A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
1Bite Stand ahead in 100% of their meetings
1Bite Stand has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big Stig's BBQ
Big Stig's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 24th of 25 at the Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke (2026). They finished #685 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 20, 2026
latest May 23, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Best overall
662.1944 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2628
Consistency
±18.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.26 · weakest Chicken (155.81)
Road miles
846
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 423 mi
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | #685 (175 pts) | #674 (230 pts) | #623 (290 pts) | #691 (195 pts) | #725 (175 pts) |
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The teams rated closest to Big Stig's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Big Stig's BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,114 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Big Stig's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,120 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1480
They were already cooking in 2015, 11 years before Big Stig's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,099 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,106 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Big Stig's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Big Stig's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 146.7884 | 155.81 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 146.8228 | 161.26 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4060 | 153.6572 | 158.83 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 145.6688 | 156.72 | top 87% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
TN
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
245
finished ahead 9 times, behind 307
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1944 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026)
- Career-best overall score662.1944 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026)
- Most recent contest 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026)
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2026 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) unrated Lebanon, TN | 113 / 117 (662.1944) | 114 (161.0972) | 39 (174.2628) | 113 (159.4172) | 81 (167.4172) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke 🏅 Edina, MO | 24 / 25 (631.9092) | 25 (153.6916) | 13 (169.1428) | 20 (163.4060) | 24 (145.6688) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 121 / 125 (619.2460) | 113 (161.6800) | 124 (146.8228) | 123 (153.6572) | 118 (157.0860) |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 71 (146.7884) | — | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 79 (154.8116) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.