Blaz'n Weazel BBQ

Blaz'n Weazel BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 35 at the McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual (2024). They are ranked #5217 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,217

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1458

peak 1458 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 1, 2022

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 3.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#554

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 20 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

687.9432 / 720

Master · Smoke in the Spring

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.40 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 658.64 (-7.24)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest

Consistency

±18.42

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.59 · weakest Brisket (160.98)

Road miles

801

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$189K

listed at 19 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 19 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.64 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

687.9432 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.9432 at Smoke in the Spring — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 5, 2024

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

One Love BBQ has finished one call ahead of Blaz'n Weazel BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 61%.

7 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 61%

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

MAN MEAT BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.61 points below their pork, and turns into a call 5% of the time against 16%.

Brisket avg 160.98
Pork avg 166.59
1 call in 19 entries

Pork nemesis

13 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Bocephus BBQ ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bocephus BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 14 shared pork entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

19 rated contests

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TORNADO BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 33rd

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	#1020 (60 pts)	#1093 (60 pts)	#1161 (60 pts)	#1067 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#689 (203 pts)	#718 (233 pts)	#756 (233 pts)	#702 (223 pts)	#770 (183 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#554 (317 pts)	#521 (392 pts)	#356 (690 pts)	#391 (557 pts)	#521 (387 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Blaz'n Weazel BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Drumline BBQ

#5,228 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Blaz'n Weazel BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Blaz'n Weazel BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

One Love BBQ

#5,222 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

3–5 in 8 shared contests (38% to Blaz'n Weazel BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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VH BBQ

#5,242 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1457

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen May 23, 2026

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K CASS BBQ

#5,210 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Blaz'n Weazel BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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180 PROOF BBQ

#5,220 of the rated field

1457 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2018

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Jim's Pequea Pullers

#5,213 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1507

They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Blaz'n Weazel BBQ's first contest.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Who's Cookin'	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
Bocephus BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Damn Fine Beef & Swine	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Cities Edge BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Barking Dog BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
KC Meat Sweats	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
ROCK N BLUES BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
MAD MUTT'S BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
M Squared Smokin' Q	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
FAIRWAY SMOKERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	2	1	1	177.1544	149.0628	166.14	top 65%
Pork Ribs	20	3	0	1	179.4400	143.3256	165.29	top 63%
Pork	19	3	1	2	178.8572	152.4912	166.59	top 58%
Brisket	19	1	0	0	171.9656	148.4800	160.98	top 70%

“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)	12	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 69%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	18	0	top 73%
MO	1	0	top 61%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)	4	33	top 74%	Apr 10, 2026
Smoke on the Water	4	16	top 79%	Oct 10, 2025
Smoke on the Bricks	2	20	top 63%	Aug 25, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 7 contests

Contests a season 4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 19 of 20 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 12 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 20 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 371 finished ahead 241 times, behind 656

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

20261 milestone

Apr 10 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)

20243 milestones

Apr 5 10th tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
Apr 5 Career-best overall score687.9432 Smoke in the Spring
Apr 26 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest

20225 milestones

Jul 1 First tracked contest Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition
Jul 1 First call Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition
Jul 1 First category win (Chicken) Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition
Jul 1 Peak power rating (1498) Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition
Oct 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4116 Smoke on the Water

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.1	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 5, 2024
+7.2	McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual	May 31, 2024
+5.4	Smoke on the Bricks	Aug 25, 2023
+1.1	Smoke on the Water	Oct 14, 2022
+0.5	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest	Apr 26, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Smoke on the Water	Oct 10, 2025
-8.8	Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)	Apr 10, 2026
-8.1	Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition	Jun 30, 2023
-7.3	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 11, 2025
-6.7	Smoke on the Water	Oct 13, 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 97%	88.5%	88.5%
2025	3	0	0%	top 87%	93.1%	90.2%
2024	7	1	71%	top 61%	95.5%	93.7%
2023	6	0	33%	top 75%	94.2%	91.4%
2022	3	1	33%	top 68%	92.3%	89.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS	98 / 101 (637.5432)	97 (160.5372)	90 (165.1316)	94 (163.3828)	101 (148.4916)
Oct 17, 2025	Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	17 / 23 (670.2176)	11 (171.9772)	12 (169.7144)	13 (172.5600)	21 (155.9660)
Oct 10, 2025	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	30 / 30 (622.6396)	30 (156.5600)	24 (163.9656)	29 (152.4912)	30 (149.6228)
Apr 11, 2025	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	79 / 92 (654.7312)	91 (149.0628)	41 (171.4400)	64 (166.8228)	55 (167.4056)
Oct 11, 2024	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	23 / 31 (671.8624)	8 (175.4172)	29 (159.3596)	21 (167.3712)	14 (169.7144)
Aug 31, 2024	Smoke on the River 🏅 Burlington, KS	25 / 28 (658.1604)	22 (166.8344)	20 (166.2516)	24 (165.1088)	27 (159.9656)
Aug 31, 2024	Smoke on the River (ONE MEAT RIBS) Burlington, KS	—	—	5 (171.9888)	—	—
Jun 28, 2024	Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	20 / 28 (677.6004)	25 (161.6572)	22 (167.3944)	1 (178.8572)	17 (169.6916)
May 31, 2024	McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	13 / 35 (676.0344)	15 (170.2856)	9 (172.5600)	23 (165.1772)	16 (168.0116)
Apr 26, 2024	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO	27 / 44 (675.3716)	35 (163.3944)	2 (179.4400)	33 (164.5600)	23 (167.9772)
Apr 5, 2024	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	33 / 97 (687.9432)	51 (170.2860)	24 (174.2628)	20 (174.2744)	50 (169.1200)
Oct 13, 2023	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	33 / 39 (638.0568)	25 (168.5256)	36 (156.5144)	32 (155.9656)	30 (157.0512)
Aug 25, 2023	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	20 / 44 (678.1828)	15 (170.8228)	20 (169.7028)	18 (171.9772)	23 (165.6800)
Jul 28, 2023	Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS	18 / 25 (666.2172)	18 (164.5372)	21 (158.8572)	6 (170.8572)	7 (171.9656)
Jun 30, 2023	Happy Basset 3rd Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	30 / 33 (652.3888)	18 (172.5600)	31 (160.5144)	18 (170.8344)	32 (148.4800)
Jun 2, 2023	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	21 / 28 (660.5376)	21 (164.5832)	11 (169.7372)	3 (176.5600)	26 (149.6572)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	82 / 103 (654.6972)	80 (164.5256)	59 (168)	92 (157.0744)	66 (165.0972)
Oct 14, 2022	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	16 / 28 (664.4116)	16 (167.9772)	18 (162.8116)	12 (168.5372)	16 (165.0856)
Aug 26, 2022	Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS	39 / 48 (619.7484)	38 (159.9772)	44 (143.3256)	39 (158.2284)	35 (158.2172)
Jul 1, 2022	Happy Basset 2nd Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	16 / 24 (647.8400)	1 (177.1544)	21 (154.8000)	12 (164.5256)	20 (151.3600)

Blaz'n Weazel BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

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 (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

Pork nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

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

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)