Barton BBQ

Barton BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 40 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (2024). They are ranked #1368 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,368

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1574 · rated over 12 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 16, 2021

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 4.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

698.2400 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

681.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 677.33 (+4.07)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±16.09

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 172.67 · weakest Chicken (166.67)

Road miles

6,111

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 947 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$489K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.33 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork ×2
Pork Ribs ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 19% average finish here

Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 19%

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 16 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.2400 career-best overall

97.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.2400 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff — 97.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 31, 2023

A tough matchup

9–3 behind in the head-to-head

Sure Shot BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

Sure Shot BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.00 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 47%.

Chicken avg 166.67
Pork avg 172.67
2 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JCs GOOD OL BOYS in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

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Pork nemesis

6 of 9 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.

The long haul

6,111 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,111 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 947 miles to Montana Pitmaster Classic.

16 mapped stops
furthest 947 mi

The metronome

±2.24% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.1% of a perfect score
16 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Barton BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

InTheRedZoneBBQ

#1,375 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1574

4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to Barton BBQ)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — Barton BBQ ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Go Ham BBQ

#1,374 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1594

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Barton BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 24 contests to 16.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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SIMPLY Q

#1,373 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1574

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2017

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EXE-QUE-TIONERS

#1,362 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1574

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Barton BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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POP POP'S CHICKEN AND PIG

#1,372 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1574

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Barton BBQ's first contest.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2014

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RobbieQ

#1,364 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1574

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Sure Shot BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Crossed Rifles BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Smoke Show BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BULLHORN BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Kanned Heat	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Team Chupacabra	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Bushmaster BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
JCs GOOD OL BOYS	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	0	175.4056	158.2172	166.67	top 55%
Pork Ribs	15	2	1	1	180 🔥	146.2400	170.09	top 38%
Pork	15	7	0	4	180 🔥	160.0228	172.67	top 27%
Brisket	15	2	0	0	175.4056	160.5256	167.90	top 42%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	7	top 24%
KS	7	top 45%
MT	1	top 86%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	3	16	top 29%	Sep 12, 2025
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	3	3	top 19%	Mar 28, 2025
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	87	top 35%	Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	65	top 56%	Sep 27, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 8 of 16 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 8 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,195 finished ahead 1,765 times, behind 1,239

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 29, 2022

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

20263 milestones

Apr 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Peak power rating (1574) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

20242 milestones

Apr 5 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 10th tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20233 milestones

Mar 31 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 31 First perfect 180 (Pork) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 31 Career-best overall score698.2400 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20213 milestones

Sep 16 First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Sep 16 First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Sep 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1368 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 31, 2023
+14.2	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2024
+14.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
+11.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Oct 30, 2024
+9.6	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 12, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Montana Pitmaster Classic	Aug 25, 2023
-1.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	1	100%	top 27%	95.9%	95.9%
2025	2	0	0	100%	top 30%	94.8%	93.9%
2024	4	1	0	75%	top 37%	96.1%	94.8%
2023	5	1	0	60%	top 40%	97%	93.5%
2022	3	0	0	0%	top 50%	95.3%	94%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 44%	92.5%	92.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	11 / 41 (690.8000)	15 (169.1200)	1 (180)	17 (167.9772)	15 (173.7028)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	16 / 92 (682.8228)	35 (168.5600)	22 (172.6172)	40 (168.5256)	6 (173.1200)
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	20 / 48 (669.0512)	30 (162.8228)	22 (166.8228)	3 (175.4400)	22 (163.9656)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	90 / 444 (689.0512)	210 (169.7028)	62 (175.4172)	113 (173.1084)	137 (170.8228)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	133 / 169 (675.2916)	167 (158.2172)	159 (162.8116)	4 (178.8572)	40 (175.4056)
Sep 13, 2024	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	27 / 67 (675.3596)	33 (167.9656)	36 (168.5600)	9 (174.8456)	35 (163.9884)
Apr 5, 2024	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	3 / 40 (691.9660)	9 (170.2744)	11 (172.5600)	3 (175.4172)	4 (173.7144)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	65 / 211 (688.4568)	146 (168.5372)	26 (176)	41 (175.4056)	132 (168.5140)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	215 / 487 (675.9084)	225 (169.1200)	289 (166.2628)	3 (180)	356 (160.5256)
Sep 8, 2023	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	29 / 99 (674.2284)	56 (165.0856)	49 (167.4400)	5 (177.7144)	49 (163.9884)
Aug 25, 2023	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	38 / 44 (628.5372)	35 (161.1200)	43 (146.2400)	30 (160.0228)	30 (161.1544)
Mar 31, 2023	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	4 / 57 (698.2400)	8 (175.4056)	11 (174.8572)	3 (180)	18 (167.9772)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	87 / 505 (686.1828)	258 (167.3944)	117 (172.5600)	85 (174.2628)	100 (171.9656)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	204 / 249 (667.9312)	237 (162.8228)	111 (171.4056)	205 (165.7028)	144 (168)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	204 / 467 (666.1368)	270 (163.9656)	8 (177.7372)	296 (162.7884)	277 (161.6456)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Barton BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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 (10 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

The long haul

The metronome

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 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)