Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.1712 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.67 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2018-08-31).
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Mama and Papa Joe's BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 77 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Mama and Papa Joe's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 10 years after Mama and Papa Joe's BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Mama and Papa Joe's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 161.6456 | 166.36 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 167.3944 | 173.03 | top 16% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 159.9656 | 169.70 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 165.0856 | 168.89 | top 34% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 61 | 0 | top 37% | 2018-09-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| +10.2 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2018-08-31 |
| +6.6 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 33% | 95.3% | 93.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 17% | 94.8% | 94.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 170 / 467 (670.1940) | 136 (170.8456) | 45 (174.2972) | 327 (159.9656) | 210 (165.0856) |
| 2018-09-14 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 61 / 164 (686.1712) | 154 (161.6456) | 25 (175.4172) | 32 (174.8456) | 49 (174.2628) |
| 2018-08-31 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 18 / 74 (672.4688) | 46 (161.6572) | 26 (167.3944) | 5 (174.8572) | 22 (168.5600) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 66 / 552 (678.2972) | 209 (167.4056) | 26 (174.8800) | 131 (169.7372) | 181 (166.2744) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 35 / 165 (682.7884) | 66 (170.2628) | 27 (173.1544) | 66 (169.1084) | 57 (170.2628) |