The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BBQ Fellas has finished one call ahead of Lumberjacks Bbq 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Lumberjacks Bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2025-04-26
latest 2026-03-21
Best ToY finish
#650
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
605.47
last 3 Master vs avg 605.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.75 · weakest Chicken (142.83)
Road miles
211
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
605.47 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
88 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
88 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Lumberjacks Bbq has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 113 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Lumberjacks Bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before Lumberjacks Bbq's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Lumberjacks Bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Lumberjacks Bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 134.2628 | 142.83 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 145.6916 | 156.75 | top 52% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.9028 | 137.1428 | 154.86 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 143.9544 | 151.02 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Panama | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 72% | 2026-03-21 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2025-04-26 → 2026-03-21
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.75 · weakest Chicken (142.83)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
605.47
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
54
21–53 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
211
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Panama
- First call BBQ Fest Panama
- Peak power rating (1490) BBQ Fest Panama
- 2026
- Career-best overall score618.2740 Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4284 Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2025-04-26 |
| -6.1 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | 2026-01-24 |
| -1.9 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2026-03-21 |
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)
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 | 50% | top 68% | 85.9% | 85% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-21 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 14 / 23 (606.2512) | 13 (152.5256) | 10 (157.1428) | 21 (137.1428) | 5 (159.4400) |
| 2026-01-24 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 | 23 / 31 (618.2740) | 31 (134.2628) | 11 (167.4284) | 13 (166.9028) | 23 (149.6800) |
| 2025-04-26 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 19 / 23 (591.8972) | 22 (141.7028) | 18 (145.6916) | 8 (160.5484) | 22 (143.9544) |
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 ↗ | Master | #650 (169 pts) | #734 (164 pts) | #620 (249 pts) | #645 (184 pts) | #573 (239 pts) |