They almost always walk
80%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 80% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
No Worries BBQ
No Worries BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 46 at the Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (2021). They are ranked #2233 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “No Worries BBQ!”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
peak 1537 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2019
latest Aug 28, 2021 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
30% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
322.13
last 5 Backyard vs avg 321.98 (+0.15)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.19
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.75)
Road miles
880
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 318 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
321.98 / 360
9 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
489.01 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to No Worries BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,240 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1529
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to No Worries BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — 2 Pits BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,220 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,237 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1534
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before No Worries BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,224 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1530
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,219 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1530
Level with No Worries BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,216 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before No Worries BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAD AZZ MULE BBQ | 9 | 1 | 7 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE | 8 | 8 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BOGGS HOG BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Zoni-Q | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 Old Navy Chiefs and a Baker | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| MANHATTAN JACK'S BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Kane's BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| LEM'S MEAT VARNISH | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Top Gun Barbecue | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET & SAVORY BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bowmans Butt & BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 147.9200 | 163.05 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 170.8344 | 139.4400 | 159.75 | top 38% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 158.8000 | 161.11 | top 24% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 26% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Grove | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 25% | Jul 30, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
6 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
4 of 10 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
8
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
246
finished ahead 332 times, behind 240
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1537) Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1
- 10th tracked contest Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2
- Most recent contest Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2
20194 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke in the Grove
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the Grove
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score489.0056 Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
- Career-best overall score489.0056 Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US)
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | May 14, 2021 |
| +10.5 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 26, 2019 |
| +6.1 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) | Oct 25, 2019 |
| +6 | Smoke in the Grove | Jul 24, 2020 |
| +2.1 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 | Aug 27, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 | Aug 28, 2021 |
| -0.4 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | Apr 17, 2021 |
| -0.3 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | Apr 16, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 43% | 93.8% | 90.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 90% | 90% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 90.6% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2021 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD | 15 / 20 (315.3600) | 10 (163.9544) | 15 (151.4056) | — | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD | 11 / 24 (332.5372) | 7 (172.5600) | 14 (159.9772) | — | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 20 / 54 (324.5256) | 18 (165.7028) | 22 (158.8228) | 10 (163.4172) | — |
| May 14, 2021 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 4 / 46 (337.6572) | 6 (166.8228) | 2 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 16 / 34 (327.3372) | 15 (162.2516) | 11 (165.0856) | — | — |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 21 / 47 (319.3604) | 19 (161.0972) | 20 (158.2632) | — | — |
| Jul 24, 2020 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 15 / 59 (323.9772) | 16 (160.5372) | 10 (163.4400) | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2019 | Zom-B-Q (BBQ Wythe US) 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 6 / 20 (489.0056) | 4 (168.5256) | 6 (161.6800) | 6 (158.8000) | — |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 7 / 53 (316.5144) | 15 (147.9200) | 1 (168.5944) | — | — |
| — | Fire In the Sky BBQ Lite'N Up Broadway (BACKYARD ONLY) Broadway Westville, NJ | 12 / 23 (300.5716) | 5 (161.1316) | 18 (139.4400) | — | — |