They almost always walk
100%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 9 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 100% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BBQmyway
BBQmyway is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2024). They are ranked #1592 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1558
peak 1560 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Nov 19, 2021
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
56% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.96
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.06 · weakest Brisket (160.09)
Road miles
42
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$159K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.30 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
335.60 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
654.76 / 720
3 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BBQmyway, each with one reason worth a look.
54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1558
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1559
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before BBQmyway's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1558
Level with BBQmyway on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1564
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before BBQmyway's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1559
8 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 9 | 9 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| JP BBQ and Catering | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Tillman's BBQ | 7 | 3 | 3 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| K-Dubs BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Tarheel Cookers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Double Barrel Smokers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Cold Beer BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 158.8000 | 166.70 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 159.3716 | 167.40 | top 32% |
| Pork | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 176 | 158.8000 | 169.06 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174.8456 | 148.5028 | 160.09 | top 41% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 30% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 29% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 7 | 0 | top 29% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 31% | Nov 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
302
finished ahead 458 times, behind 196
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20253 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Plant City Pig Jam
- Peak power rating (1560) Plant City Pig Jam
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score662.7656 Lakeland Pig Festival
20214 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0860 Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| +11.1 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
| +11 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2024 |
| +9.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| +8.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
| -1.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
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 | 1 | 100% | top 49% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 22% | 95.5% | 95.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 93.3% | 92.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 92.1% | 91.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
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 | 31 / 63 (325.6572) | 40 (159.4172) | 25 (166.2400) | 10 (170.8344) | 1 (174.8456) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 8 / 31 (342.2284) | 12 (165.6684) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (170.2628) | 2 (172.5600) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 7 / 40 (343.9428) | 8 (173.1200) | 12 (170.8228) | 5 (175.4056) | 14 (168.5372) |
| Nov 22, 2024 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 4 / 26 (330.1828) | 3 (169.6800) | 10 (160.5028) | 9 (158.8000) | 7 (155.9772) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 12 / 61 (335.9772) | 16 (166.2744) | 13 (169.7028) | 3 (176) | 47 (148.5028) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 15 / 25 (655.3028) | 23 (158.8000) | 9 (169.6916) | 20 (163.9656) | 14 (162.8456) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 15 / 51 (662.7656) | 9 (170.2744) | 20 (170.2856) | 24 (165.1084) | 38 (157.0972) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 6 / 25 (652.4228) | 2 (171.9656) | 15 (159.3716) | 4 (170.2972) | 13 (150.7884) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 9 / 37 (649.0860) | 8 (165.1200) | 8 (163.4288) | 2 (170.8800) | 16 (149.6572) |