Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
K-10 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1548
peak 1553 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2024-03-22
latest 2026-08-21
Best ToY finish
#87
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
332.65 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 328.98 (+3.66)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±15.26
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.27 · weakest Pork (159.95)
Road miles
329
mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
87%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1619)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 13 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.98 / 360
11 Backyard contests · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (12 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Giant slayer
43
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard).
- 2025-03-22
High-water mark
357.7028
career-best overall
99.4% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 357.7028 at BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) — 99.4% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-03-22
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 13 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 13 state-championship entries
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Better Half Barbecue has finished one call ahead of K-10 BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2025
1 Grand Championship
2025 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.
- 5 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 30%
A tough matchup
9–2
behind in the head-to-head
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
A strong matchup
9–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 90% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
9 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
BROCK'S BBQ ahead 82% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BROCK'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.
They cook the hard rooms
1619
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 87% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1619 power rating — a tougher draw than 87% of every rated contest in the data.
- 11 rated contests
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
HotMess BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A March team
Top 35%
average finish in March
Something about March: average finish in the top 35% across 6 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
- 6 March contests
- top 43% the rest of the year
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
55 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1548
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before K-10 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1548
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1555
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before K-10 BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1773 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 16 contests, alongside a 63% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1560
No shared contest yet.
Level with K-10 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE & GRAY BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| The Swine Doctor's BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| BROCK'S BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| smokey anderson bbq | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| Troublemaker BBQ | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Buckshot's BBQ | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggy & Swine BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Optimus Swine | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 142.2172 | 165.27 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 152.4912 | 163.27 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 141.6228 | 159.95 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 1 | top 34% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 6 | 1 | 1 | top 35% | 2026-03-28 |
| Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 46% | 2025-08-09 |
| Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 49% | 2024-08-10 |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2024-03-22 → 2026-08-21
Busiest season
2024
6 contests
Contests a season
4.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
14 of 14 contests
Contests visited
4
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
13 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.27 · weakest Pork (159.95)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 7 of 14 contests
Overall top-10 rate
21%
3 of 14 contests
Wins it all
7%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2025-03-22
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Backyard average
328.98
out of 360 · 11 contests · 1 GC
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
147
329–292 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
329
14 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
1619
average field rating faced — tougher than 87% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$56,480
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 13 state-championship entries
Power rating
1548
peak 1553 · #1771 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken)
- First call BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score327.9428 Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)
- 2025
- First category win (Chicken) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- First overall top-10 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- First overall podium BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- First Grand Championship BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- First state championship BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Biggest field won (43 teams) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- Career-best overall score357.7028 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
- 10th tracked contest Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1)
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1553) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.9 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2025-03-22 |
| +11 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2025-03-21 |
| +10.5 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) | 2025-08-08 |
| +10.2 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) | 2026-03-27 |
| +7.6 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) | 2024-08-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff | 2026-08-21 |
| -4.5 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2024-03-22 |
| -3.8 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | 2025-08-09 |
| -1.6 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2024-03-23 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 46% | 93.5% | 92.3% |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 60% | top 30% | 99.4% | 94.4% |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 54% | 91.1% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 20 / 26 (329.0972) | 24 (162.8228) | 15 (166.2744) | — | — |
| 2026-03-28 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 14 / 36 (331.4288) | 9 (170.8572) | 19 (160.5716) | — | — |
| 2026-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 9 / 40 (336.5372) | 4 (173.7028) | 14 (162.8344) | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Doswell, VA | 16 / 25 (322.1944) | 16 (162.8228) | 17 (159.3716) | — | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Doswell, VA | 7 / 25 (343.9888) | 8 (173.1428) | 8 (170.8460) | — | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Doswell, VA | — | — | 11 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 1 / 43 (357.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 11 / 45 (335.9772) | 18 (166.2628) | 7 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 🏅 Ashland, VA | 11 / 28 (327.9428) | 8 (168.5600) | 15 (159.3828) | 15 (162.8228) | — |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Ashland, VA | 16 / 27 (321.0516) | 16 (162.8000) | 16 (158.2516) | 15 (162.2400) | — |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 24 / 42 (318.2056) | 23 (154.8112) | 19 (163.3944) | 27 (141.6228) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 28 / 45 (294.7084) | 28 (142.2172) | 27 (152.4912) | 6 (173.1200) | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | — | — | 24 (161.6916) | — | — |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #132 (310 pts) | #118 (385 pts) | #149 (280 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #87 (638 pts) | #95 (593 pts) | #77 (741 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1128 (108 pts) | — | — |