High-water mark
691.3140
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3140 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 24, 2025
Space Station BBQ
Space Station BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 51 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2023). They are ranked #2914 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1515 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.89 · weakest Brisket (166.93)
Road miles
257
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
680.60 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
679.31 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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 | #1020 (60 pts) | #1093 (60 pts) | #1161 (60 pts) | #914 (110 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1025 (95 pts) | #888 (145 pts) | #1186 (95 pts) | #1111 (85 pts) | #1047 (100 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #892 (150 pts) | #922 (150 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Space Station BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1507
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#2,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Space Station BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Level with Space Station BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Space Station BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,922 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Space Station BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K & E's Little Smokers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| FRED VEGAS SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Bourbon & Blues BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Poppa Pig | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 168.5600 | 172.89 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 165.1084 | 170.60 | top 49% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 165.6800 | 169.92 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 165.0972 | 166.93 | top 57% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 45% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
282
finished ahead 242 times, behind 242
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score691.3140 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Lakeland Pig Festival
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall top-10 Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.3140 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Peak power rating (1515) Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| +5.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.3 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
| -4.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
| -1.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
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 63% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 96% | 96% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 94.7% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 40 / 63 (678.7656) | 46 (168.5600) | 36 (170.8228) | 15 (174.2856) | 48 (165.0972) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 18 / 40 (691.3140) | 9 (175.4056) | 18 (171.9772) | 20 (171.9656) | 17 (171.9656) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 37 / 61 (682.1712) | 33 (173.1084) | 19 (174.2856) | 32 (169.6800) | 45 (165.0972) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 25 / 43 (670.1484) | 19 (171.9656) | 33 (165.1084) | 25 (167.9772) | 27 (165.0972) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 6 / 51 (679.3140) | 2 (175.4056) | 18 (170.8228) | 21 (165.6800) | 14 (167.4056) |