Bohica BBQ

Bohica BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 63 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (2023), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #414 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#414

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1695

peak 1697 · rated over 59 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 18, 2015

latest Jun 5, 2026 · 10.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#184

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

23 podiums

Overall top-10s

27% of 63 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

709.6800 / 720

Master · Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

684.16 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.07 (+11.09)

Walk rate

59%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Smoke in the Spring

Consistency

±17.57

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.87 · weakest Brisket (167.57)

Road miles

11,420

across 63 mapped stops · furthest 494 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)

Purse competed for

$671K

listed at 43 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 46 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.07 / 720

60 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Among the elite

#414 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1695 puts them #414 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

rating 1695
peak 1697
59 rated contests

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

Against the odds

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest (Aug 25, 2023) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ.

High-water mark

709.6800 career-best overall

98.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 709.6800 at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest — 98.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 25, 2023

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 46 entries at contests carrying the title.

46 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

WHEN PIGS DIE has finished one call ahead of Bohica BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 1 Grand Championship

2023 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 25%.

7 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 25%

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A tough matchup

23–6 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 79% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 23 of their 29 shared contests.

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest on Aug 25, 2023 — 17 contests and 3.1 years ago.

last GC Aug 25, 2023
3.1 years ago

A strong matchup

13–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 72% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PARROTHEAD SMOKERS in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 68% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 17 of 25 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1604 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

59 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

TEAM CRAWFORD has landed one call behind them 3 times.

Boom or bust

±8.49% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.49% 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 92.4% of a perfect score
best 98.6%

An August team

Top 30% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 30% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 41% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,420 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,420 miles across 63 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 494 miles to Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest.

63 mapped stops
furthest 494 mi

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) every year from 2020 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 5th

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	#464 (375 pts)	#562 (315 pts)	#476 (450 pts)	#580 (275 pts)	#448 (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 (1,115 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 (1,111 pts)	#205 (1,066 pts)	#258 (946 pts)	#296 (821 pts)	#100 (1,471 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	#429 (759 pts)	#407 (809 pts)	#489 (709 pts)	#507 (684 pts)	#286 (1,069 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Bohica BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

DB BBQ

#412 of the rated field

1695 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1733

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Bohica BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bohica BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 86 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ

#411 of the rated field

1695 power rating

Contests: 63
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 49%
Peak: 1733

They've been 1733 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 62 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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FIREHOUSE SMOKE

#413 of the rated field

1695 power rating

Contests: 86
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1722

Careers of much the same size, 86 contests to 63, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 85 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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Gold-N-Blue Barbecue

#415 of the rated field

1694 power rating

Contests: 91
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 69%
Peak: 1805

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 91 contests, alongside a 69% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 86 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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7-8-9 BBQ

#416 of the rated field

1694 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1694

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Bohica BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 33 contests

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PEACE LOVE & SMOKINESS

#409 of the rated field

1696 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1696

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Bohica BBQ)

Level with Bohica BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TEAM CRAWFORD	29	20	9	69%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	29	11	18	38%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	29	6	23	21%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	28	12	16	43%	⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	26	6	20	23%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	26	6	20	23%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	25	4	21	16%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	23	12	11	52%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	23	10	13	43%	⚔ compare
Luscious Loins BBQ	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ	20	13	7	65%	⚔ compare
MadChad's BBQ	19	13	6	68%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	60	20	1	8	178.8572	154.8572	169.87	top 42%
Pork Ribs	60	19	2	3	178.8572	155.9084	167.92	top 44%
Pork	60	15	0	3	177.7144	135.9656	167.71	top 47%
Brisket	60	16	2	9	180 🔥	147.4172	167.57	top 42%

“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)	3	0	top 72%
Medium (20–39)	30	1	top 42%
Large (40+)	27	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	26	0	top 47%
KS	13	0	top 33%
SD	9	1	top 26%
NE	7	0	top 42%
MN	4	0	top 46%
MO	1	0	top 81%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)	7	5	top 29%	Apr 10, 2026
Tri City BBQ Fest	6	8	top 50%	Sep 16, 2022
Original SD BBQ Championships	4	4	top 27%	Jun 5, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	146	top 41%	Sep 27, 2023
Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	3	9	top 49%	Jun 14, 2019
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off	2	16	top 57%	Jul 12, 2024
Original SD BBQ Championship	2	7	top 39%	Jun 3, 2022
GOBS Que (DAY 1)	2	4	top 36%	Aug 13, 2021
Smoketoberfest	2	13	top 48%	Oct 4, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 10 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 26 of 63 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 38 9 of them more than once

First title Aug 25, 2023 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest

Opponents faced 1,563 finished ahead 2,668 times, behind 1,950

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

20262 milestones

Apr 3 Peak power rating (1697) Iowa State BBQ Championship
Jun 5 Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships

20241 milestone

Jun 7 50th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships

20234 milestones

Jul 28 First Reserve Championship 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
Aug 25 First Grand Championship Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
Aug 25 First state championship Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest
Aug 25 Career-best overall score709.6800 Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest

20221 milestone

Apr 8 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Smoke in the Spring

20203 milestones

Jul 25 First category win (Pork Ribs) 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
Jul 25 First overall podium 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
Oct 2 25th tracked contest Ottumwa Smoketoberfest

20181 milestone

Jun 15 10th tracked contest Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition

20171 milestone

Jun 16 First overall top-10 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition

20162 milestones

Sep 16 First call Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2744 Tri City BBQ Fest

20151 milestone

Sep 18 First tracked contest Tri-City BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.4	4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 25, 2020
+15.7	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 8, 2022
+15.7	7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 28, 2023
+15.3	Back To Mayberry	Jul 6, 2018
+14.4	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest	Aug 25, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Tri-City BBQ Fest	Sep 18, 2015
-7.6	State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)	Jun 17, 2016
-6.1	Black Silo Winery	Jun 19, 2020
-5.6	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off	Jul 15, 2022
-5.3	Q for a Cause	Apr 26, 2019

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	0	0	50%	top 34%	95.5%	95.2%
2025	3	0	2	1	100%	top 24%	96.4%	95.4%
2024	8	0	2	1	50%	top 32%	96.6%	95.1%
2023	7	1	3	1	86%	top 25%	98.6%	95.3%
2022	10	0	4	1	70%	top 35%	96.3%	94.2%
2021	4	0	0	0	50%	top 52%	94.1%	76.8%
2020	6	0	1	1	33%	top 41%	94%	93%
2019	7	0	1	0	43%	top 43%	95.2%	93.4%
2018	6	0	2	0	67%	top 48%	94.7%	92%
2017	5	0	2	0	60%	top 56%	92.6%	91.3%
2016	2	0	0	0	50%	top 64%	91.4%	90.1%
2015	1	0	0	0	0%	top 100%	83.7%	83.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 5, 2026	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	11 / 48 (687.9200)	35 (165.6800)	10 (174.2744)	20 (172.5600)	8 (175.4056)
May 8, 2026	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	30 / 77 (682.7656)	58 (167.9656)	44 (167.9772)	23 (173.1084)	16 (173.7144)
Apr 10, 2026	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)
Apr 3, 2026	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	12 / 42 (685.1200)	10 (174.8572)	10 (173.1544)	25 (167.4056)	17 (169.7028)
Jul 25, 2025	9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	10 / 31 (678.7888)	2 (178.8572)	11 (169.6916)	7 (174.2628)	31 (155.9772)
Jun 6, 2025	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	4 / 48 (694.2632)	32 (167.9772)	12 (173.1316)	4 (176)	1 (177.1544)
Apr 11, 2025	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	29 / 92 (688.5032)	15 (176.5600)	54 (169.1316)	7 (177.7144)	66 (165.0972)
Oct 30, 2024	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)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	28 / 169 (694.2284)	51 (174.8572)	27 (176.5600)	132 (167.4056)	36 (175.4056)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 23, 2024	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	9 / 29 (682.8120)	9 (173.7028)	23 (164.5488)	2 (176.0116)	16 (168.5488)
Jul 26, 2024	8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	12 / 28 (681.0400)	1 (178.8572)	16 (166.8344)	16 (169.6800)	16 (165.6684)
Jul 12, 2024	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	16 / 34 (676.5604)	2 (177.7144)	8 (172.0116)	20 (166.2972)	29 (160.5372)
Jun 7, 2024	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	8 / 34 (687.3944)	3 (177.7028)	21 (168.0116)	17 (168.5600)	5 (173.1200)
Apr 5, 2024	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	13 / 97 (695.4060)	20 (176.0116)	61 (168.5372)	14 (176)	19 (174.8572)
Sep 27, 2023	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)
Sep 8, 2023	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	5 / 28 (683.3828)	17 (168)	20 (165.7144)	2 (177.7028)	5 (171.9656)
Aug 25, 2023	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)
Jul 28, 2023	7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	2 / 32 (691.3944)	22 (167.9884)	9 (173.1316)	7 (174.2744)	2 (176)
Jun 2, 2023	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	20 / 39 (663.8856)	33 (157.0856)	8 (172.5600)	11 (173.1200)	25 (161.1200)
May 19, 2023	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	25 / 45 (677.0628)	5 (174.2972)	29 (166.2628)	16 (172.5600)	33 (163.9428)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	11 / 103 (697.0972)	6 (177.7028)	21 (174.2744)	57 (168.5600)	12 (176.5600)
Sep 29, 2022	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)
Sep 16, 2022	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	12 / 25 (674.2172)	11 (170.8572)	16 (166.2400)	11 (168.5600)	11 (168.5600)
Sep 3, 2022	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	7 / 45 (690.8572)	23 (169.6800)	14 (172.5600)	11 (172.0228)	3 (176.5944)
Jul 29, 2022	6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	19 / 32 (664.5028)	12 (168.5372)	20 (165.1428)	25 (161.6800)	9 (169.1428)
Jul 15, 2022	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	27 / 40 (665.6804)	8 (174.2628)	13 (169.1544)	40 (154.8460)	16 (167.4172)
Jul 15, 2022	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 17, 2022	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	5 / 29 (688.5144)	5 (173.1544)	8 (171.9772)	7 (173.7028)	11 (169.6800)
Jun 3, 2022	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	7 / 46 (689.1544)	31 (166.2628)	7 (176.5600)	14 (171.4744)	3 (174.8572)
May 13, 2022	Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN	18 / 59 (675.4172)	10 (170.8572)	17 (169.1200)	46 (163.4172)	7 (172.0228)
Apr 8, 2022	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	5 / 94 (693.7028)	7 (177.1428)	26 (172)	69 (164.5600)	1 (180)
Sep 16, 2021	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)
Aug 13, 2021	GOBS Que (DAY 1) 🏅 Arlington, NE	15 / 26 (666.8000)	4 (173.1200)	19 (162.2400)	19 (164.0344)	14 (167.4056)
Jun 4, 2021	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	31 / 49 (657.0624)	23 (167.4056)	38 (156.5256)	29 (165.7256)	21 (167.4056)
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	51 / 105 (677.6460)	53 (169.6800)	10 (176.0116)	83 (161.6916)	44 (170.2628)
Nov 13, 2020	Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2020	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	44 / 93 (675.4056)	12 (176)	70 (162.3200)	41 (169.1084)	46 (167.9772)
Oct 2, 2020	Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	20 / 66 (674.8456)	32 (168.5828)	21 (167.4400)	33 (167.9656)	13 (170.8572)
Jul 25, 2020	4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	3 / 30 (676.6516)	3 (172)	1 (176.0344)	21 (164.5828)	16 (164.0344)
Jul 17, 2020	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 Marion, IA	14 / 36 (655.9544)	2 (174.8572)	22 (159.9772)	4 (173.7028)	29 (147.4172)
Jun 19, 2020	Black Silo Winery 🏅 Trenton, MO	25 / 31 (665.0512)	20 (169.7028)	26 (160.0116)	16 (168.5256)	19 (166.8112)
Oct 4, 2019	Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	13 / 49 (683.9656)	9 (174.8572)	6 (174.2856)	45 (155.3828)	3 (179.4400)
Sep 20, 2019	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	13 / 34 (673.1200)	17 (166.8460)	13 (167.4284)	16 (168.5828)	12 (170.2628)
Aug 9, 2019	GOBS Que 🏅 Arlington, NE	4 / 29 (685.0972)	2 (176)	11 (166.2744)	4 (171.4172)	3 (171.4056)
Jun 28, 2019	Back To Mayberry 🏅 Rodney, IA	19 / 28 (666.7884)	15 (169.6800)	20 (165.1200)	20 (166.2856)	17 (165.7028)
Jun 14, 2019	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	13 / 31 (673.0628)	21 (165.1316)	17 (163.3828)	12 (169.7028)	3 (174.8456)
Apr 26, 2019	Q for a Cause 🏅 Papillion, NE	25 / 32 (650.7084)	22 (163.4172)	29 (155.9084)	28 (162.2628)	17 (169.1200)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	33 / 104 (677.0396)	31 (171.4284)	30 (169.6800)	45 (167.4056)	41 (168.5256)
Oct 5, 2018	SMOKEToBERFEST Ottumwa, IA	28 / 40 (646.1712)	31 (155.9656)	20 (162.2628)	23 (163.4172)	19 (164.5256)
Sep 21, 2018	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	8 / 27 (668.4340)	19 (163.3828)	9 (167.9656)	4 (170.2628)	13 (166.8228)
Aug 10, 2018	26th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Arlington, NE	13 / 30 (671.3028)	5 (173.1200)	4 (173.7144)	22 (159.3944)	15 (165.0740)
Jul 6, 2018	Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA	6 / 26 (681.6572)	12 (169.6916)	6 (169.7144)	5 (173.1084)	8 (169.1428)
Jun 15, 2018	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA	12 / 23 (667.3372)	15 (168.5716)	7 (170.2744)	14 (164.5256)	15 (163.9656)
May 18, 2018	7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	29 / 42 (638.6856)	29 (162.8228)	26 (159.3600)	22 (165.1084)	34 (151.3944)
Sep 22, 2017	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	16 / 37 (665.0744)	27 (161.6800)	15 (167.3944)	13 (168.5600)	14 (167.4400)
Sep 1, 2017	Smoke the Town Leon, IA	10 / 16 (646.1716)	4 (174.2744)	8 (163.3944)	15 (153.0856)	11 (155.4172)
Jun 16, 2017	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA	9 / 17 (663.9088)	11 (164.6060)	10 (162.2400)	7 (168.5256)	8 (168.5372)
May 12, 2017	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	27 / 39 (645.6228)	26 (165.1772)	24 (163.9656)	29 (159.3828)	30 (157.0972)
Apr 29, 2017	Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2) Boone, IA	18 / 35 (666.8116)	33 (157.0972)	9 (169.6916)	7 (173.7028)	16 (166.3200)
Sep 16, 2016	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	14 / 34 (658.2744)	31 (154.8572)	2 (175.4400)	6 (171.4400)	23 (156.5372)
Jun 17, 2016	State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) State Center, IA	27 / 31 (638.7660)	22 (166.3088)	27 (157.6688)	26 (161.1200)	29 (153.6684)
Sep 18, 2015	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	18 / 18 (602.7656)	17 (156)	14 (159.9772)	18 (135.9656)	15 (150.8228)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Bohica BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (17 found in their record)

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

An August team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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)