Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.
- Chicken ×1
- Brisket ×1
Roughhouse Barbecue
Roughhouse Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 74 at the BBQ Jackpot (2024). They are ranked #2142 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1533
peak 1547 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
May 26, 2023
latest Feb 27, 2026 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
50% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
652.95 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 664.28 (-11.33)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±56.40
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.04)
Road miles
2,007
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 392 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.28 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #706 (165 pts) | #771 (175 pts) | #797 (180 pts) | #764 (150 pts) | #775 (145 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #458 (417 pts) | #403 (567 pts) | #730 (247 pts) | #627 (267 pts) | #455 (467 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #630 (262 pts) | #888 (152 pts) | #758 (232 pts) | #634 (282 pts) | #468 (462 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Roughhouse Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
86 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,156 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Roughhouse Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1540
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1543
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1534
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,149 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with Roughhouse Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1533
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| 1 Bite BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SLINGIN MEATS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| All About Smokin Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Johns BBQ Company | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 163.4056 | 172.63 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 162.8344 | 169.04 | top 57% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 166.2516 | 169.77 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 166.8228 | 173.87 | top 28% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Jackpot | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 55% | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 49% | May 24, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NV
4 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
152
finished ahead 153 times, behind 159
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ & Brew Festival
20251 milestone
- Peak power rating (1547) Q's & Brews
20245 milestones
- First call Best Dam Barbeque
- First category win (Brisket) Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall top-10 Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) BBQ Jackpot
- Career-best overall score693.0744 BBQ Jackpot
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.8972 Best Dam Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | BBQ Jackpot | Dec 6, 2024 |
| +11.2 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
| +9.2 | Q's & Brews | Mar 28, 2025 |
| +6.6 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 24, 2024 |
| +3.2 | Best Dam Barbeque | May 26, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | BBQ Jackpot | Nov 21, 2025 |
| -2.5 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship | Jun 20, 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 | 100% | top 56% | 94.5% | 94.5% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 66% | 96.1% | 87.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 26% | 96.3% | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 14 / 25 (680.4456) | 12 (170.8228) | 19 (166.2284) | 17 (170.2744) | 8 (173.1200) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 90 / 90 (515.9200) | 36 (173.1200) | 17 (174.2628) | 61 (168.5372) | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 10 / 16 (691.9540) | 7 (177.7028) | 15 (169.1200) | 11 (170.8456) | 8 (174.2856) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ | 9 / 26 (683.3716) | 9 (173.1656) | 20 (163.9544) | 16 (166.2516) | 2 (180) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 7 / 74 (693.0744) | 1 (180) | 21 (171.9772) | 42 (169.1200) | 21 (171.9772) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 8 / 29 (692.5144) | 17 (171.9772) | 14 (170.8228) | 4 (176.0116) | 5 (173.7028) |
| May 24, 2024 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 14 / 33 (681.0628) | 27 (163.4056) | 12 (173.1200) | 21 (167.3828) | 1 (177.1544) |
| May 26, 2023 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 15 / 27 (675.8972) | 13 (170.8228) | 21 (162.8344) | — | 15 (166.8228) |