Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
Pork-N-Go
Pork-N-Go is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 35 at the Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) (2024). They are ranked #1576 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pork n Go”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1560
peak 1560 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Mar 27, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
5
100% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.07
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.00 · weakest Chicken (168.20)
Road miles
127
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1624)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
337.20 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 Pork-N-Go, each with one reason worth a look.
42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1559
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 86%
- Peak
- 1559
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#1,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1560
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1560
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Pork-N-Go's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1559
Level with Pork-N-Go on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1560
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 23% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 152.5488 | 168.20 | top 22% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 163.9428 | 169.00 | top 26% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 17% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 20% | Mar 27, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
90
finished ahead 125 times, behind 34
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Mar 22, 2024 → Mar 28, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score351.4172 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- Peak power rating (1560) Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
- Most recent contest Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge
20251 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.3600 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1)
20244 milestones
- First tracked contest Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First call Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First overall top-10 Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
- First overall podium Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) | Mar 22, 2024 |
| +13.3 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge | Mar 27, 2026 |
| +11 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) | Mar 29, 2025 |
| +9.2 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) | Mar 28, 2025 |
| +8 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 10, 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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 97.6% | 97.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 96.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 4 / 26 (351.4172) | 5 (176) | 4 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Stover, MO | 5 / 13 (346.8112) | 4 (175.4056) | 7 (171.4056) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 5 / 25 (335.9200) | 6 (169.6684) | 7 (166.2516) | — | — |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 7 / 27 (335.3600) | 6 (167.3828) | 6 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 3 / 35 (316.4916) | 4 (152.5488) | 3 (163.9428) | — | — |