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Many Moons BBQ

Many Moons BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition (2017). They are ranked #1494 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,494
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1565
peak 1583 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

15
in the data

First seen

Feb 28, 2014
latest Oct 2, 2026 · 12.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#814
Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

3
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
20% of 15 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%
overall standings

Best overall

681.7144 / 720
Master · Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

660.00
last 5 Master vs avg 659.60 (+0.40)

Walk rate

73%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Chicken · Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±10.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.15 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.13)

Road miles

3,400
across 15 mapped stops · furthest 2,097 mi

Schedule strength

66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)

Purse competed for

$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.60 / 720
15 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

  • Chicken ×1

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition (Jun 9, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, 3 EYZ BBQ.

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 11 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

POPPA Q-BBQ has finished one call ahead of Many Moons BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2017 1 Grand Championship

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 32%.

  • 3 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 1 category win
  • average top 32%

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

SAUCE THIS BBQ ahead in 78% of their meetings

SAUCE THIS BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The drought

13 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition on Jun 9, 2017 — 13 contests and 9.4 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 9, 2017
  • 9.4 years ago

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIGHEADED BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

7.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 7.9 years, then back at First State BBQ Bash (Sep 25, 2026).

  • last seen Oct 19, 2018
  • back Sep 25, 2026

Chicken nemesis

7 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

DRILLING & GRILLING ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DRILLING & GRILLING has out-cooked them in 7 of 11 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 18% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 18% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

  • 3 June contests
  • top 42% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,400 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,400 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,097 miles to Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship.

  • 15 mapped stops
  • furthest 2,097 mi

The metronome

±1.47% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.47% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.6% of a perfect score
  • 15 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #814 (130 pts) #894 (125 pts) #770 (210 pts) #863 (120 pts) #617 (255 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Many Moons BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

CLARK KENT SUPER SMOKERS
#1,493 of the rated field
1565 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
1
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1568

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Many Moons BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 17 contests
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3 Blondes and a Bald
#1,496 of the rated field
1564 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1564

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Jun 26, 2026
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Smokin N The Bandits
#1,495 of the rated field
1564 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1577

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 24 contests to 15.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen May 2, 2025
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No Name
#1,492 of the rated field
1565 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
1
Top-10s
75%
Peak
1565

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 75% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Aug 22, 2026
  • on a 6-contest top-10 run
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Lake Rat BBQ
#1,491 of the rated field
1565 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1593

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

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen Jun 11, 2021
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TEXAS WARPIG BBQ
#1,497 of the rated field
1564 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
1
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1580

39 contests to 15: their number has had years to settle where Many Moons BBQ's is still finding its level.

  • rated over 34 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 11 6 5 55% ⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
POPPA Q-BBQ 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
SLOWER LOWER BBQ 8 5 3 63% ⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ 7 6 1 86% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ 7 3 4 43% ⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
CRAZY HORSE BBQ 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 15 4 2 2 180 🔥 157.6456 166.15 top 44%
Pork Ribs 15 4 0 0 170.8572 155.9544 163.13 top 47%
Pork 15 5 1 1 176.5716 150.2628 164.58 top 45%
Brisket 15 4 0 1 177.1428 157.0972 165.73 top 37%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)70top 56%
Large (40+)81top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
PA70top 41%
DE41top 28%
VA10top 59%
MD10top 57%
NJ10top 70%
CA10top 54%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition 2 1 1 top 12% Jun 8, 2018
New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) 2 12 0 top 21% Aug 24, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 9 contests
Contests a season 3.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in PA 7 of 15 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 13 2 of them more than once
First title Jun 9, 2017 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
Opponents faced 331 finished ahead 408 times, behind 250
Longest layoff 7.9 yrs Oct 19, 2018 → Sep 25, 2026

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

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Keystone Classic Cookoff
20183 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
  2. 10th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)
  3. Peak power rating (1583) Boo-B-Que
20176 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork) Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
  2. First overall top-10 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
  3. First overall podium Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
  4. First Grand Championship Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
  5. Biggest field won (46 teams) Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
  6. Career-best overall score681.7144 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition
20143 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
  2. First call Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5712 Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+18.3Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ CompetitionJun 9, 2017
+12.4Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ CompetitionJun 8, 2018
+11.4New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)Aug 24, 2018
+9.9Boo-B-QueOct 19, 2018
+9.6York County BBQ FestivalJun 29, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.1Keystone Classic CookoffOct 2, 2026
-7.5First State BBQ BashSep 25, 2026
-3.6New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIESApr 28, 2018
-2.7Keystone Classic BBQOct 6, 2017

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20262000 100% top 75% 92.1% 91.3%
20189022 78% top 38% 93.5% 91.7%
20173111 33% top 32% 94.7% 91.8%
20141000 100% top 54% 91.2% 91.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 2, 2026 Keystone Classic Cookoff 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 21 / 25 (651.2228) 22 (157.6456) 8 (169.6916) 23 (162.2284) 17 (161.6572)
Sep 25, 2026 First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE 26 / 39 (663.3144) 31 (161.0972) 24 (167.3944) 32 (160.5256) 7 (174.2972)
Oct 19, 2018 Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE 15 / 73 (671.9316) 42 (163.4172) 9 (170.8572) 23 (166.8228) 13 (170.8344)
Oct 5, 2018 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 11 / 42 (662.7772) 21 (164.5372) 10 (165.1888) 14 (163.3712) 7 (169.6800)
Sep 28, 2018 Smithfield BBQ Classic Richmond, VA 24 / 41 (650.7316) 23 (163.4516) 28 (159.9428) 27 (161.0972) 13 (166.2400)
Aug 24, 2018 New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA 12 / 71 (657.0284) 1 (174.2628) 43 (155.9544) 10 (167.9656) 31 (158.8456)
Jun 29, 2018 York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA 10 / 33 (673.0744) 6 (171.4172) 22 (159.9544) 9 (168) 5 (173.7028)
Jun 8, 2018 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE 9 / 42 (662.2284) 31 (157.6800) 5 (170.2856) 6 (169.7144) 16 (164.5484)
May 25, 2018 Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA 13 / 35 (666.1256) 1 (180) 13 (166.2284) 22 (162.8000) 24 (157.0972)
May 5, 2018 Naptown barBAYq Cooking Contest Crownsville, MD 21 / 37 (655.8856) 5 (170.8456) 24 (158.8116) 22 (161.1200) 13 (165.1084)
Apr 28, 2018 New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ 28 / 40 (639.3024) 13 (167.9656) 20 (162.2284) 33 (150.2628) 26 (158.8456)
Oct 6, 2017 Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA 26 / 39 (646.1716) 24 (162.2516) 20 (158.8572) 16 (167.4172) 24 (157.6456)
Aug 25, 2017 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 18 / 69 (655.8624) 21 (165.6800) 35 (161.0856) 33 (160.5484) 11 (168.5484)
Jun 9, 2017 Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE 1 / 46 (681.7144) 14 (168.5600) 24 (159.4400) 1 (176.5716) 3 (177.1428)
Feb 28, 2014 Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship Havasu Landing, CA 15 / 28 (656.5712) 16 (163.4400) 17 (161.0856) 6 (170.3084) 13 (161.7372)

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