The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Rowdy Hogs has finished one call ahead of Party Barge BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Party Barge BBQ
Party Barge BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 15 at the Roast N Boast (2024). They are ranked #4555 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1472
peak 1472 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 27, 2021
latest Oct 17, 2025 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.38
spread of their Backyard (3-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.53)
Road miles
4
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.07 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
475.13 / 540
3 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
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The teams rated closest to Party Barge BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1472
Level with Party Barge BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Party Barge BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Party Barge BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,527 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Party Barge BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Hoggs | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Misfits of Smoke | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HOGG UGLY | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BEER-B-QUE BOYS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 153.6572 | 159.50 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 142.8116 | 156.53 | top 100% |
| Pork | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 150.2628 | 161.35 | top 82% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roast N Boast | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 98% | Oct 18, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
76
finished ahead 31 times, behind 101
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Aug 27, 2021 → Oct 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Roast N Boast
20241 milestone
- First overall top-10 Roast N Boast
20232 milestones
- Career-best overall score483.8856 Roast N Boast
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.9772 Roast N Boast
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Roast-N-Boast
- First call Roast-N-Boast
- Peak power rating (1497) Roast-N-Boast
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.2 | Roast N Boast | Oct 18, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Roast N Boast | Oct 17, 2025 |
| -8.9 | Roast N Boast | Oct 20, 2023 |
| -6.2 | Roast N Boast | Oct 28, 2022 |
| -3.3 | Roast-N-Boast | Aug 27, 2021 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 117% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 163% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2025 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 12 / 13 (322.7884) | 12 (155.3712) | 6 (167.4172) | 8 (166.2628) | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 8 / 15 (315.3484) | 10 (153.6572) | 6 (161.6912) | 10 (157.1200) | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 14 / 12 (483.8856) | 17 (158.8228) | 16 (157.0856) | 7 (167.9772) | — |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 13 / 8 (457.6228) | 9 (164.5484) | 18 (142.8116) | 14 (150.2628) | — |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Roast-N-Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 11 / 19 (483.8856) | 9 (165.1200) | 11 (153.6572) | 9 (165.1084) | — |