High-water mark
679.4056
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.4056 at 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 14, 2024
Team No Clue BBQ
Team No Clue BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 25 at the 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (2024). They are ranked #3683 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2023
latest Apr 3, 2026 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.95 · weakest Chicken (163.21)
Road miles
624
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 149 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$65K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
671.01 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.18 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Team No Clue BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
162 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Team No Clue BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Team No Clue BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,660 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1505
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Team No Clue BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Team No Clue BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Team No Clue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Team No Clue BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1490
Level with Team No Clue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bucknutz BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Suckers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Matty Macks | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM CRAWFORD | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Son of a Boar BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 159.3828 | 163.21 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0228 | 159.9660 | 168.56 | top 49% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 162.8344 | 167.29 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 164.5488 | 170.95 | top 34% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State BBQ Championship | 3 | 30 | 0 | top 74% | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Tri City BBQ Fest | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 58% | Sep 20, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
183
finished ahead 95 times, behind 251
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Iowa State BBQ Championship
20244 milestones
- First call 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score679.4056 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Tri City BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1498) Tri City BBQ Fest
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8004 Tri City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | Jun 14, 2024 |
| +1.3 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 20, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 29, 2024 |
| -4.3 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 4, 2025 |
| -4.2 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 15, 2023 |
| -4 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 3, 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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 59% | 94.4% | 93.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2026 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 30 / 42 (330.1828) | 33 (161.6572) | 19 (168.5256) | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 20 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 33 / 49 (666.1828) | 45 (159.3828) | 18 (170.8456) | 38 (162.8344) | 9 (173.1200) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 14 / 30 (678.7656) | 29 (161.0972) | 2 (176.0228) | 26 (163.9428) | 2 (177.7028) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 12 / 25 (679.4056) | 23 (162.8572) | 7 (173.1544) | 10 (171.4284) | 10 (171.9656) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 35 / 42 (663.8972) | 28 (169.1084) | 35 (159.9660) | 28 (167.4056) | 20 (167.4172) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 22 / 32 (666.8004) | 23 (165.1544) | 22 (166.2744) | 12 (170.8228) | 19 (164.5488) |