Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Barking Gecko BBQ
Barking Gecko BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the Spit In The Hills (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #3674 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1515 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Dec 3, 2021
latest Nov 1, 2025 · 3.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
56% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.56 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 648.52 (+9.04)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.70)
Road miles
550
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
648.52 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #409 (506 pts) | #432 (531 pts) | #469 (496 pts) | #460 (441 pts) | #409 (536 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #869 (124 pts) | #1042 (114 pts) | #833 (189 pts) | #786 (189 pts) | #1021 (109 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #408 (541 pts) | #421 (551 pts) | #579 (401 pts) | #412 (556 pts) | #394 (596 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Barking Gecko BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
167 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,660 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Barking Gecko BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1517
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Barking Gecko BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,690 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Barking Gecko BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,669 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Barking Gecko 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Bull Smokers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE MIST BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie TongMasters | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Genius | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CUMBIA BBQ TEAM | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it up BBQ Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 175.4400 | 142.8228 | 162.71 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 150.2744 | 160.70 | top 65% |
| Pork | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 171.9772 | 150.8000 | 162.05 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 173.1544 | 154.2400 | 163.06 | top 54% |
“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) | 7 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in the Valley | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 33% | Nov 1, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
1 of 9 contests
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
42
finished ahead 47 times, behind 65
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Nov 26, 2022 → Nov 2, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score679.4060 Smokin in the Valley
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 Smokin in the Valley
- Most recent contest Smokin in the Valley
20226 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Spit In The Hills
- First overall top-10 Spit In The Hills
- First overall podium Spit In The Hills
- First Reserve Championship Spit In The Hills
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1544 Spit In The Hills
- Peak power rating (1515) Spit In The Hills
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Brew N Que Perth 2021
- First call Brew N Que Perth 2021
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Spit In The Hills | Apr 30, 2022 |
| +9.5 | Smokin in the Valley | Nov 1, 2025 |
| +8.8 | Smokin in the Valley | Aug 2, 2025 |
| +0.4 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Smokin Barrel Fest | Jun 14, 2025 |
| -13.9 | Chidlow BBQ Festival | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -11.4 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION | Oct 21, 2022 |
| -2.8 | Smokin' in the Valley | Nov 2, 2024 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 56% | 94.4% | 92.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 64% | 91.8% | 88.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 3 / 9 (679.4060) | 1 (175.4400) | 7 (165.1316) | 3 (171.9772) | 5 (166.8572) |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 4 / 12 (678.2288) | 6 (166.8228) | 2 (172.5600) | 9 (165.6916) | 2 (173.1544) |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 10 / 10 (639.4172) | 9 (162.2972) | 9 (160.5484) | 10 (157.1316) | 7 (159.4400) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 9 / 14 (651.9196) | 10 (158.2628) | 4 (168) | 4 (165.6800) | 11 (159.9768) |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon | 13 / 15 (638.8344) | 13 (159.9888) | 11 (161.1428) | 7 (162.8572) | 15 (154.8456) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western | 16 / 17 (605.6000) | 17 (142.8228) | 12 (154.2400) | 11 (154.2972) | 10 (154.2400) |
| Apr 30, 2022 | Spit In The Hills Chidlow, Western | 2 / 16 (661.1544) | 3 (169.7600) | 14 (150.2744) | 3 (168) | 1 (173.1200) |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont | 12 / 23 (633.6112) | 7 (166.2856) | 17 (153.6800) | 18 (150.8000) | 10 (162.8456) |