High-water mark
669.0744
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0744 at 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 16, 2025
Boot Scootin' BBQ
Boot Scootin' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 35 at the Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (2026). They finished #227 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 16, 2025
latest May 15, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.00 · weakest Brisket (158.54)
Road miles
130
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.89 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
336.56 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 ↗ | Backyard | #227 (141 pts) | #139 (321 pts) | #182 (230 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1020 (60 pts) | #833 (145 pts) | #801 (179 pts) | #1067 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1394 (59 pts) | #1170 (74 pts) | #973 (133 pts) | #1177 (64 pts) | #1114 (79 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Boot Scootin' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Boot Scootin' BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,325 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Level with Boot Scootin' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Boot Scootin' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,326 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Boot Scootin' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Boot Scootin' BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Boot Scootin' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.7256 | 168.5944 | 171.00 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.8344 | 166.03 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 163.9656 | 165.69 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 150.8000 | 158.54 | top 80% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 44 times, behind 80
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First call Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
- First overall top-10 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7256 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
- Peak power rating (1497) Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
- Most recent contest Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0744 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ
- Career-best overall score669.0744 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana | May 15, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | Apr 17, 2026 |
| -4 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ | May 16, 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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 56% | 93.5% | 91.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 7 / 35 (336.5600) | 2 (173.7256) | 10 (162.8344) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN | — | 18 (168.5944) | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 13 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2026 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 44 / 48 (650.6968) | 28 (171.9656) | 43 (163.9656) | 41 (163.9656) | 47 (150.8000) |
| May 16, 2025 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 26 / 34 (669.0744) | 22 (169.7028) | 26 (165.6916) | 24 (167.4056) | 21 (166.2744) |
| May 16, 2025 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN | — | — | 21 (164.5488) | — | — |