BBQ4FUN

BBQ4FUN is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 12 at the Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest (2026). They are ranked #6240 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BBQ 4 Fun”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,240

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1418

peak 1418 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 8, 2017

latest Jul 18, 2026 · 9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#635

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

677.5656 / 720

Master · Open Barbecue Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.91 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.84 (+19.06)

Walk rate

65%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Brisket · Muehlviertler BBQ Festival

Consistency

±16.89

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.65 · weakest Brisket (156.35)

Road miles

2,028

across 23 mapped stops

Schedule strength

36%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Master avg

641.84 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

65% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 23 contests

A top-10 category call in 65% of their 23 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.5656 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.5656 at Open Barbecue Championship — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 18, 2026

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Roast a Piece has finished one call ahead of BBQ4FUN 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

17–0 behind in the head-to-head

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.29 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 24% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 156.35
Chicken avg 164.65
5 calls in 21 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokermaker in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

3.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) (May 18, 2024).

last seen Jul 25, 2020
back May 18, 2024

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Chicken nemesis

15 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Roast a Piece has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 67% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 67% across 6 contests, versus top 78% the rest of the year.

6 July contests
top 78% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.35% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.35% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.1% of a perfect score
23 contests

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
2019 ↗	Master	#635 (515 pts)	#575 (600 pts)	#577 (600 pts)	#529 (650 pts)	#619 (545 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#776 (420 pts)	#752 (460 pts)	#653 (560 pts)	#626 (600 pts)	#833 (405 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ4FUN, each with one reason worth a look.

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

FLYING ACES BBQ

#6,235 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1419

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Jun 11, 2022

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ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS

#6,245 of the rated field

1418 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1418

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before BBQ4FUN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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smokin good times ME

#6,238 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1419

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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DIABLOS BARBEQUE

#6,237 of the rated field

1419 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1419

24 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2021

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PAPA SEAN'S BBQ

#6,243 of the rated field

1418 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1418

Level with BBQ4FUN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2023

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Smokin Bros BBQ

#6,244 of the rated field

1418 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1418

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 Aug 23, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
OMERTA BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
BALDICUE	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SAUWALD BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Roast a Piece	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BBQ BROS Competition Team	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Feher Nyul BBQ Team	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	6	1	2	176	150.8228	164.65	top 63%
Pork Ribs	20	6	0	0	167.4628	149.1200	159.66	top 72%
Pork	20	6	0	1	171.9772	151.9656	161.10	top 70%
Brisket	21	5	1	1	177.1544	141.6572	156.35	top 74%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	10	top 87%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 70%
Large (40+)	1	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	2	12	0	top 67%	May 17, 2025
Vienna BBQ Days	2	10	0	top 66%	Jul 14, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Contests visited 18 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 150 finished ahead 101 times, behind 291

Longest layoff 3.8 yrs Jul 25, 2020 → May 18, 2024

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

20262 milestones

Jul 18 Career-best overall score677.5656 Open Barbecue Championship
Jul 18 Most recent contest Open Barbecue Championship

20241 milestone

May 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1544 Muehlviertler BBQ Festival

20192 milestones

Apr 6 10th tracked contest 4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition
Apr 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2172 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition

20182 milestones

Jul 14 First category win (Chicken) Vienna BBQ Days
Jul 14 First overall top-10 Vienna BBQ Days

20173 milestones

Jul 8 First tracked contest Vienna BBQ Days
Jul 8 First call Vienna BBQ Days
Jul 8 Peak power rating (1497) Vienna BBQ Days

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.1	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	May 18, 2024
+4.2	Open Barbecue Championship	Jul 18, 2026
+4.1	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 2019
+1.6	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 13, 2019
+1.5	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2	Jul 25, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.2	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018	Apr 7, 2018
-13.5	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice	Feb 17, 2018
-10.7	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	Apr 6, 2019
-10.3	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE	Feb 16, 2019
-9.6	Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 14, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	1	0	100%	top 72%	94.1%	93.2%
2025	3	0	0	67%	top 80%	90.1%	90.1%
2024	2	0	1	50%	top 55%	91.7%	91.7%
2020	2	0	0	50%	top 78%	90.8%	88.3%
2019	7	0	0	57%	top 80%	90.3%	89.4%
2018	6	1	1	67%	top 84%	89.9%	87.3%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 65%	88.4%	88.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 18, 2026	Open Barbecue Championship Wilhering	12 / 20 (677.5656)	16 (167.3828)	18 (162.8000)	9 (171.9772)	4 (175.4056)
Feb 28, 2026	Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna	10 / 12 (664.9716)	6 (173.1200)	10 (161.6688)	7 (169.6800)	11 (160.5028)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	12 / 15 (648.3884)	6 (167.9656)	15 (159.9544)	14 (156.5372)	10 (163.9312)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Freistadt	—	—	—	—	6 (165.0856)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt	—	—	—	11 (164.5488)	—
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	12 / 22 (659.9084)	18 (160.0228)	9 (163.9428)	18 (158.7884)	1 (177.1544)
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt	—	14 (162.2628)	—	—	—
Jul 25, 2020	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna	14 / 21 (653.7032)	7 (171.4172)	16 (157.7144)	11 (166.2744)	14 (158.2972)
Jul 24, 2020	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna	16 / 18 (617.1200)	14 (160)	17 (152.5140)	14 (153.7260)	15 (150.8800)
Aug 10, 2019	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	24 / 27 (638.8572)	15 (167.4628)	14 (166.2972)	26 (153.1084)	26 (151.9888)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	24 / 44 (643.3832)	17 (164.5944)	29 (159.9656)	—	40 (146.2516)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	21 / 26 (643.3256)	15 (165.7028)	20 (159.9772)	24 (155.9428)	18 (161.7028)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	17 / 28 (650.2172)	16 (166.8456)	23 (149.1200)	5 (170.8572)	15 (163.3944)
Apr 6, 2019	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	16 / 16 (647.3828)	15 (164.5828)	14 (159.4056)	6 (171.4288)	15 (151.9656)
Apr 5, 2019	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	12 / 16 (643.9428)	13 (161.7144)	6 (163.4172)	14 (158.8112)	11 (160)
Feb 16, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee	12 / 12 (640.5600)	11 (164.0228)	12 (154.8344)	10 (165.1428)	12 (156.5600)
Sep 29, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz	15 / 19 (647.3600)	9 (169.7144)	10 (165.1428)	11 (164.0228)	16 (148.4800)
Jul 14, 2018	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	10 / 15 (642.2740)	1 (169.2000)	8 (162.2512)	14 (151.9656)	8 (158.8572)
Apr 28, 2018	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria	17 / 24 (636.0460)	16 (162.2856)	5 (167.4628)	18 (158.2860)	19 (148.0116)
Apr 14, 2018	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	20 / 23 (612.4800)	23 (150.8228)	19 (153.6916)	3 (166.2856)	20 (141.6800)
Apr 7, 2018	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels	17 / 17 (602.2172)	15 (152)	13 (156.5600)	16 (152)	17 (141.6572)
Feb 17, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival- BBQ on Ice Weissensee	17 / 17 (630.6856)	16 (160.4912)	16 (157.0972)	15 (160.5600)	17 (152.5372)
Jul 8, 2017	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	13 / 20 (636.4920)	2 (176)	14 (159.3944)	16 (151.9888)	19 (149.1088)

BBQ4FUN

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

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The metronome

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

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 — 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)