High-water mark
663.3828
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3828 at Smoke 'N the Valley — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 21, 2024
Black Market BBQ
Black Market BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 25 at the Small Town Smoke Down (2025). They are ranked #4113 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 31, 2020
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 5.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.35 · weakest Brisket (158.02)
Road miles
2,324
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,465 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
649.36 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #756 (172 pts) | #918 (132 pts) | #834 (187 pts) | #729 (207 pts) | #738 (197 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Black Market BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,126 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Black Market BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1480
They were already cooking in 2015, 5 years before Black Market BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,097 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#4,104 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 Black Market BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Black Market 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 155.9428 | 161.57 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 153.6572 | 164.42 | top 67% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 155.3828 | 165.35 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 141.0288 | 158.02 | top 68% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 74% | Jun 19, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SK
3 of 5 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
136
finished ahead 33 times, behind 145
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Jul 31, 2020 → Sep 21, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
20252 milestones
- First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5484 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition
20244 milestones
- First call Smoke 'N the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3828 Smoke 'N the Valley
- Career-best overall score663.3828 Smoke 'N the Valley
- Peak power rating (1489) Smoke 'N the Valley
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Hawgin On Lanier
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.7 | Smoke 'N the Valley | Sep 21, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Hawgin On Lanier | Jul 31, 2020 |
| -5.1 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 21, 2025 |
| -2.2 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition | Jun 19, 2026 |
| -0.8 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 31, 2025 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 92.4% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 17 / 24 (659.9084) | 17 (165.7372) | 16 (164.5372) | 16 (165.1084) | 14 (164.5256) |
| Jun 21, 2025 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 21 / 27 (653.5656) | 27 (155.9428) | 18 (166.8228) | 12 (172.5484) | 21 (158.2516) |
| May 31, 2025 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 9 / 25 (166.2628) | 19 (160.5600) | 15 (167.3712) | 17 (165.1428) | 10 (168.5372) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK | 12 / 21 (663.3828) | 11 (167.3828) | 11 (169.7028) | 8 (168.5600) | 14 (157.7372) |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 54 / 55 (608.3088) | 52 (158.2400) | 49 (153.6572) | 54 (155.3828) | 54 (141.0288) |