The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head9 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lucille's How 'bout that BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.2744 | 142.2744 | 142.27 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.3600 | 139.3600 | 139.36 | top 100% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6456 | 145.6456 | 145.65 | top 100% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9544 | 155.9544 | 155.95 | top 77% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81% | 81% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Smoke on the Square: In memory of David Harness Franklin, IN | 30 / 31 (583.2344) | 30 (142.2744) | 31 (139.3600) | 31 (145.6456) | 24 (155.9544) |