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Rib Stars

Rib Stars is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 7th of 33 at the Battle of the Brisket (2016). They are ranked #2068 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,068
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1536
peak 1536 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013
latest Sep 16, 2016 · 3.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 29%
overall standings

Best overall

669.6684 / 720
Master · Battle of the Brisket

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

100%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716
Pork · Battle of the Brisket

Consistency

±10.39
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.34)

Road miles

101
across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)

Master avg

659.11 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

669.6684 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6684 at Battle of the Brisket — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 16, 2016

A tough matchup

3–1 behind in the head-to-head

Theslabs.com ahead in 75% of their meetings

Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.36 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 100%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 157.34
  • Pork avg 173.70
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CRAZY BONES BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Battle of the Brisket (Sep 16, 2016).

  • last seen Sep 19, 2014
  • back Sep 16, 2016

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

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#2,082 of the rated field
1536 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
100%
Peak
1539

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
  • on a 5-contest top-10 run
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SMOKEY HAZE
#2,056 of the rated field
1537 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
1
Top-10s
100%
Peak
1538

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 100% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jul 26, 2024
  • on a 5-contest top-10 run
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FOOTHILLS BBQ COMPANY
#2,077 of the rated field
1536 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
60%
Peak
1536

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

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 22, 2017
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SONS OF BBQ
#2,075 of the rated field
1536 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1536

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Feb 3, 2017
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Double S Smokers
#2,071 of the rated field
1536 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1536

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 5.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Oct 30, 2024
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Berg's BBQ
#2,084 of the rated field
1536 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
57%
Peak
1536

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2026
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 1 0 0 169.6916 162.7884 165.81 top 32%
Pork Ribs 5 0 0 0 162.2400 149.6572 157.34 top 64%
Pork 5 5 0 3 176.5716 169.6800 173.70 top 9%
Brisket 5 2 0 0 171.9772 149.6684 162.27 top 37%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 21%
Large (40+)40top 31%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Battle of the Brisket 3 7 0 top 26% Sep 16, 2016
East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival 2 12 0 top 33% Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 187 finished ahead 189 times, behind 75
Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 19, 2014 → Sep 16, 2016

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

20164 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Battle of the Brisket
  2. Career-best overall score669.6684 Battle of the Brisket
  3. Peak power rating (1536) Battle of the Brisket
  4. Most recent contest Battle of the Brisket
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
  2. First call East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6344 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
  4. Career-best single call (Pork)176.5716 Battle of the Brisket

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+11.3East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots FestivalAug 23, 2013
+9.4Battle of the BrisketSep 16, 2016
+8.6Battle of the BrisketSep 13, 2013
+5.8Battle of the BrisketSep 19, 2014
+1.1East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots FestivalAug 22, 2014

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20161010 100% top 21% 93% 93%
20142000 100% top 40% 92.2% 90.5%
20132000 100% top 21% 91.9% 91.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 16, 2016 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 7 / 33 (669.6684) 13 (166.2856) 20 (159.3944) 5 (173.1200) 4 (170.8684)
Sep 19, 2014 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 15 / 46 (663.9088) 7 (169.6916) 24 (162.2400) 3 (173.1200) 19 (158.8572)
Aug 22, 2014 East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS 33 / 69 (639.2340) 32 (162.7884) 43 (157.0972) 10 (169.6800) 49 (149.6684)
Sep 13, 2013 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 13 / 53 (661.1088) 15 (166.2628) 33 (158.2972) 2 (176.5716) 26 (159.9772)
Aug 23, 2013 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS 12 / 68 (661.6344) 21 (164) 56 (149.6572) 2 (176) 8 (171.9772)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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