The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Tommy Boy Grillin has finished one call ahead of Bowsers BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Bowsers BBQ
Bowsers 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 3rd of 17 at the Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival (2026). They finished #719 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2025
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 1.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.93 · weakest Brisket (139.55)
Road miles
269
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 113 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
599.69 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bowsers BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Bowsers BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,489 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,495 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
Level with Bowsers BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Bowsers BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
They were already cooking in 2016, 9 years before Bowsers BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,488 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5372 | 150.2288 | 161.93 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5372 | 145.6800 | 157.23 | top 71% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 134.2284 | 143.20 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9200 | 121.6460 | 139.55 | top 94% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 98% | May 23, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
60
finished ahead 15 times, behind 79
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20267 milestones
- Career-best overall score616.4692 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- First call Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
- First overall podium Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.0744 Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5372 Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
- Peak power rating (1485) Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival | Sep 11, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | May 24, 2025 |
| -12.7 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | May 23, 2026 |
| -12.5 | Big Smoke Bonnyville | Aug 14, 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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20% | top 71% | 93.6% | 88% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 3 / 17 (337.0744) | 3 (168.5372) | 3 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 15 / 15 (610.1944) | 11 (166.8800) | 15 (145.6800) | 15 (152.5372) | 15 (145.0972) |
| May 23, 2026 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 22 / 23 (616.4692) | 19 (161.1544) | 15 (160.5716) | 23 (142.8232) | 19 (151.9200) |
| May 23, 2026 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Calmar, AB | — | 18 (150.2288) | — | — | — |
| May 23, 2026 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Calmar, AB | — | — | 15 (157.6800) | — | — |
| May 24, 2025 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 34 / 34 (572.4116) | 17 (162.8572) | 31 (153.6800) | 34 (134.2284) | 34 (121.6460) |