Giant slayer
61
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 61-team field at Lakeland Pig Festival.
- Jan 26, 2024
K-Dubs BBQ
K-Dubs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1883 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “K-Dub's BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1544
peak 1544 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Nov 19, 2021
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 13% of the time
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.21
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.18 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.47)
Road miles
37
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$143K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
331.37 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 1 GC
Backyard (4-meat) avg
651.59 / 720
4 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (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 K-Dubs BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,889 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1549
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to K-Dubs BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Powered by Smoke ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,872 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1545
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1545
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before K-Dubs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1545
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1545
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before K-Dubs BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1548
Level with K-Dubs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN ACES BBQ - FL | 8 | 7 | 0 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| K & E's Little Smokers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Ain't EZ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Accutech BBQ | 7 | 5 | 1 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Belly Bustin Bistro | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQmyway | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Tarheel Cookers | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| SWAMP BOYS | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Nuts & Butts | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| JP BBQ and Catering | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Drunkin Brothers BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| One Bite BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 157.0744 | 165.18 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 150.2172 | 162.47 | top 43% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 175.4288 | 154.2628 | 162.61 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 171.9656 | 155.3944 | 163.46 | top 29% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 1 | top 33% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 33% | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 36% | Nov 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
First title
Jan 26, 2024
Lakeland Pig Festival
Opponents faced
307
finished ahead 418 times, behind 188
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1544) Plant City Pig Jam
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
20243 milestones
- First Grand Championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- First state championship Lakeland Pig Festival
- Biggest field won (61 teams) Lakeland Pig Festival
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4288 Lakeland Pig Festival
20226 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall podium Plant City Pig Jam
- First Reserve Championship Plant City Pig Jam
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.2916 Plant City Pig Jam
- Career-best overall score667.2916 Plant City Pig Jam
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| +14.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
| +8.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| +7.9 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 21, 2025 |
| +7.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 28, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 17, 2023 |
| -4.5 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 95.2% | 93.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 52% | 92.5% | 89.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 19% | 92.7% | 90.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 7 / 31 (342.8000) | 6 (173.1200) | 10 (169.6800) | 20 (154.8000) | 12 (158.8228) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 29 / 40 (329.1088) | 39 (160.5372) | 16 (168.5716) | 39 (158.2400) | 6 (171.9656) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 1 / 61 (344.5372) | 4 (171.9772) | 6 (172.5600) | 23 (163.9656) | 24 (160.5028) |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 19 / 25 (309.0288) | 18 (157.0744) | 18 (151.9544) | 8 (161.0972) | 1 (168.5256) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 14 / 51 (665.6460) | 10 (169.1200) | 28 (165.1200) | 4 (175.4288) | 39 (155.9772) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 2 / 25 (667.2916) | 3 (168.5372) | 14 (159.3716) | 1 (173.1428) | 4 (166.2400) |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 18 / 60 (639.2456) | 24 (158.8116) | 32 (150.2172) | 23 (159.9312) | 5 (170.2856) |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 12 / 37 (634.1600) | 12 (162.2400) | 9 (162.2628) | 16 (154.2628) | 14 (155.3944) |