Unprohibited BBQ

Unprohibited BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 12th of 38 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2016). They are ranked #2552 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,552

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1522 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Nov 6, 2015

latest May 26, 2017 · 1.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

671.3944 / 720

Master · Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.35

last 5 Master vs avg 657.35 (-0.00)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Plant City Pig Jam

Consistency

±12.48

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.54)

Road miles

287

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

657.35 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

671.3944 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.3944 at Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 20, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 36%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.62 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.54
Chicken avg 167.16
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

A November team

Top 34% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 34% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

3 November contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.73% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.73% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.3% of a perfect score
9 contests

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

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

PO BACON BBQ

#2,550 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

#2,560 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1518

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 8, 2016

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BBQ PIT STOP

#2,557 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1518

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2015

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SMOKETACULAR

#2,561 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1518

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Unprohibited BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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FORK U BBQ

#2,542 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1521

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 21, 2014

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Tipsy Smoker

#2,548 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1529

They turned up 7 years after Unprohibited BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWAMP BOYS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	1	1	178.8572	158.8116	167.16	top 41%
Pork Ribs	7	0	0	0	168.5944	155.3944	160.54	top 65%
Pork	7	1	0	0	176	157.1200	164.96	top 47%
Brisket	7	1	0	0	171.9656	159.9312	164.69	top 43%

“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)	5	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 37%

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 a different one every time

Opponents faced 170 finished ahead 150 times, behind 106

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

20171 milestone

May 26 Most recent contest Old Town Barbecue Throwdown

20163 milestones

Nov 18 First category win (Chicken) Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Plant City Pig Jam
Dec 2 Peak power rating (1522) When Pigs Fly South

20153 milestones

Nov 20 First call Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Nov 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3944 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest
Nov 20 Career-best overall score671.3944 Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest

20141 milestone

Nov 21 First tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest	Nov 20, 2015
+7.2	Plant City Pig Jam	Nov 18, 2016
+3.4	When Pigs Fly South	Nov 6, 2015
+3.3	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 29, 2016
+3.2	When Pigs Fly South	Dec 2, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.7	Old Town Barbecue Throwdown	May 26, 2017
-3.3	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL)	Apr 1, 2016

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0%	top 68%	90.5%	90.5%
2016	4	1	75%	top 46%	92.8%	91.5%
2015	3	0	33%	top 36%	93.2%	91.3%
2014	1	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 26, 2017	Old Town Barbecue Throwdown Kissimmee, FL	15 / 22 (651.8400)	14 (165.0972)	19 (157.1316)	12 (164.5256)	11 (165.0856)
Dec 2, 2016	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	15 / 36 (668.4228)	12 (169.1200)	20 (163.9428)	24 (163.3944)	8 (171.9656)
Nov 18, 2016	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	12 / 38 (667.8972)	1 (178.8572)	27 (158.2172)	17 (166.2628)	17 (164.5600)
Apr 1, 2016	Indian River Twisted Tail BBQ Cookoff (JUDGES REGISTRATION FULL) Vero Beach, FL	16 / 25 (636.9828)	13 (163.9428)	23 (155.3944)	16 (157.1200)	12 (160.5256)
Jan 29, 2016	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	26 / 58 (661.6000)	48 (158.8116)	39 (159.9656)	4 (176)	20 (166.8228)
Nov 20, 2015	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	14 / 49 (671.3944)	9 (170.8572)	15 (168.5944)	19 (167.9772)	28 (163.9656)
Nov 6, 2015	When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL	15 / 35 (643.3372)	12 (163.4172)	19 (160.5488)	18 (159.4400)	15 (159.9312)
Jan 30, 2015	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 21, 2014	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	—	—	—	—	—

Unprohibited BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

A November team

The metronome

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

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 — 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)