END OF THE ROAD BBQ

END OF THE ROAD BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 25 at the Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship (2016). They are ranked #5194 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,194

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1459

peak 1501 · rated over 34 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Mar 20, 2026 · 12.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#703

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 34 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

666.8456 / 720

Master · 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

631.39 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.63 (-11.24)

Walk rate

21%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)

Consistency

±16.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.20 · weakest Brisket (157.71)

Road miles

428

across 34 mapped stops

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Purse competed for

$213K

listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

642.63 / 720

34 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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 chicken.

Chicken ×1

High-water mark

666.8456 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.8456 at 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 13, 2020

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

25–0 behind in the head-to-head

SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.49 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 6%.

Brisket avg 157.71
Chicken avg 162.20
0 calls in 34 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHILLIN AND GRILLIN CREW in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

22 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

SLAPS BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLAPS BBQ has out-cooked them in 22 of 25 shared chicken entries.

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Boom or bust

±9.36% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±9.36% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.7% of a perfect score
best 92.6%

A September team

Top 48% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 48% across 4 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 63% the rest of the year

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1065 (60 pts)	#1141 (60 pts)	#1203 (60 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#909 (150 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#960 (170 pts)	#1046 (120 pts)	#969 (135 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#703 (205 pts)	#477 (405 pts)	#741 (220 pts)	#681 (230 pts)	#782 (180 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1678 (145 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1317 (210 pts)	#1442 (200 pts)	#1156 (290 pts)	#1322 (240 pts)	#1686 (150 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1487 (162 pts)	#1767 (122 pts)	#1637 (152 pts)	#1399 (212 pts)	#1550 (162 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1545 (158 pts)	#1807 (138 pts)	#1431 (203 pts)	#1320 (233 pts)	#1823 (133 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1807 (106 pts)	#1797 (121 pts)	#2013 (81 pts)	#1413 (181 pts)	#1860 (106 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to END OF THE ROAD BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Rocks Famous BBQ

#5,195 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1533

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to END OF THE ROAD BBQ)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — Rocks Famous BBQ ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

MAD PIG BBQ

#5,184 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1459

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to END OF THE ROAD BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

Rib Ticklers

#5,182 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to END OF THE ROAD BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before END OF THE ROAD BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Glazed and Confused

#5,199 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to END OF THE ROAD BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than END OF THE ROAD BBQ has cooked, 8 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin' Dreams

#5,203 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to END OF THE ROAD BBQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 2, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

S & G BBQ

#5,196 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1458

37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

⚔ Compare careers

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLAPS BBQ	25	0	25	0%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	23	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
ROADKILL BBQ	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
The Boys in Que	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	2	1	2	180 🔥	147.9428	162.20	top 62%
Pork Ribs	34	3	0	0	172	141.6916	160.75	top 61%
Pork	34	4	0	0	172	142.8344	161.98	top 60%
Brisket	34	0	0	0	170.2512	132.4800	157.71	top 63%

“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)	4	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	30	0	top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	20	0	top 59%
KS	14	0	top 69%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition	3	17	top 55%	Jun 3, 2022
Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)	3	20	top 53%	Jun 4, 2021
Racing for the BBQ	3	38	top 67%	Jul 27, 2018
Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship	3	13	top 50%	May 6, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 2.4 across 14 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 20 of 34 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 26 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 2,216 finished ahead 1,938 times, behind 3,479

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 13, 2020 → Mar 19, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Mar 20 Most recent contest 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship

20212 milestones

Jun 4 First category win (Chicken) Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)
Jun 4 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)

20202 milestones

Mar 13 25th tracked contest 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
Mar 13 Career-best overall score666.8456 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship

20161 milestone

May 6 10th tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship

20151 milestone

May 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8856 Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship

20133 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
May 3 First call Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
May 3 Peak power rating (1501) Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.5	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	Sep 12, 2019
+7	Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)	Jun 4, 2021
+7	Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)	May 31, 2019
+6.7	Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ)	Jun 3, 2016
+6.5	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.5	8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship	Mar 20, 2026
-10.5	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2024
-9.5	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
-9.1	5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship	Mar 17, 2023
-8.8	Racing for the BBQ	Jul 25, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 97%	85.6%	85.6%
2025	1	0	0%	top 86%	90.5%	90.5%
2024	1	0	0%	top 95%	84.4%	84.4%
2023	1	0	0%	top 91%	86.4%	86.4%
2022	2	0	0%	top 65%	91.5%	89.6%
2021	3	1	33%	top 47%	92.3%	72.2%
2020	1	0	0%	top 53%	92.6%	92.6%
2019	4	0	25%	top 43%	92.5%	90.2%
2018	4	0	0%	top 62%	90.1%	89.1%
2017	3	0	0%	top 64%	90.5%	89.3%
2016	4	0	50%	top 62%	91.9%	89.9%
2015	3	0	33%	top 58%	91.7%	89.3%
2014	3	0	33%	top 80%	88.1%	86.9%
2013	3	0	33%	top 61%	89.8%	88.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 20, 2026	8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	66 / 68 (616.3428)	66 (152.5144)	62 (157.0856)	64 (157.1200)	65 (149.6228)
Mar 21, 2025	7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	60 / 70 (651.8856)	61 (163.4172)	60 (162.2400)	52 (168.5828)	61 (157.6456)
Mar 15, 2024	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	55 / 58 (607.8172)	52 (157.1544)	45 (162.8344)	55 (155.3484)	58 (132.4800)
Mar 17, 2023	5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	62 / 68 (622.1600)	42 (166.2972)	64 (154.2628)	63 (156.5256)	65 (145.0744)
Jun 3, 2022	Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition 🏅 Kansas City, MO	19 / 41 (658.7432)	25 (165.6800)	15 (167.3944)	29 (160.5372)	22 (165.1316)
Mar 18, 2022	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	60 / 71 (631.2804)	62 (154.8116)	55 (159.9544)	59 (160.5600)	56 (155.9544)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	146 / 467 (183.4284)	381 (156.5372)	123 (170.8228)	314 (160.5828)	359 (155.4284)
Jun 4, 2021	Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO	20 / 55 (664.5604)	1 (180)	24 (163.4516)	15 (170.3200)	43 (150.7888)
Mar 19, 2021	3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	52 / 70 (649.6572)	61 (158.7884)	18 (172)	33 (169.1772)	65 (149.6916)
Mar 13, 2020	2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	36 / 68 (666.8456)	25 (169.1428)	44 (164.5944)	28 (169.7028)	39 (163.4056)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	100 / 468 (475.9540)	263 (163.9884)	109 (170.2744)	121 (170.2628)	303 (159.4172)
May 31, 2019	Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO	21 / 56 (655.9428)	39 (155.4172)	9 (171.4172)	25 (164.5484)	21 (164.5600)
Apr 5, 2019	VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits 🏅 Overland Park, KS	25 / 53 (665.6804)	21 (169.1200)	20 (167.9888)	25 (166.2744)	31 (162.2972)
Mar 15, 2019	Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	43 / 64 (641.6112)	36 (164.5828)	14 (170.2628)	54 (154.8572)	57 (151.9084)
Oct 5, 2018	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	27 / 56 (649.0172)	39 (158.8572)	46 (155.9316)	15 (172)	27 (162.2284)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	318 / 467 (646.2172)	255 (165.1316)	388 (155.9656)	363 (157.6572)	166 (167.4628)
Jul 27, 2018	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	39 / 66 (633.5772)	11 (170.3200)	34 (162.2400)	43 (157.6572)	52 (143.3600)
Jun 1, 2018	Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO	34 / 48 (636.3084)	29 (160.5144)	32 (161.0972)	37 (156.4912)	31 (158.2056)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	286 / 407 (642.7316)	346 (155.9428)	368 (150.8116)	151 (168.0116)	146 (167.9656)
Jul 28, 2017	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	38 / 54 (651.3944)	32 (165.7144)	33 (165.1772)	50 (151.9544)	20 (168.5484)
Jun 2, 2017	Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO	32 / 61 (635.3144)	39 (157.0744)	12 (170.2628)	59 (142.8344)	13 (165.1428)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	483 / 557 (618.1032)	434 (156.5488)	451 (154.8228)	481 (153.6688)	437 (153.0628)
Jul 29, 2016	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	39 / 54 (655.3140)	2 (178.8572)	53 (145.0972)	43 (161.1084)	17 (170.2512)
Jun 3, 2016	Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO	17 / 45 (661.6688)	15 (168)	14 (167.4172)	14 (167.4288)	24 (158.8228)
May 6, 2016	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	13 / 25 (653.1544)	17 (159.4400)	5 (171.4288)	10 (166.8684)	18 (155.4172)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	250 / 606 (658.1944)	318 (163.4172)	348 (162.2628)	224 (166.2744)	211 (166.2400)
May 29, 2015	Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition Kansas City, MO	35 / 43 (611.2000)	38 (147.9428)	36 (151.3372)	34 (155.3828)	30 (156.5372)
May 1, 2015	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	16 / 32 (659.8856)	24 (160.5256)	18 (162.8228)	8 (170.8572)	16 (165.6800)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	489 / 552 (611.8288)	329 (162.8344)	510 (148.5372)	463 (153.6800)	499 (146.7772)
Jul 25, 2014	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	45 / 54 (634.1368)	47 (159.4056)	53 (147.9428)	34 (161.7144)	24 (165.0740)
May 2, 2014	Truman Heritage Festival (10 TEAM SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE) Grandview, MO	19 / 28 (631.8860)	23 (155.3600)	10 (162.2972)	7 (168.5600)	28 (145.6688)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	326 / 535 (631.2796)	243 (162.2284)	491 (141.6916)	207 (163.4056)	159 (163.9540)
Jul 26, 2013	Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	42 / 58 (642.1712)	34 (163.3828)	47 (158.8684)	43 (158.2400)	38 (161.6800)
May 3, 2013	Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO	15 / 31 (646.2856)	12 (165.7140)	20 (154.8572)	5 (169.1430)	15 (156.5714)

END OF THE ROAD BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Boom or bust

A September team

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)