The Miller Lite Bunch is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 30th of 99 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2026).
The teams rated closest to The Miller Lite Bunch, each with one reason worth a look.
The Miller Lite Bunch has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 79 rated teams sit within a point of it.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Miller Lite Bunch has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head22 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where The Miller Lite Bunch's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 69 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before The Miller Lite Bunch's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersThey were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before The Miller Lite Bunch's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with The Miller Lite Bunch on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 158.2628 | 169.35 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 154.2744 | 162.83 | top 76% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 169.1316 | 173.47 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 177.1772 | 162.7884 | 170.95 | top 38% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +4.8 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +0.7 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 96.1% | 94.4% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 52% | 95.5% | 93.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 30 / 99 (691.9428) | 47 (171.4172) | 60 (170.8228) | 26 (174.8456) | 25 (174.8572) |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 37 / 75 (666.8344) | 47 (166.2512) | 68 (154.2744) | 34 (169.1316) | 3 (177.1772) |
| 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 | 114 / 401 (687.8968) | 36 (176.5600) | 182 (170.2628) | 36 (177.1428) | 282 (163.9312) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 139 / 158 (668.4112) | 63 (174.2628) | 153 (159.3828) | 66 (171.9772) | 141 (162.7884) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 37 / 92 (667.9084) | 78 (158.2628) | 79 (159.3828) | 15 (174.2628) | 2 (176) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.