Bohica BBQ KS
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WHEN PIGS DIE has finished one call ahead of Bohica BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 27 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PARROTHEAD SMOKERS in 12 of their 17 shared contests.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 27% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2023-08-25) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 46 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 178.8572 | 157.0856 | 171.71 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 46 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 178.8572 | 155.9084 | 168.52 | top 44% |
| Pork | 46 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 177.7144 | 154.8228 | 169.02 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 46 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 147.4172 | 169.51 | top 37% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 14 | 0 | top 38% |
| KS | 13 | 0 | top 33% |
| SD | 9 | 1 | top 26% |
| NE | 5 | 0 | top 36% |
| MN | 4 | 0 | top 46% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 21 | 1 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 25 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (15 of 49 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (46 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2023-08-25)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 667.70
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 687.9200 | 685.51 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 694.2632 | 687.19 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 695.4060 | 684.77 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 709.6800 | 686.39 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 693.7028 | 678.50 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 677.6460 | 540.08 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 676.6516 | 669.58 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 685.0972 | 672.83 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 11 / 48 (687.9200) | 35 (165.6800) | 10 (174.2744) | 20 (172.5600) | 8 (175.4056) |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 30 / 77 (682.7656) | 58 (167.9656) | 44 (167.9772) | 23 (173.1084) | 16 (173.7144) |
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS | 48 / 101 (686.2172) | 84 (166.8228) | 13 (175.4288) | 44 (171.9884) | 39 (171.9772) |
| 2026-04-03 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 12 / 42 (685.1200) | 10 (174.8572) | 10 (173.1544) | 25 (167.4056) | 17 (169.7028) |
| 2025-07-25 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 10 / 31 (678.7888) | 2 (178.8572) | 11 (169.6916) | 7 (174.2628) | 31 (155.9772) |
| 2025-06-06 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 4 / 48 (694.2632) | 32 (167.9772) | 12 (173.1316) | 4 (176.0000) | 1 (177.1544) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 29 / 92 (688.5032) | 15 (176.5600) | 54 (169.1316) | 7 (177.7144) | 66 (165.0972) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 28 / 169 (694.2284) | 51 (174.8572) | 27 (176.5600) | 132 (167.4056) | 36 (175.4056) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 223 / 444 (675.9428) | 246 (168.5372) | 347 (162.8572) | 98 (173.1428) | 118 (171.4056) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 9 / 29 (682.8120) | 9 (173.7028) | 23 (164.5488) | 2 (176.0116) | 16 (168.5488) |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 12 / 28 (681.0400) | 1 (178.8572) | 16 (166.8344) | 16 (169.6800) | 16 (165.6684) |
| 2024-07-12 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 16 / 34 (676.5604) | 2 (177.7144) | 8 (172.0116) | 20 (166.2972) | 29 (160.5372) |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 8 / 34 (687.3944) | 3 (177.7028) | 21 (168.0116) | 17 (168.5600) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 13 / 97 (695.4060) | 20 (176.0116) | 61 (168.5372) | 14 (176.0000) | 19 (174.8572) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 146 / 487 (682.1940) | 146 (172.5484) | 273 (167.3828) | 86 (173.7372) | 201 (168.5256) |
| 2023-09-08 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 5 / 28 (683.3828) | 17 (168.0000) | 20 (165.7144) | 2 (177.7028) | 5 (171.9656) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 1 / 26 (709.6800) | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (178.8572) | 3 (176.5600) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2023-07-28 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 2 / 32 (691.3944) | 22 (167.9884) | 9 (173.1316) | 7 (174.2744) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2023-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 20 / 39 (663.8856) | 33 (157.0856) | 8 (172.5600) | 11 (173.1200) | 25 (161.1200) |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 25 / 45 (677.0628) | 5 (174.2972) | 29 (166.2628) | 16 (172.5600) | 33 (163.9428) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 11 / 103 (697.0972) | 6 (177.7028) | 21 (174.2744) | 57 (168.5600) | 12 (176.5600) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 278 / 505 (664.4340) | 106 (172.5600) | 432 (157.6456) | 262 (166.8228) | 205 (167.4056) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 12 / 25 (674.2172) | 11 (170.8572) | 16 (166.2400) | 11 (168.5600) | 11 (168.5600) |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 7 / 45 (690.8572) | 23 (169.6800) | 14 (172.5600) | 11 (172.0228) | 3 (176.5944) |
| 2022-07-29 | 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 19 / 32 (664.5028) | 12 (168.5372) | 20 (165.1428) | 25 (161.6800) | 9 (169.1428) |
| 2022-07-15 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 27 / 40 (665.6804) | 8 (174.2628) | 13 (169.1544) | 40 (154.8460) | 16 (167.4172) |
| 2022-07-15 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 5 / 29 (688.5144) | 5 (173.1544) | 8 (171.9772) | 7 (173.7028) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2022-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD | 7 / 46 (689.1544) | 31 (166.2628) | 7 (176.5600) | 14 (171.4744) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (Masters) Cambridge, MN | 18 / 59 (675.4172) | 10 (170.8572) | 17 (169.1200) | 46 (163.4172) | 7 (172.0228) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 5 / 94 (693.7028) | 7 (177.1428) | 26 (172.0000) | 69 (164.5600) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 176 / 467 (158.8000) | 28 (175.4172) | 179 (168.5256) | 393 (154.8228) | 337 (157.1428) |
| 2021-08-13 | GOBS Que (DAY 1) Arlington, NE | 15 / 26 (666.8000) | 4 (173.1200) | 19 (162.2400) | 19 (164.0344) | 14 (167.4056) |
| 2021-06-04 | Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD | 31 / 49 (657.0624) | 23 (167.4056) | 38 (156.5256) | 29 (165.7256) | 21 (167.4056) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 51 / 105 (677.6460) | 53 (169.6800) | 10 (176.0116) | 83 (161.6916) | 44 (170.2628) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 44 / 93 (675.4056) | 12 (176.0000) | 70 (162.3200) | 41 (169.1084) | 46 (167.9772) |
| 2020-10-02 | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 20 / 66 (674.8456) | 32 (168.5828) | 21 (167.4400) | 33 (167.9656) | 13 (170.8572) |
| 2020-07-25 | 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 3 / 30 (676.6516) | 3 (172.0000) | 1 (176.0344) | 21 (164.5828) | 16 (164.0344) |
| 2020-07-17 | Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA | 14 / 36 (655.9544) | 2 (174.8572) | 22 (159.9772) | 4 (173.7028) | 29 (147.4172) |
| 2020-06-19 | Black Silo Winery Trenton, MO | 25 / 31 (665.0512) | 20 (169.7028) | 26 (160.0116) | 16 (168.5256) | 19 (166.8112) |
| 2019-10-04 | Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA | 13 / 49 (683.9656) | 9 (174.8572) | 6 (174.2856) | 45 (155.3828) | 3 (179.4400) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 13 / 34 (673.1200) | 17 (166.8460) | 13 (167.4284) | 16 (168.5828) | 12 (170.2628) |
| 2019-08-09 | GOBS Que Arlington, NE | 4 / 29 (685.0972) | 2 (176.0000) | 11 (166.2744) | 4 (171.4172) | 3 (171.4056) |
| 2019-06-28 | Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA | 19 / 28 (666.7884) | 15 (169.6800) | 20 (165.1200) | 20 (166.2856) | 17 (165.7028) |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 13 / 31 (673.0628) | 21 (165.1316) | 17 (163.3828) | 12 (169.7028) | 3 (174.8456) |
| 2019-04-26 | Q for a Cause Papillion, NE | 25 / 32 (650.7084) | 22 (163.4172) | 29 (155.9084) | 28 (162.2628) | 17 (169.1200) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS | 33 / 104 (677.0396) | 31 (171.4284) | 30 (169.6800) | 45 (167.4056) | 41 (168.5256) |
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 | #305 (375 pts) | #408 (315 pts) | #304 (450 pts) | #406 (275 pts) | #279 (420 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #479 (401 pts) | #511 (426 pts) | #614 (311 pts) | #407 (536 pts) | #493 (401 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #291 (755 pts) | #177 (1115 pts) | #421 (575 pts) | #290 (770 pts) | #349 (650 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #210 (986 pts) | #320 (711 pts) | #323 (791 pts) | #247 (891 pts) | #227 (931 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #184 (1111 pts) | #205 (1066 pts) | #258 (946 pts) | #296 (821 pts) | #100 (1471 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #581 (281 pts) | #487 (391 pts) | #570 (336 pts) | #631 (261 pts) | #589 (306 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #218 (546 pts) | #153 (756 pts) | #215 (551 pts) | #250 (506 pts) | #278 (426 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #433 (759 pts) | #411 (809 pts) | #491 (709 pts) | #511 (684 pts) | #289 (1069 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #539 (661 pts) | #621 (596 pts) | #458 (806 pts) | #534 (696 pts) | #598 (611 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #928 (376 pts) | #1012 (371 pts) | #855 (456 pts) | #891 (436 pts) | #935 (391 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1539 (170 pts) | #1822 (130 pts) | #1086 (315 pts) | #1374 (230 pts) | #1799 (125 pts) |