They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 12 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Puff Puff BBQ
Puff Puff BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 28 at the Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) (2024). They are ranked #3112 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1505 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
May 5, 2023
latest Jul 11, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
33% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
322.32 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 319.01 (+3.30)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.20
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.54 · weakest Chicken (159.30)
Road miles
519
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.01 / 360
10 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Puff Puff BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,105 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1505
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Puff Puff BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Hog Heaven ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,122 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Puff Puff BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,120 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 62%
- Peak
- 1504
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 62% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#3,116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Puff Puff BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Butts BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| All About the Wood | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Rough Cut Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Let It Smoke Barbecue | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOAKWOOD | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG'N N PIG'N | 6 | 2 | 3 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Grandpa Val's BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Yardogs BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA Q-BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQBrewCrew | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 137.6800 | 159.30 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 146.2172 | 160.54 | top 48% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 44% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 74% | Jul 11, 2026 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 46% | Oct 25, 2025 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 39% | Oct 19, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NJ
7 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
140
finished ahead 161 times, behind 185
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 19, 2024 → Oct 24, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1505) Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
20242 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8572 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
- Career-best overall score330.8460 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- First call Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- First overall top-10 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.0856 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 18, 2024 |
| +8 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | Apr 19, 2024 |
| +5.5 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| +1.5 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 24, 2025 |
| +0.5 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 11, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 30, 2023 |
| -5.8 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | May 5, 2023 |
| -5 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 6, 2024 |
| -2.1 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Oct 25, 2025 |
| -0.6 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Oct 19, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 91.9% | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60% | top 61% | 90.3% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 9 / 15 (317.6572) | 10 (157.1200) | 11 (160.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 18 / 32 (316.4112) | 19 (150.7084) | 13 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 14 / 31 (316.4684) | 14 (157.0740) | 14 (159.3944) | — | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 13 / 26 (330.8460) | 14 (166.2972) | 10 (164.5488) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 8 / 28 (330.2056) | 13 (163.3828) | 4 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Jul 6, 2024 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 11 / 14 (324.4916) | 12 (164.5372) | 9 (159.9544) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 8 / 29 (330.8116) | 9 (166.8572) | 9 (163.9544) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 12 / 34 (325.0856) | 16 (158.2628) | 8 (166.8228) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Jackson, NJ | — | 14 (164.5828) | — | — | — |
| Jun 30, 2023 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 10 / 12 (314.2632) | 8 (162.8460) | 11 (151.4172) | — | — |
| May 5, 2023 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Lincoln, DE | 13 / 20 (283.8972) | 13 (137.6800) | 12 (146.2172) | — | — |
| May 5, 2023 | Delaware Bay-B-Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lincoln, DE | — | 6 (162.2856) | — | — | — |