Mar 19 Peak power rating (1532) Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
May 14 First category win (Pork) Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)

20205 milestones

Oct 23 First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Oct 23 First call Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Oct 23 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Oct 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score692.5028 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
Oct 23 Career-best overall score692.5028 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	Mar 19, 2021
+15.4	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1	Oct 23, 2020
+1.3	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)	May 14, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.4	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	May 15, 2021
-3.7	Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout	Mar 19, 2022
-1.9	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	Apr 23, 2021

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	100%	top 71%	90.1%	90.1%
2021	4	1	75%	top 52%	95.7%	93.2%
2020	1	0	100%	top 22%	96.2%	96.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 19, 2022	Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout 🏅 Amarillo, TX	12 / 17 (648.4340)	13 (162.8228)	10 (163.9772)	11 (160.5600)	11 (161.0740)
May 15, 2021	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX	17 / 22 (662.1484)	14 (170.8228)	21 (156.5372)	8 (169.7028)	12 (165.0856)
May 14, 2021	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX	13 / 33 (673.0516)	10 (173.7372)	13 (166.8344)	1 (178.8572)	26 (153.6228)
Apr 23, 2021	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	29 / 41 (658.7656)	10 (173.1200)	29 (163.9772)	38 (149.7028)	14 (171.9656)
Mar 19, 2021	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK	11 / 56 (689.0740)	17 (173.7028)	13 (173.7028)	20 (170.8228)	22 (170.8456)
Oct 23, 2020	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	14 / 64 (692.5028)	36 (170.8228)	36 (167.4172)	—	3 (180)

Potbellied Stallions

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

They cook the hard rooms

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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