Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
BLACKOUT BBQ
BLACKOUT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 21st of 39 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2022). They are ranked #6080 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1431
peak 1504 · rated over 15 contests
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
Oct 2, 2014
latest Mar 27, 2026 · 11.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
625.33 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 636.33 (-11.01)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.97 · weakest Chicken (158.11)
Road miles
4,720
across 16 mapped stops · furthest 902 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Purse competed for
$315K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.33 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
266.02 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BLACKOUT BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
48 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,076 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1431
3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to BLACKOUT BBQ)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — BLACKOUT BBQ ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1430
3–3 in 6 shared contests (50% to BLACKOUT BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,078 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1511
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BLACKOUT BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1431
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BLACKOUT BBQ)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before BLACKOUT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1431
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1430
Level with BLACKOUT 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| T-MAC SMOKIN | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| S&S BBQ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Black & Veatch | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Splitlog Smokers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork & Boots | 9 | 6 | 3 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 143.9544 | 158.11 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 131.2916 | 158.91 | top 70% |
| Pork | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 142.7656 | 159.84 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 153.0744 | 159.97 | top 64% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 133 | 0 | top 66% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
6 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
8 of 16 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited
13
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
15 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
2,104
finished ahead 1,362 times, behind 3,431
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- 10th tracked contest 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
20214 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First category win (Brisket) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best overall score673.0972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7488 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Peak power rating (1504) 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +3.8 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| +2.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | Sep 23, 2022 |
| -10.6 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 27, 2026 |
| -10.1 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| -9.8 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | Jul 15, 2022 |
| -8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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 | 100% | top 100% | 49.4% | 49.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.9% | 86.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 28% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 91.9% | 89.7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 43 / 43 (177.7028) | 7 (177.7028) | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 408 / 444 (621.0288) | 379 (159.4516) | 365 (161.1200) | 430 (147.3828) | 388 (153.0744) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 404 / 487 (639.3028) | 431 (157.1200) | 419 (157.6572) | 288 (166.2972) | 391 (158.2284) |
| 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 | 440 / 505 (631.2800) | 394 (161.1200) | 420 (158.8116) | 422 (157.6800) | 434 (153.6684) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Connelly Springs, NC | 32 / 32 (604.3316) | 32 (153.6688) | 32 (131.2916) | 22 (164.5484) | 30 (154.8228) |
| Jul 15, 2022 | 2022 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 27 / 27 (630.6856) | 26 (158.2172) | 26 (162.8344) | 27 (155.9312) | 26 (153.7028) |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 21 / 39 (316.4456) | 22 (154.7884) | 15 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 21 / 36 (303.9204) | 22 (143.9544) | 19 (159.9660) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 133 / 467 (673.0972) | 365 (158.8000) | 216 (166.8800) | 167 (167.4172) | 1 (180) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 222 / 468 (661.7716) | 358 (158.8800) | 308 (161.7372) | 51 (173.1772) | 163 (167.9772) |
| Jun 22, 2019 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK | 23 / 27 (630.2400) | 26 (151.9772) | 18 (162.8572) | 19 (161.1428) | 21 (154.2628) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 429 / 467 (607.2684) | 398 (156.5144) | 400 (154.8456) | 450 (142.7656) | 386 (153.1428) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 291 / 557 (653.6456) | 140 (169.7256) | 380 (159.3944) | 386 (160) | 241 (164.5256) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 475 / 606 (625.5772) | 565 (147.3600) | 334 (162.8228) | 465 (156.0116) | 352 (159.3828) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 244 / 552 (657.7488) | 336 (162.3316) | 305 (162.8456) | 225 (165.7144) | 163 (166.8572) |