High-water mark
675.3024
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3024 at Smoke on the Bricks — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 7, 2026
DOUBLE A BBQ
DOUBLE A BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 25th of 33 at the Meat Inferno (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 7, 2026
latest Sep 11, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.40 · weakest Brisket (163.97)
Road miles
2,379
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 784 mi
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
674.45 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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DOUBLE A BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 104 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,334 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1497
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before DOUBLE A 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 166.8112 | 167.97 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 169.6800 | 171.40 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 170.8228 | 171.12 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5484 | 163.3828 | 163.97 | top 77% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 6 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 30 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
7.1 yrs
Jul 12, 2019 → Aug 7, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3024 Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best overall score675.3024 Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Smoke on the Bricks
- Most recent contest Meat Inferno
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin' On The Pecos
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 93.8% | 93.7% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 25 / 33 (673.6000) | 23 (169.1200) | 22 (169.6800) | 15 (171.4172) | 26 (163.3828) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 30 / 52 (675.3024) | 40 (166.8112) | 20 (173.1200) | 24 (170.8228) | 39 (164.5484) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Sauce & Cycles Falls City, NE | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | — | — | — | — | — |