High-water mark
678.2172
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2172 at Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 21, 2023
Damn It's Good BBQ
Damn It's Good BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 11 at the Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #5732 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1445
peak 1445 · rated over 9 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Oct 7, 2022
latest Oct 31, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
9% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.94 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 634.79 (-22.85)
Walk rate
27%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±53.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.62 · weakest Brisket (158.03)
Road miles
553
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi
Schedule strength
88%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1621)
Purse competed for
$53K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.79 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.03 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | #734 (179 pts) | #721 (229 pts) | #879 (169 pts) | #782 (179 pts) | #889 (132 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #279 (111 pts) | #276 (121 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #617 (261 pts) | #457 (481 pts) | #451 (543 pts) | #674 (246 pts) | #648 (266 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1298 (64 pts) | #1672 (54 pts) | #1334 (79 pts) | #1125 (114 pts) | #1238 (84 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Damn It's Good BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1445
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Damn It's Good BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Damn It's Good BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 91
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1607
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Damn It's Good BBQ)
They've been 1607 at their best, 163 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,745 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1444
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1445
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#5,751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1444
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Damn It's Good BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,736 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Damn It's Good 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Damn Fine Beef & Swine | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Aww Shucks BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' SAUCED | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Cow Creek BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 'n Magic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke This Drink That BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bey's Barbecue | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 155.9888 | 165.62 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 152.5256 | 164.39 | top 73% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 151.3256 | 162.75 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 145.0972 | 158.03 | top 81% |
“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 82% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 82% | Jul 22, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
6 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
7 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
234
finished ahead 45 times, behind 384
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Mar 15, 2024 → May 16, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1)
20234 milestones
- First call Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score678.2172 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
- First overall top-10 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5256 Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL)
- Peak power rating (1496) Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) | Jul 22, 2023 |
| -9.7 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) | Jul 18, 2025 |
| -7.2 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) | Oct 31, 2025 |
| -6.4 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 8, 2023 |
| -6 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) | Jul 14, 2023 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 90.3% | 81.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90% | 90% |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 94.2% | 91.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 52 / 53 (632.4460) | 53 (155.9888) | 35 (170.2744) | 50 (161.0856) | 52 (145.0972) |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 32 / 32 (487.2684) | 31 (161.6800) | 29 (165.0856) | 31 (160.5028) | — |
| May 16, 2025 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 23 / 27 (650.1256) | 13 (170.8572) | 26 (157.0972) | 23 (161.0856) | 21 (161.0856) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 46 / 58 (647.8400) | 41 (166.2628) | 53 (152.5256) | 38 (166.2516) | 39 (162.8000) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 9 / 11 (325.0284) | 10 (157.0512) | 9 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2023 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Mayetta, KS | 86 / 90 (642.0112) | 81 (165.0856) | 2 (178.8572) | 90 (151.3256) | 89 (146.7428) |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 28 / 28 (646.1260) | 24 (166.8228) | 25 (163.3944) | 27 (160.5144) | 25 (155.3944) |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Osceola, MO | — | — | 23 (155.3944) | — | — |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 20 / 31 (678.2172) | 14 (174.2628) | 15 (171.9656) | 26 (163.9888) | 16 (168) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Smokin in the Electric City (Day 1) 🏅 Butler, MO | 22 / 27 (664.5604) | 2 (177.7028) | 23 (159.4288) | 20 (167.4516) | 26 (159.9772) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 23 / 29 (664.5256) | 26 (160.5256) | 20 (166.2744) | 13 (172.5828) | 19 (165.1428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.