Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 62%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10
- 1 category win
- average top 62%
MEATHEADS' BBQ
MEATHEADS' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the Black Dog Music and Que Festival (2013). They are ranked #6258 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Meathead's BBQ” and “Meatheads BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1417
peak 1500 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest Mar 20, 2026 · 12.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
8% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
472.43 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 549.98 (-77.55)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±122.32
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.75 · weakest Chicken (149.47)
Road miles
1,745
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 510 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$83K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
549.98 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MEATHEADS' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
29 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before MEATHEADS' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,253 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
They turned up 5 years after MEATHEADS' BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Compare careers#6,257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1417
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#6,256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
Level with MEATHEADS' 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 SKULLIES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 122.0456 | 149.47 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 135.8172 | 158.75 | top 70% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8112 | 130.0800 | 151.38 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 110.1944 | 151.74 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 90% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torry Island BBQ Showdown | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 94% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 61 | 0 | top 99% | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2 | 58 | 0 | top 89% | May 26, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 12 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
7
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
415
finished ahead 52 times, behind 577
Longest layoff
6.7 yrs
May 26, 2017 → Jan 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Torry Island BBQ Showdown
20137 milestones
- First tracked contest Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- First call Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- First category win (Brisket) Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- First overall top-10 Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- Career-best overall score641.0628 Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Black Dog Music and Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Black Dog Music and Que Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Black Dog Music and Que Festival | Sep 13, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -11.9 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown | Mar 21, 2025 |
| -11.4 | Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) | Apr 10, 2015 |
| -10.7 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) | May 22, 2015 |
| -10.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 22, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.5% | 68.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 36.8% | 36.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 64.8% | 64.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.2% | 86.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 62% | 89% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2026 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 31 / 34 (586.7084) | 29 (154.8800) | 23 (166.2628) | 30 (155.3712) | 33 (110.1944) |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 62 / 63 (403.5428) | 62 (122.0456) | 62 (135.8172) | 61 (145.6800) | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL | 25 / 26 (264.7428) | 24 (134.6628) | — | 25 (130.0800) | — |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 61 / 61 (466.8344) | 56 (161.1772) | 57 (160.5372) | — | 61 (145.1200) |
| May 26, 2017 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 58 / 67 (640.3308) | 64 (151.3368) | 22 (171.4056) | 58 (162.8112) | 58 (154.7772) |
| May 27, 2016 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 60 / 66 (623.7940) | 59 (155.3828) | 44 (161.6800) | 64 (152.5256) | 58 (154.2056) |
| May 22, 2015 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA | 62 / 65 (620.9596) | 61 (156.5256) | 53 (159.3828) | 64 (142.7656) | 46 (162.2856) |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC | 47 / 51 (619.2228) | 44 (157.0856) | 47 (150.2288) | 36 (160.5484) | 45 (151.3600) |
| Nov 21, 2014 | The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2013 | The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 37 / 55 (632.5832) | 27 (163.3828) | 30 (158.3088) | 46 (153.7372) | 33 (157.1544) |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Black Dog Music and Que Festival Floyd, VA | 9 / 16 (641.0628) | 15 (138.2056) | 7 (165.1428) | 9 (158.8572) | 1 (178.8572) |