High-water mark
667.3484
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3484 at Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2018
Ribbed For Your Pleasure
Ribbed For Your Pleasure is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 10 at the Sth East BeerBQ (2019). They are ranked #5878 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1440
peak 1508 · rated over 18 contests
Contests
21
in the data
First seen
Sep 1, 2018
latest Aug 21, 2026 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
10% of 21 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.61 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 639.29 (-4.68)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.34 · weakest Brisket (158.20)
Road miles
29,810
across 21 mapped stops · furthest 9,660 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$102K
listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.29 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.53 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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 | #1012 (62 pts) | #1353 (52 pts) | #1136 (67 pts) | #1060 (62 pts) | #1309 (52 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #329 (100 pts) | #371 (60 pts) | #305 (130 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #983 (106 pts) | #1052 (106 pts) | #1134 (106 pts) | #813 (166 pts) | #1025 (106 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #424 (55 pts) | #425 (55 pts) | #379 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #959 (114 pts) | #896 (149 pts) | #1134 (109 pts) | #924 (124 pts) | #708 (234 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #744 (108 pts) | #674 (128 pts) | #610 (168 pts) | #614 (158 pts) | #877 (63 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1672 (108 pts) | #1539 (128 pts) | #1356 (168 pts) | #1406 (158 pts) | #1997 (63 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Ribbed For Your Pleasure, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Ribbed For Your Pleasure)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Ribbed For Your Pleasure has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,868 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 63 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#5,883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1440
Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1440
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Ribbed For Your Pleasure's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
27 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#5,877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
Level with Ribbed For Your Pleasure on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 151.3944 | 159.94 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 147.3372 | 160.33 | top 66% |
| Pork | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 139.4400 | 160.34 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 146.8116 | 158.20 | top 66% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 17 | 0 | top 53% | Sep 5, 2025 |
| Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 3 | 23 | 0 | top 89% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 90% | Aug 21, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2.1
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
4 of 21 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited
12
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
440
finished ahead 184 times, behind 439
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Nov 4, 2019 → Aug 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
20231 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1508) Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20186 milestones
- First call DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First category win (Chicken) DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3484 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
- Career-best overall score667.3484 Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 5, 2025 |
| +4 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars | Nov 5, 2018 |
| +2.7 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
| +2 | Sth East BeerBQ | Feb 16, 2019 |
| +0.7 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars | Nov 4, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Blaze of 47 | Jul 18, 2025 |
| -9.8 | The Art of Barbeque | Jun 28, 2024 |
| -9.2 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | May 10, 2024 |
| -8.4 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | Apr 25, 2025 |
| -7.2 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | Jun 28, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.9% | 88.3% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90.6% | 88.9% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 81% | 89.2% | 88.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 88.8% | 88.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 90.2% | 89% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 51% | 92.7% | 90.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 21 / 26 (327.3716) | 25 (162.2400) | 17 (165.1316) | — | — |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 23 / 27 (610.6748) | 25 (151.3944) | 22 (155.9544) | 23 (156.5144) | 25 (146.8116) |
| Apr 10, 2026 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 29 / 41 (640.9944) | 35 (153.6800) | 17 (169.1200) | 25 (161.6800) | 31 (156.5144) |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 17 / 38 (321.0976) | 29 (152.5260) | 11 (168.5716) | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2025 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 16 / 16 (319.8852) | 16 (161.1084) | 15 (158.7768) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT | 26 / 26 (652.4576) | 25 (163.9544) | 26 (161.6800) | 17 (171.4172) | 26 (155.4060) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 28 / 30 (626.6856) | 30 (154.2400) | 29 (157.1084) | 21 (165.6684) | 28 (149.6688) |
| Aug 24, 2024 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 20 / 36 (318.2400) | 23 (156.5372) | 17 (161.7028) | — | — |
| Jun 28, 2024 | The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 23 / 25 (642.2284) | 18 (166.2972) | 24 (152.5028) | 21 (162.8456) | 20 (160.5828) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA | 25 / 29 (317.0516) | 26 (157.6572) | 24 (159.3944) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 26 / 29 (631.2000) | 23 (163.9544) | 28 (147.3372) | 29 (148.4912) | 7 (171.4172) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 24 / 35 (317.6456) | 26 (155.9312) | 20 (161.7144) | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 61 / 87 (639.3488) | 74 (155.9888) | 47 (162.2972) | 60 (159.9772) | 47 (161.0856) |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 17 / 41 (315.4288) | 24 (151.4400) | 10 (163.9888) | — | — |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne | 14 / 28 (649.1540) | 10 (167.4284) | 6 (167.4400) | 7 (165.1428) | 23 (149.1428) |
| Feb 16, 2019 | Sth East BeerBQ Tynong Vic | 5 / 10 (633.1544) | 8 (157.7028) | 5 (157.7716) | 4 (164.5600) | 5 (153.1200) |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria | 9 / 21 (667.3484) | 4 (170.8572) | 19 (157.7028) | 8 (167.9656) | 7 (170.8228) |
| Sep 1, 2018 | DE Bortoli Woodfired BBQ Championship Victoria, Australia | 14 / 24 (638.8916) | 1 (176) | 16 (157.7716) | 24 (139.4400) | 9 (165.6800) |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Que'n in Cumming (Day 1) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21, 2014 | The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |