B Lee's BBQ

B Lee's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 19 at the Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #1972 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,972

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1539 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 5, 2021

latest Jan 16, 2026 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#341

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

26% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

694.2284 / 720

Master · Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

685.98 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.54 (+13.44)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition

Consistency

±18.71

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.96 · weakest Pork (167.26)

Road miles

2,364

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 296 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)

Purse competed for

$207K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.54 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+32 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 32 points across 5 contests since Jan 17, 2025 — from 1508 up to 1539.

5 contests since Jan 17, 2025
now 1539

High-water mark

694.2284 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2284 at Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 16, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Rhythm n QUE has finished one call ahead of B Lee's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 34%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 34%

A tough matchup

16–1 behind in the head-to-head

Meat Candy Q ahead in 94% of their meetings

Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pork Bombin BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

Meat Candy Q ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Meat Candy Q has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared chicken entries.

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A May team

Top 45% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 45% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 56% the rest of the year

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	#924 (95 pts)	#859 (130 pts)	#1055 (100 pts)	#960 (95 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#341 (631 pts)	#485 (466 pts)	#457 (511 pts)	#383 (586 pts)	#275 (846 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#535 (338 pts)	#446 (488 pts)	#491 (482 pts)	#544 (363 pts)	#529 (378 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#464 (414 pts)	#470 (464 pts)	#533 (424 pts)	#563 (339 pts)	#361 (589 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#735 (227 pts)	#591 (352 pts)	#662 (327 pts)	#880 (177 pts)	#808 (197 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to B Lee's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

No Measurements BBQ

#1,960 of the rated field

1540 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1542

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Little E's Que

#1,967 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1539

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

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Que or be Qued

#1,977 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1553

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Belly Buss Barbeque

#1,974 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1539

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before B Lee's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 16 contests
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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HAWGAMANIA

#1,966 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1540

They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before B Lee's BBQ's first contest.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 22, 2022

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SMOKE'N ICE

#1,968 of the rated field

1539 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1543

Level with B Lee's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 3, 2016

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Meat Candy Q	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
B' Mackin BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
SoCal Outlaw BBQ	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
SMOKE HOUND BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
GIRLS CAN GRILL	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Big Boys BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN BARRELS BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	5	0	2	177.7372	150.2400	168.96	top 50%
Pork Ribs	19	5	1	1	176.5600	155.4288	167.89	top 55%
Pork	17	4	0	0	174.2972	149.6572	167.26	top 57%
Brisket	18	8	0	2	179.4400	155.9316	168.23	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 40%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 55%
Large (40+)	6	top 65%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CA	11	top 56%
AZ	6	top 51%
NV	1	top 80%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)	3	8	0	top 52%	May 31, 2025
2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	2	21	0	top 69%	Nov 4, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 11 of 19 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 15 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 19 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Opponents faced 265 finished ahead 266 times, behind 374

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

20262 milestones

Jan 16 Peak power rating (1539) 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Jan 16 Most recent contest 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

20252 milestones

May 16 Career-best overall score694.2284 Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition
May 16 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition

20231 milestone

Nov 3 10th tracked contest Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic

20224 milestones

Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.8632 Horse Town Brew N Que Festival
Sep 16 First call BBQ on the Bay Day 1
Sep 16 First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ on the Bay Day 1
Sep 16 First overall top-10 BBQ on the Bay Day 1

20211 milestone

Nov 5 First tracked contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.6	Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition	May 16, 2025
+13.3	BBQ on the Bay Day 1	Sep 16, 2022
+11.1	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2025
+10.1	BBQ, Boots & Brew	Apr 28, 2023
+9.8	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic	Nov 3, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.3	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 14, 2022
-8.2	Golden State Battle of Indio	Nov 17, 2023
-5.5	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	Nov 5, 2021
-5.1	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship	May 26, 2023
-5	BBQ Jackpot	Dec 6, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 34%	95%	95%
2025	4	2	0	100%	top 34%	96.4%	95.3%
2024	3	0	0	33%	top 75%	93.2%	92.8%
2023	6	2	0	67%	top 55%	96.4%	94.2%
2022	4	1	1	25%	top 63%	95.2%	91.8%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	88.3%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jan 16, 2026	11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	18 / 53 (683.8856)	11 (174.2628)	17 (171.9888)	18 (172.5484)	33 (165.0856)
May 31, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Norco, CA	12 / 20 (681.1088)	15 (163.3944)	13 (171.4172)	6 (174.2972)	7 (172)
May 30, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA	8 / 27 (690.2172)	9 (170.8688)	10 (171.9656)	7 (173.1084)	3 (174.2744)
May 16, 2025	Rotary Day at Galway BBQ Competition 🏅 Temecula, CA	4 / 19 (694.2284)	11 (170.8228)	9 (172)	7 (171.9656)	2 (179.4400)
Jan 17, 2025	10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	13 / 48 (680.4456)	27 (167.9656)	19 (169.6800)	26 (167.3828)	7 (175.4172)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	59 / 74 (663.9660)	43 (168.5372)	72 (155.4288)	29 (171.4172)	34 (168.5828)
Jun 14, 2024	Ignite your Passion 🏅 Winchester, CA	18 / 22 (670.7316)	2 (177.1428)	11 (171.9772)	19 (165.6800)	21 (155.9316)
Jan 12, 2024	9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	37 / 58 (670.7772)	22 (173.1200)	29 (169.1660)	43 (163.3828)	34 (165.1084)
Nov 17, 2023	Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA	36 / 40 (675.8860)	31 (169.6800)	32 (168.5488)	—	12 (173.1200)
Nov 3, 2023	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic 🏅 Mesa, AZ	9 / 26 (679.9544)	14 (167.9772)	9 (170.3200)	6 (171.9772)	10 (169.6800)
Nov 3, 2023	Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Mesa, AZ	—	—	12 (161.6800)	—	—
May 26, 2023	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	13 / 19 (662.1832)	8 (170.8228)	16 (162.2860)	12 (165.0972)	13 (163.9772)
Apr 28, 2023	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	10 / 33 (694.2172)	9 (175.4172)	10 (173.1200)	17 (169.6800)	4 (176)
Mar 10, 2023	BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	17 / 32 (678.1712)	25 (167.3828)	15 (169.1200)	22 (166.2628)	4 (175.4056)
Nov 4, 2022	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	21 / 35 (672.4228)	12 (173.1200)	18 (167.3944)	28 (166.2400)	23 (165.6684)
Sep 16, 2022	BBQ on the Bay Day 1 🏅 San Diego, CA	5 / 17 (685.6684)	2 (177.7372)	1 (176.5600)	15 (162.2628)	8 (169.1084)
Jun 3, 2022	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	25 / 37 (667.8632)	15 (171.9772)	26 (166.2516)	20 (168.5372)	32 (161.0972)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	55 / 59 (618.1260)	56 (150.2400)	44 (162.2744)	55 (149.6572)	44 (155.9544)
Nov 5, 2021	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	26 / 33 (635.8968)	30 (150.8228)	27 (158.8112)	24 (164)	21 (162.2628)

B Lee's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

On the rise

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A May team

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)