BIG BAD WOLVES

BIG BAD WOLVES is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 11th of 36 at the Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #6463 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings and hold 1 all-time KCBS record.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

most visits to one contest

Power ranking

#6,463

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1363

peak 1363 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 12, 2013

latest Sep 30, 2026 · 13.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1065

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

664.4572 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

613.09 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 590.07 (+23.02)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8456

Pork Ribs · Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±53.57

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 152.18 · weakest Brisket (145.18)

Road miles

18,383

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 1,069 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$446K

listed at 22 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

590.07 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

315.14 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

664.4572 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.4572 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 5, 2025

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

B'S QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

B'S QUE has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.00 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 4%.

Brisket avg 145.18
Pork Ribs avg 152.18
0 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at New Jersey State BBQ Championship (Jul 9, 2021).

last seen Sep 12, 2019
back Jul 9, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

13 of 14 shared pork ribs entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 13 of 14 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BONES & BIBS SWINE TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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Boom or bust

±7.15% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.15% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 83.0% of a perfect score
best 92.3%

The long haul

18,383 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 18,383 miles across 30 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,069 miles to New Jersey State Barbecue Championship.

30 mapped stops
furthest 1,069 mi

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

12 visits in all
best finish 57th

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

🥇 🧲 Most visits to one contest 12 editions of the same contest cooked · 2013 → 2026 · Jul 11, 2026 · shared with at least 9 others

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	#1065 (60 pts)	#1141 (60 pts)	#1203 (60 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1483 (140 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1465 (135 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

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UNCLE BO'S BBQ

#6,462 of the rated field

1363 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1363

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2017

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ACME BBQ

#6,464 of the rated field

1363 power rating

Contests: 79
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1531

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 79 contests to 32.

rated over 79 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Mark's Meats and Treats

#6,461 of the rated field

1364 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1364

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 4% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen May 30, 2026

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Junk Yard Hog

#6,465 of the rated field

1362 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1362

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

rated over 20 contests

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JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE

#6,459 of the rated field

1365 ▲ 2 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1365

Rated 2 points above BIG BAD WOLVES.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Jan 12, 2024

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Right Time BBQ

#6,460 of the rated field

1365 ▲ 2 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1365

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
B'S QUE	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
Bar B Q Dat	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Nice Racks	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Philly Smoke	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND CHEESE	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Pig Riggin BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
PACKANACK LAKE BBQ CLUB	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	2	170.2628	135.3600	151.64	top 77%
Pork Ribs	27	1	170.8456	125.0516	152.18	top 73%
Pork	22	0	170.8456	131.4056	150.54	top 80%
Brisket	22	0	169.7144	121.6340	145.18	top 81%

“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 43%
Large (40+)	23	0	top 87%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	13	top 95%
KS	9	top 78%
IL	5	top 47%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	12	57	top 95%	Jul 11, 2026
Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	5	11	top 47%	Aug 24, 2024
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	306	top 78%	Sep 30, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	273	top 82%	Nov 5, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 14 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 14 of 32 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 9 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 1,961 finished ahead 866 times, behind 3,794

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021

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

20261 milestone

Sep 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

20251 milestone

Nov 5 Career-best overall score664.4572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20241 milestone

Oct 30 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

20231 milestone

Sep 16 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8456 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20191 milestone

Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3600 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge

20181 milestone

Jul 14 10th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20131 milestone

Jul 12 Peak power rating (1485) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

—2 milestones

First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Aug 24, 2024
+3.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
+2.3	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Sep 16, 2023
+2.3	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Nov 5, 2025
+2.3	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge	Jun 7, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.8	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2013
-13.5	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 8, 2016
-12.8	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 11, 2014
-12	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 10, 2015
-10.7	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 7, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	2	50%	top 40%	88.5%	86.1%
2026	3	0%	top 90%	90.5%	84.7%
2025	3	0%	top 81%	92.3%	86.2%
2024	4	25%	top 76%	91.1%	78.1%
2023	4	25%	top 78%	89.2%	87.1%
2022	4	0%	top 74%	91.6%	85.6%
2021	1	0%	top 95%	77.9%	77.9%
2019	3	0%	top 82%	91%	86.3%
2018	1	0%	top 91%	78.9%	78.9%
2017	2	0%	top 87%	87.4%	82.1%
2016	2	0%	top 88%	87.6%	79.9%
2015	1	0%	top 94%	79.6%	79.6%
2014	1	0%	top 94%	79.8%	79.8%
2013	1	0%	top 97%	75.2%	75.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	306 / 360 (651.2684)	315 (161.6800)	275 (165.6800)	283 (164.5256)	303 (159.3828)
Jul 11, 2026	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	59 / 62 (568.3200)	61 (135.3600)	62 (143.9428)	59 (139.9772)	52 (149.0400)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	273 / 401 (664.4572)	289 (165.7028)	292 (165.0972)	314 (163.9428)	148 (169.7144)
Jul 12, 2025	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	59 / 63 (576.9256)	38 (162.2744)	62 (134.2056)	47 (155.9656)	61 (124.4800)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	427 / 444 (604.4800)	439 (141.1084)	395 (157.0972)	438 (140)	242 (166.2744)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 24, 2024	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	11 / 36 (328)	7 (170.2628)	20 (157.7372)	—	—
Jul 13, 2024	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	62 / 62 (425.5428)	—	47 (155.4056)	61 (138.8000)	61 (131.3372)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	416 / 487 (635.9088)	357 (163.4056)	445 (153.6688)	388 (159.4400)	371 (159.3944)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 16, 2023	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	21 / 35 (321.0856)	30 (150.2400)	10 (170.8456)	—	—
Jul 14, 2023	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	57 / 64 (602.6744)	60 (142.8000)	54 (151.9316)	40 (160.5944)	54 (147.3484)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	314 / 505 (659.3368)	447 (156.5028)	187 (169.6912)	156 (170.8456)	311 (162.2972)
Aug 20, 2022	Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	26 / 41 (306.7428)	31 (149.0856)	21 (157.6572)	—	—
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	58 / 61 (577.0172)	55 (152.5372)	53 (146.8344)	60 (138.8228)	58 (138.8228)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	56 / 59 (560.9940)	53 (145.1200)	54 (137.1428)	57 (133.6456)	47 (145.0856)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	414 / 468 (618.1028)	452 (146.2400)	406 (154.2056)	295 (162.2972)	369 (155.3600)
Jul 12, 2019	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	61 / 64 (590.1136)	56 (147.9312)	34 (158.2740)	57 (148.4912)	63 (135.4172)
Jun 7, 2019	Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS	29 / 46 (655.3600)	21 (167.4172)	32 (161.6916)	35 (160.5484)	22 (165.7028)
Jul 14, 2018	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	58 / 64 (567.8624)	54 (143.3828)	34 (155.4400)	52 (147.4056)	63 (121.6340)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	327 / 407 (629.5196)	374 (151.9312)	279 (160.5716)	277 (161.6456)	315 (155.3712)
Jul 7, 2017	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	63 / 67 (552.9488)	62 (140.5716)	67 (134.8000)	57 (141.6800)	60 (135.8972)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	428 / 557 (630.7772)	446 (155.9656)	184 (167.9888)	336 (162.2628)	515 (144.5600)
Jul 8, 2016	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	65 / 65 (520.3772)	63 (138.8228)	65 (125.0516)	64 (131.4056)	64 (125.0972)
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	61 / 65 (573.0860)	49 (154.3200)	62 (139.9544)	54 (147.9772)	59 (130.8344)
Jul 11, 2014	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	61 / 65 (574.8796)	53 (145.1656)	37 (150.8684)	46 (149.1428)	60 (129.7028)
Jul 12, 2013	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	63 / 65 (541.5768)	58 (138.2400)	60 (129.7028)	64 (132.5140)	46 (141.1200)
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	20 / 39 (301.1088)	8 (157.1200)	31 (143.9888)	—	—
—	Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL	11 / 38 (318.7656)	14 (159.3828)	12 (159.3828)	—	—

BIG BAD WOLVES

At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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

Backyard avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

The long haul

A standing appointment

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)