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MP BBQ

MP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 14th of 32 at the Salt City BBQ Festival (2016). They are ranked #4489 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,489
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1473
peak 1473 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Jun 28, 2013
latest May 18, 2018 · 4.9 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
1 podium

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 73%
overall standings

Best overall

614.1020 / 720
Master · Salt City BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

167.4056
Pork · Salt City BBQ Festival

Consistency

±10.30
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 155.63 · weakest Chicken (145.01)

Road miles

141
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi

Schedule strength

17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

604.28 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

GOOD SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

GOOD SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.62 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

  • Chicken avg 145.01
  • Pork avg 155.63
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Salt City BBQ Festival (May 15, 2015).

  • last seen Jun 28, 2013
  • back May 15, 2015

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Salt City BBQ Festival every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 14th

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MP BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Bones, Rubs, and Harmony
#4,498 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jul 17, 2026
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All Things Covered 'N Smoke
#4,503 of the rated field
1473 power rating
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.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 27, 2026
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Papi on the Patio
#4,466 of the rated field
1474 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1474

They turned up 9 years after MP BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jan 17, 2025
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Bovine Swine and Dine
#4,493 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

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

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 17, 2023
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LAZY DOG BBQ
#4,497 of the rated field
1473 power rating
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.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 2, 2019
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Barbecuing In The Burbs
#4,491 of the rated field
1473 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1473

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen May 25, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
KISS MY BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 158.2512 137.7140 145.01 top 87%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 153.7488 143.3828 150.51 top 67%
Pork 5 1 1 1 167.4056 147.3596 155.63 top 50%
Brisket 5 1 0 0 164.0572 143.3716 153.14 top 60%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 69%
Large (40+)20top 80%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Salt City BBQ Festival 4 14 0 top 68% May 18, 2018

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NY 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 107 finished ahead 46 times, behind 126
Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Jun 28, 2013 → May 15, 2015

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Salt City BBQ Festival
20171 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score614.1020 Salt City BBQ Festival
20153 milestones
  1. First call Salt City BBQ Festival
  2. First category win (Pork) Salt City BBQ Festival
  3. Career-best single call (Pork)167.4056 Salt City BBQ Festival
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Boston Hill BBQ Fest
  2. Peak power rating (1486) Boston Hill BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+5Salt City BBQ FestivalMay 20, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.8Boston Hill BBQ FestJun 28, 2013
-9.9Salt City BBQ FestivalMay 15, 2015
-5.8Salt City BBQ FestivalMay 18, 2018
-2.2Salt City BBQ FestivalMay 19, 2017

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 76% 84.7% 84.7%
20171000 0% top 66% 85.3% 85.3%
20161000 100% top 44% 85.2% 85.2%
20151001 100% top 86% 82.5% 82.5%
20131000 0% top 94% 81.9% 81.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 18, 2018 Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY 26 / 34 (609.6572) 30 (149.0856) 21 (153.7488) 15 (158.2284) 30 (148.5944)
May 19, 2017 Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY 27 / 41 (614.1020) 25 (158.2512) 24 (151.3828) 35 (147.3596) 14 (157.1084)
May 20, 2016 Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY 14 / 32 (613.7832) 30 (140.0116) 19 (152.0116) 11 (157.7028) 7 (164.0572)
May 15, 2015 Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY 18 / 21 (594.1372) 20 (139.9772) 17 (143.3828) 1 (167.4056) 19 (143.3716)
Jun 28, 2013 Boston Hill BBQ Fest Hamburg, NY 46 / 49 (589.7142) 48 (137.7140) 36 (152.0002) 40 (147.4286) 31 (152.5714)

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

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