The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Troublemaker BBQ has finished one call ahead of Boosted BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Boosted BBQ
Boosted BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 25 at the Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) (2025). They are ranked #5371 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Sep 22, 2023
latest Aug 9, 2025 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
18%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.37
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.83 · weakest Pork (150.24)
Road miles
539
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 429 mi
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.01 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
397.38 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Boosted BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,361 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Fewer contests behind them than Boosted BBQ has cooked, 7 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,384 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Boosted BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1454
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#5,367 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Boosted BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Level with Boosted BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Buckshot's BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Hatter BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Piggy & Swine BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| The Swine Doctor's BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BROCK'S BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Troublemaker BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Goudas Barbecue | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| LAKEVIEW BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| smokey anderson bbq | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| K-10 BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 139.9428 | 153.81 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 150.2516 | 160.83 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 137.0400 | 150.24 | top 68% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 78% | Aug 9, 2025 |
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 62% | Mar 23, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
9 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 54 times, behind 259
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1487) Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score473.0512 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 22, 2023 |
| -10.4 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 23, 2023 |
| -5.6 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) | Aug 9, 2024 |
| -5.4 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) | Aug 8, 2025 |
| -5 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | Aug 9, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87% | 87% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 86.8% | 84.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 98% | 87.6% | 73.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 22 (158.2400) | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2026 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 5 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Doswell, VA | 19 / 25 (313.1088) | 19 (156.5600) | 19 (156.5488) | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Doswell, VA | 20 / 25 (313.0632) | 20 (157.1200) | 21 (155.9432) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Ashland, VA | 21 / 27 (300.4800) | 21 (139.9428) | 14 (160.5372) | 21 (137.0400) | — |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Ashland, VA | — | 22 (154.2628) | — | — | — |
| Mar 23, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 27 / 42 (295.8516) | 28 (142.7772) | 26 (153.0744) | 17 (162.2628) | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 27 / 45 (312.5260) | 21 (162.2744) | 28 (150.2516) | 24 (157.7144) | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 19 / 20 (473.0512) | 18 (155.9656) | 6 (173.1428) | 20 (143.9428) | — |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA | 24 / 24 (321.7028) | 23 (157.1084) | 18 (164.5944) | — | — |