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 pork.
- Pork ×1
Geaux 2 bbq
Geaux 2 bbq is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 32 at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2023). They are ranked #1838 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1546
peak 1613 · rated over 20 contests
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2019
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
9 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
39% of 23 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
635.16 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 661.90 (-26.74)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.41
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.85 · weakest Pork (167.82)
Road miles
740
across 23 mapped stops · furthest 49 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$180K
listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 20 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.90 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
500.09 / 540
9 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #814 (120 pts) | #882 (120 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | #709 (180 pts) | #838 (120 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #778 (157 pts) | #1000 (117 pts) | #780 (222 pts) | #786 (177 pts) | #692 (217 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #765 (179 pts) | #674 (264 pts) | #699 (264 pts) | #808 (179 pts) | #807 (179 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #402 (492 pts) | #611 (307 pts) | #470 (512 pts) | #487 (417 pts) | #456 (442 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #175 (199 pts) | #172 (224 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #945 (135 pts) | #1155 (110 pts) | #1060 (135 pts) | #973 (145 pts) | #1213 (90 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #70 (555 pts) | #76 (440 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #32 (341 pts) | #33 (291 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Geaux 2 bbq, each with one reason worth a look.
68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1556
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Geaux 2 bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1556
Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1546
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,834 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1565
17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#1,829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1546
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#1,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1554
Level with Geaux 2 bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOL HAND QUE | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 19 | 10 | 9 | 53% | ⚔ compare |
| Wiggle Butts BBQ | 18 | 16 | 2 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| Wine Me, Dine Me and Swine Me | 18 | 13 | 5 | 72% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 17 | 13 | 4 | 76% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 17 | 12 | 5 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN KOLBZ | 16 | 9 | 7 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| CLAUDE'S Q | 15 | 11 | 4 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Gardenvalley Smokers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 175.4172 | 150.1828 | 167.99 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 158.2288 | 168.85 | top 31% |
| Pork | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 180 🔥 | 158.1940 | 167.82 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 164.5256 | 168.85 | top 55% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 14 | 0 | top 35% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 7 | 3 | 0 | top 31% | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 3 | 20 | 0 | top 69% | Nov 14, 2025 |
| BBQ, Boogie & Blues | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 42% | Apr 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
23 of 23 contests
Contests visited
10
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
534
finished ahead 911 times, behind 645
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score695.9316 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Peak power rating (1613) BBQ Boogie & Blues
20211 milestone
- 10th tracked contest GBC Summer Showdown
20203 milestones
- First overall podium Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown
20193 milestones
- First call Hawgin On Lanier
- First overall top-10 Hawgin On Lanier
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score500.4688 Hawgin On Lanier
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2020 |
| +15.1 | Hawgin On Lanier | Aug 2, 2019 |
| +13.7 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown | Nov 20, 2020 |
| +11.7 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
| +11.6 | Hawgin On Lanier | Jul 31, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16.1 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues | Apr 26, 2024 |
| -14.9 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 14, 2025 |
| -11.2 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 17, 2023 |
| -11 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2026 |
| -10.6 | BBQ & Boogie | Apr 25, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 72% | 95.5% | 86% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 94.5% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 31% | 96.7% | 95.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 26% | 95.5% | 93.9% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 93.8% | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 25% | 92.7% | 90% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 35 / 44 (663.7940) | 33 (168.5256) | 33 (168.5256) | 40 (159.3600) | 33 (167.3828) |
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 56 / 56 (500.4572) | 56 (157.6572) | — | 13 (174.2744) | 39 (168.5256) |
| Apr 25, 2025 | BBQ & Boogie 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 24 / 32 (668.9944) | 28 (165.0972) | 16 (169.6916) | 13 (169.6800) | 24 (164.5256) |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 45 (687.3372) | 25 (170.8344) | 13 (174.2628) | 34 (167.9772) | 8 (174.2628) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 30 / 34 (655.2344) | 23 (167.3828) | 30 (158.2288) | 31 (163.3828) | 27 (166.2400) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 28 / 59 (680.4572) | 10 (175.4172) | 9 (174.2744) | 44 (163.9312) | 38 (166.8344) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 44 / 60 (671.8744) | 37 (169.6800) | 25 (173.1200) | 50 (162.8116) | 46 (166.2628) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 3 / 32 (695.9316) | 18 (169.6800) | 2 (178.8572) | 17 (169.6800) | 2 (177.7144) |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 6 / 65 (692.4684) | 9 (173.1200) | 7 (176.5600) | 2 (177.7028) | 43 (165.0856) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 20 / 57 (677.0172) | 23 (169.6800) | 19 (169.6800) | 35 (165.6800) | 12 (171.9772) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 10 / 37 (687.3256) | 15 (171.9772) | 10 (172.5600) | 9 (174.2628) | 19 (168.5256) |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 12 / 73 (498.2168) | 21 (166.2284) | 19 (163.4400) | 5 (168.5484) | — |
| Nov 19, 2021 | GBC Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 8 / 28 (498.1716) | 11 (163.3828) | 9 (163.9660) | 1 (170.8228) | — |
| Jul 30, 2021 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 4 / 39 (506.7544) | 2 (173.1200) | 2 (174.2744) | 15 (159.3600) | — |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 13 / 81 (505.6228) | 8 (171.9772) | 13 (169.1200) | 20 (164.5256) | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 4 / 40 (510.2056) | 7 (170.2512) | 20 (159.9544) | 1 (180) | — |
| Jul 31, 2020 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Cumming, GA | 8 / 55 (509.0860) | 3 (175.4172) | 15 (166.8344) | 13 (166.8344) | — |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 3 / 61 (501.0172) | 15 (163.9544) | 5 (168.5256) | 5 (168.5372) | — |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Hawgin On Lanier 🏅 Gainesville, GA | 4 / 45 (500.4688) | 9 (166.2400) | 8 (163.3944) | 2 (170.8344) | — |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 25 / 62 (471.2228) | 25 (150.1828) | 17 (162.8460) | 21 (158.1940) | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition Cornelia, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA | — | — | — | — | — |