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BOARS NIGHT OUT

BOARS NIGHT OUT is a competition barbecue team with 45 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1318 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Boar's Night Out” and “BOARSNIGHTOUT”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,318
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1578
peak 1621 · rated over 40 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

45
in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2013
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 13.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#756
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

3
15 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
24% of 45 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%
overall standings

Best overall

700.5028 / 720
Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

675.44 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.07 (+3.37)

Walk rate

49%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Consistency

±12.40
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 169.27 · weakest Brisket (167.39)

Road miles

13,502
across 45 mapped stops · furthest 511 mi

Schedule strength

64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$489K
listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.07 / 720
41 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Brisket ×2
  • Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship (Jul 18, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE BLUE BLOODS.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 23%.

  • 3 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 23%
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A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 94% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Black & Veatch in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

14 of 16 shared pork entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 16 shared pork entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 43% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 43% finish in large fields against top 53% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 43% (24)
  • Small (<20 teams): top 53% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUSH LEAGUE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 19% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

  • 3 July contests
  • top 45% the rest of the year

The long haul

13,502 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 13,502 miles across 45 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 511 miles to Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship.

  • 45 mapped stops
  • furthest 511 mi

The metronome

±1.71% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.71% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.4% of a perfect score
  • 45 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Southaven Springfest every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

  • 6 visits in all
  • best finish 6th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #1020 (75 pts) #1141 (60 pts) #1203 (60 pts) #1111 (60 pts) #646 (235 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #756 (172 pts) #774 (197 pts) #886 (167 pts) #600 (292 pts) #725 (202 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #797 (165 pts) #892 (150 pts) #890 (165 pts) #817 (175 pts) #724 (225 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #807 (166 pts) #923 (151 pts) #977 (161 pts) #915 (141 pts) #727 (226 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BOARS NIGHT OUT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MEADOW VALLEY BBQ CO.
#1,322 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
1
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1632
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BOARS NIGHT OUT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen Jul 20, 2018
⚔ Head-to-head
Grate Expectations
#1,321 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
57
GCs
1
Top-10s
53%
Peak
1672
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

They've been 1672 at their best, 94 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 56 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2026
  • on a 3-contest top-10 run
⚔ Head-to-head
SOUTHERN SMOKERS
#1,326 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
28
GCs
2
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1636
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before BOARS NIGHT OUT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 28 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
B Team BBQ
#1,315 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
26
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1590
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

Fewer contests behind them than BOARS NIGHT OUT has cooked, 26 to 45, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Jul 11, 2025
⚔ Head-to-head
K-TOWN DADDY'S BBQ
#1,324 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
87
GCs
1
Top-10s
34%
Peak
1697
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 87 contests, alongside a 34% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 86 contests
  • last seen Jul 19, 2024
⚔ Head-to-head
Flat Tire BBQ
#1,323 of the rated field
1578 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
67%
Peak
1591
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BOARS NIGHT OUT)

They turned up 8 years after BOARS NIGHT OUT did, first appearing in 2021.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ 17 6 11 35% ⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 16 1 15 6% ⚔ compare
Kermit's Ex 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE 15 3 12 20% ⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE 14 4 10 29% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 14 2 12 14% ⚔ compare
Kith n' Kin 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
One2BBQ 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
Sweet Swine O'Mine 12 7 5 58% ⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS 12 7 5 58% ⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 41 8 0 1 176 155.9772 167.79 top 53%
Pork Ribs 41 13 0 5 180 🔥 146.3084 167.63 top 48%
Pork 40 13 1 5 176.5828 155.9656 169.27 top 43%
Brisket 41 11 2 4 180 🔥 149.6456 167.39 top 45%

“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
Small (<20 teams)50top 53%
Medium (20–39)121top 47%
Large (40+)240top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MS170top 47%
KS80top 40%
MO40top 54%
IL40top 45%
AL30top 73%
VA31top 19%
TN20top 33%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Southaven Springfest 6 6 0 top 58% Apr 24, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 4 15 0 top 29% Sep 30, 2026
Roast N Boast 3 3 0 top 59% Oct 18, 2024
Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff 3 20 0 top 47% Sep 21, 2018
Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship 2 1 1 top 8% Jul 18, 2014
Southaven Springfest 2 10 0 top 33% Apr 22, 2022
World Barbecue Championship 2 54 0 top 66% Nov 8, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 6 contests
Contests a season 3.2 across 14 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MS 17 of 45 contests · 7 states in all
Contests visited 26 7 of them more than once
First title Jul 18, 2014 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
Opponents faced 2,548 finished ahead 3,552 times, behind 2,736
Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jun 19, 2020 → Sep 16, 2021

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

20262 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score700.5028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  2. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20231 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1621) Southaven Springfest
20221 milestone
  1. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Southaven Springfest
20211 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20161 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest 'Que at the View
20151 milestone
  1. First category win (Pork) "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship
20142 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
  2. Biggest field won (30 teams) Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  2. First call The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  3. First overall top-10 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1428 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff
  5. First overall podium Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship
  6. First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.6Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ ChampionshipJul 18, 2014
+15.4American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestSep 30, 2026
+13.8American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021
+13.4Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ ChampionshipJul 19, 2013
+13.3'Que at the ViewApr 8, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.9Roast N BoastOct 18, 2024
-10.5Southaven SpringfestApr 26, 2024
-10.140th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTESTSep 12, 2019
-8.9Sam's Club National BBQ TourFeb 24, 2017
-8.3Roast N BoastOct 17, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
20263000 33% top 42% 97.3% 95.4%
20252010 50% top 75% 93.8% 93.7%
20244000 25% top 79% 92.4% 91.3%
20235010 60% top 54% 94.8% 93.8%
20225012 60% top 39% 96.9% 94.9%
20212000 0% top 29% 94.7% 93.5%
20201000 100% top 43% 94.8% 94.8%
20191000 0% top 67% 89.8% 89.8%
20182000 0% top 52% 93.5% 92.4%
20175020 40% top 51% 95.5% 92.8%
20166020 67% top 30% 95% 94.3%
20154011 50% top 49% 94.8% 92.9%
20142110 50% top 23% 93.5% 92.5%
20133020 100% top 23% 94.6% 93.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 30, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 30, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 22 / 360 (700.5028) 167 (170.8228) 48 (176.5600) 117 (173.1200) 3 (180)
Apr 24, 2026 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 26 / 33 (673.5888) 23 (169.1084) 26 (165.1088) 20 (170.8344) 22 (168.5372)
Oct 17, 2025 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 10 / 13 (675.3028) 8 (170.8228) 11 (161.0972) 5 (174.2628) 7 (169.1200)
Apr 25, 2025 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 25 / 34 (673.5884) 24 (169.1200) 30 (166.8228) 11 (172.5600) 28 (165.0856)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 330 / 444 (654.2064) 359 (161.6800) 285 (166.2976) 299 (165.0972) 339 (161.1316)
Oct 18, 2024 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 12 / 15 (665.5544) 15 (156.5144) 12 (167.3828) 10 (170.8228) 5 (170.8344)
Apr 26, 2024 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 36 / 44 (652.9256) 41 (157.0628) 37 (161.6456) 12 (174.2628) 39 (159.9544)
Oct 20, 2023 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 7 / 12 (679.8512) 9 (169.6684) 10 (165.0972) 6 (174.2628) 7 (170.8228)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 310 / 487 (662.7540) 397 (159.9656) 325 (164.5600) 223 (169.1200) 187 (169.1084)
May 5, 2023 Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO 14 / 26 (677.0056) 17 (167.3828) 15 (169.1316) 19 (167.3828) 6 (173.1084)
Apr 21, 2023 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 14 / 34 (682.2056) 31 (164.5140) 8 (174.3088) 2 (176.5600) 19 (166.8228)
Oct 28, 2022 Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS 3 / 8 (681.6228) 5 (168.5372) 7 (163.9772) 2 (174.2628) 1 (174.8456)
Oct 1, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 208 / 505 (673.6000) 328 (164.5256) 76 (174.2744) 303 (165.0856) 145 (169.7144)
Sep 9, 2022 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Millington, TN 13 / 38 (697.6688) 23 (168.5488) 3 (177.7144) 18 (171.4056) 1 (180)
Apr 22, 2022 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 15 / 36 (679.3144) 26 (167.9772) 2 (180) 25 (165.0972) 19 (166.2400)
Oct 29, 2021 Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS 20 / 36 (664.9712) 20 (168.5600) 24 (166.2284) 20 (167.3944) 22 (162.7884)
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 15 / 467 (511.3256) 91 (172.5484) 250 (165.7144) 295 (162.8000) 234 (164)
Jun 19, 2020 Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS 20 / 47 (682.7660) 36 (164.5372) 3 (177.7144) — 17 (171.9772)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 312 / 468 (646.6744) 167 (168.5256) 143 (168.5488) 337 (159.9544) 413 (149.6456)
Sep 21, 2018 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL 31 / 59 (673.0512) 43 (163.4172) 32 (166.8228) 13 (172.5484) 24 (170.2628)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 244 / 467 (658.2168) 83 (173.1428) 166 (169.1084) 263 (163.3828) 392 (152.5828)
Nov 8, 2017 World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL 67 / 93 (660.4572) 27 (171.4056) 74 (162.2516) 88 (157.0972) 27 (169.7028)
Sep 22, 2017 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL 31 / 55 (662.7084) 18 (171.4172) 50 (153.0856) 32 (167.3828) 12 (170.8228)
Jun 16, 2017 Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Nesbit, MS 10 / 41 (685.0512) 22 (169.6684) 23 (167.3828) 3 (174.8572) 13 (173.1428)
Apr 28, 2017 Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS 6 / 33 (687.3600) 7 (172.5600) 7 (173.1544) 14 (170.8344) 13 (170.8112)
Feb 24, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL 24 / 28 (646.6632) 24 (162.8000) 28 (157.1088) 22 (160.5144) 11 (166.2400)
Nov 11, 2016 World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL 54 / 89 (666.6968) 57 (167.9656) 12 (173.7144) 38 (169.6684) 78 (155.3484)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 50 / 557 (682.7768) 283 (164.5256) 36 (174.2856) 56 (173.1200) 97 (170.8456)
Sep 23, 2016 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL 20 / 64 (677.0972) 59 (155.9772) 2 (177.7144) 28 (169.1084) 6 (174.2972)
Jun 17, 2016 The Desoto Shrine Club 8th Annual BBQ Cook Off Hernando, MS 17 / 41 (682.2056) 10 (172.5600) 27 (163.4056) 10 (175.4172) 18 (170.8228)
Apr 22, 2016 Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS 10 / 41 (683.8972) 13 (171.9656) 3 (177.7144) 33 (161.6572) 11 (172.5600)
Apr 8, 2016 'Que at the View Gulfport, MS 5 / 43 (682.2056) 16 (167.9772) 6 (173.1200) 3 (173.1428) 16 (167.9656)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 258 / 606 (657.1196) 27 (176) 562 (146.3084) 220 (166.8112) 167 (168)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 146 / 187 (663.3484) 92 (169.7256) 169 (158.2628) 25 (173.7144) 156 (161.6456)
Jul 17, 2015 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA 12 / 29 (671.3256) 11 (169.6684) 25 (154.8344) 8 (171.4172) 3 (175.4056)
Mar 6, 2015 "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship Nashville, TN 8 / 25 (682.7772) 16 (170.2744) 6 (173.1200) 1 (176.5828) 18 (162.8000)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 233 / 552 (659.3368) 320 (163.4168) 189 (167.4172) 124 (170.2628) 345 (158.2400)
Jul 18, 2014 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA 1 / 30 (673.1200) 5 (169.7028) 4 (168.5600) 10 (168.5600) 9 (166.2972)
Sep 19, 2013 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL 30 / 76 (658.8116) 7 (173.7144) 11 (169.7256) 61 (155.9656) 49 (159.4060)
Jul 19, 2013 Smoke on the Mountain - VA State BBQ Championship Galax, VA 2 / 16 (670.2172) 2 (171.9772) 7 (165.7028) 4 (169.1200) 8 (163.4172)
Jun 14, 2013 The Desoto Shrine Club 5th Annual 2013 BBQ Cookoff Hernando, MS 7 / 40 (681.1428) 15 (169.1428) 14 (168) 4 (175.4286) 15 (168.5714)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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