Troublemaker BBQ

Troublemaker BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 36 at the BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (2026). They are ranked #2092 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,092

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1535

peak 1535 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 23, 2022

latest Apr 24, 2026 · 3.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#105

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

22% of 23 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

489.5772 / 540

Backyard · Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

334.57 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 331.82 (+2.75)

Walk rate

39%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Revolutionary BBQ Brawl

Consistency

±8.53

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.24 · weakest Pork (160.59)

Road miles

463

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 34 mi

Schedule strength

84%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)

Purse competed for

$105K

listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

331.82 / 360

16 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

482.18 / 540

5 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 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.

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Capt. Blue BBQ has finished one call ahead of Troublemaker BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

16–5 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ ahead in 76% of their meetings

Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 21 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.65 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 19%.

Pork avg 160.59
Chicken avg 165.24
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

15–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 15 of their 18 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

16 of 21 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 21 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1611 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1611 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.

21 rated contests

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Boosted BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A March team

Top 32% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 32% across 8 contests, versus top 57% the rest of the year.

8 March contests
top 57% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.48% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
23 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 4th

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 ↗	Backyard	#106 (433 pts)	#104 (493 pts)	#142 (338 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#105 (512 pts)	#101 (573 pts)	#100 (617 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#108 (561 pts)	#112 (551 pts)	#96 (621 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#135 (412 pts)	#137 (473 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Troublemaker 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.

Weekend Warrior BBQ

#2,097 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1545

Fewer contests behind them than Troublemaker BBQ has cooked, 16 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2025

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POWER I BBQ

#2,096 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1535

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Smoke a Fatty BBQ Nashville

#2,098 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1535

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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Porkasaurus Rex BBQ

#2,087 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1535

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Slingin' Q

#2,091 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1543

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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LUSCIOUS LOINS

#2,085 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1539

Fewer contests behind them than Troublemaker BBQ has cooked, 8 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare
Buckshot's BBQ	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
smokey anderson bbq	18	15	2	83%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Optimus Swine	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	18	4	12	22%	⚔ compare
The Swine Doctor's BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
HotMess BBQ	18	3	14	17%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	18	3	14	17%	⚔ compare
BROCK'S BBQ	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	17	4	12	24%	⚔ compare
Piggy & Swine BBQ	16	7	8	44%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	4	1	177.7028	148.5028	165.24	top 53%
Pork Ribs	21	6	1	176.5716	157.0744	164.43	top 54%
Pork	10	1	0	171.9772	153.7260	160.59	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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 62%
Large (40+)	7	top 35%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	8	4	top 32%	Mar 28, 2026
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl	3	8	top 62%	Apr 24, 2026
Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2)	2	14	top 66%	Aug 9, 2025
Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2	12	top 53%	Aug 10, 2024
Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	20	top 94%	Sep 22, 2023
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2)	2	19	top 98%	Apr 29, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 7 contests

Contests a season 4.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 23 of 23 contests

Contests visited 8 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 194 finished ahead 484 times, behind 530

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

20263 milestones

Apr 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl
Apr 24 Peak power rating (1535) Revolutionary BBQ Brawl
Apr 24 Most recent contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl

20242 milestones

Mar 22 First overall top-10 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Mar 23 10th tracked contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)

20232 milestones

Mar 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score487.8976 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Sep 22 Career-best overall score489.5772 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)

20222 milestones

Sep 23 First tracked contest Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 23 First call Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	Mar 28, 2026
+14.4	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 22, 2024
+10.4	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)	Apr 19, 2024
+9	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 24, 2023
+8.5	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)	Apr 25, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 23, 2022
-9.2	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2)	Apr 26, 2025
-8.4	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2)	Apr 29, 2023
-8.3	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 23, 2023
-8.2	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 22, 2023

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	2	67%	top 30%	95.2%	93.9%
2025	7	1	43%	top 58%	95.9%	92.7%
2024	5	2	60%	top 41%	94.4%	91.8%
2023	7	0	0%	top 74%	90.7%	89%
2022	1	0	100%	top 100%	89.9%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 24, 2026	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	9 / 20 (338.2284)	3 (177.7028)	16 (160.5256)	—	—
Mar 28, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	4 / 36 (342.8116)	5 (174.2628)	9 (168.5488)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	13 / 40 (333.0512)	14 (167.3828)	11 (165.6684)	—	—
Aug 9, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Doswell, VA	14 / 25 (332.5144)	15 (165.6800)	9 (166.8344)	—	—
Aug 8, 2025	Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Doswell, VA	19 / 25 (326.2288)	14 (167.3828)	19 (158.8460)	—	—
Apr 26, 2025	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	16 / 16 (327.9204)	11 (168.5372)	17 (159.3832)	—	—
Apr 25, 2025	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	8 / 20 (345.1204)	6 (173.1200)	10 (172.0004)	—	—
Mar 22, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	14 / 43 (341.6688)	21 (165.0972)	4 (176.5716)	—	—
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	20 / 45 (328.4912)	15 (167.9656)	19 (160.5256)	—	—
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 10, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 🏅 Ashland, VA	12 / 28 (327.9084)	7 (169.6684)	17 (158.2400)	13 (163.9772)	—
Aug 9, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Ashland, VA	17 / 27 (321.0288)	15 (163.9544)	17 (157.0744)	20 (158.2400)	—
Apr 19, 2024	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	9 / 25 (339.9544)	18 (165.0972)	2 (174.8572)	17 (161.6572)	—
Mar 23, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	20 / 42 (324.4572)	17 (163.9428)	24 (160.5144)	12 (167.3828)	—
Mar 22, 2024	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	8 / 45 (339.9428)	11 (169.6800)	9 (170.2628)	26 (157.6456)	—
Sep 23, 2023	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	18 / 20 (473.5316)	19 (155.3716)	18 (163.9428)	18 (154.2172)	—
Sep 22, 2023	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	21 / 24 (489.5772)	16 (165.6800)	13 (169.6800)	23 (154.2172)	—
Apr 29, 2023	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	19 / 19 (314.1716)	20 (157.0628)	19 (157.1088)	—	—
Apr 28, 2023	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	19 / 20 (325.6456)	19 (162.2400)	17 (163.4056)	—	—
Mar 25, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	20 / 46 (474.2408)	16 (163.4060)	21 (157.1088)	22 (153.7260)	—
Mar 24, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	14 / 53 (487.8976)	21 (158.2288)	11 (166.8344)	13 (162.8344)	—
Mar 24, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 23, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	20 / 20 (485.6344)	20 (148.5028)	16 (165.1544)	9 (171.9772)	—

Troublemaker BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

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

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)