Happy hunting ground
Top 17%
average finish here
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 29th
- average top 17%
Loud and Heavy BBQ
Loud and Heavy BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 29th of 401 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 32 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Oct 30, 2024
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 174.63 · weakest Chicken (166.93)
Road miles
1,262
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$269K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
682.33 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Loud and Heavy BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Loud and Heavy BBQ 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 93 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1535
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Loud and Heavy BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Loud and Heavy BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1550
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Loud and Heavy BBQ)
19 contests to 7: their number has had years to settle where Loud and Heavy BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,361 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Loud and Heavy BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Loud and Heavy BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Level with Loud and Heavy BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,352 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Loud and Heavy BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| RENEGADE BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Kanned Heat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Hoo Cares Kookers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| The Pitfather BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Sure Shot BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke Show BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 163.3828 | 166.93 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 154.8344 | 167.75 | top 57% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 163.4400 | 173.02 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8800 | 170.2628 | 174.63 | top 15% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 17% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 47% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
624
finished ahead 897 times, behind 362
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score697.6800 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1524) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.8740 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +10.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 33% | 96.9% | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 95.2% | 94.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 29 / 401 (697.6800) | 318 (163.3828) | 14 (177.7144) | 24 (177.7028) | 9 (178.8800) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 45 / 158 (691.9776) | 116 (169.6800) | 58 (173.7144) | 27 (175.4288) | 39 (173.1544) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 58 / 92 (656.5144) | 40 (167.9772) | 83 (154.8344) | 66 (163.4400) | 24 (170.2628) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 123 / 444 (685.6228) | 240 (168.5488) | 295 (166.2284) | 27 (177.1428) | 61 (173.7028) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 112 / 169 (679.8740) | 152 (165.0856) | 145 (166.2400) | 80 (171.4056) | 15 (177.1428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.