Full Throttle BBQ

Full Throttle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 56 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 (2021), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #648 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#648

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1650

peak 1697 · rated over 49 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2014

latest Oct 17, 2025 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#315

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

26 podiums

Overall top-10s

52% of 56 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3944 / 720

Master · Zom-B-Q (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

337.76 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 338.37 (-0.61)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL

Consistency

±6.83

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.12)

Road miles

11,202

across 56 mapped stops · furthest 1,081 mi

Schedule strength

81%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1605)

Purse competed for

$339K

listed at 42 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 41 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.76 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

338.37 / 360

26 Backyard contests · 2 GCs

Backyard (3-meat) avg

506.70 / 540

12 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, 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.

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5944 points from the title

Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) (Sep 8, 2023).

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×2

Happy hunting ground

Top 9% average finish here

BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 9%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (Mar 25, 2022).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 40 of 56 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 56 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.3944 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3944 at Zom-B-Q (Day 2) — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 28, 2023

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 41 entries at contests carrying the title.

41 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Dogpatch Q has finished one call ahead of Full Throttle BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 2 Grand Championships

2021 was the year it came together: 14 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.

14 contests
7 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 41%

A tough matchup

17–6 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 74% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 23 shared contests.

The drought

44 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 on Jul 17, 2021 — 44 contests and 5.2 years ago.

last GC Jul 17, 2021
5.2 years ago

A strong matchup

15–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 94% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of smokey anderson bbq in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

The comeback

5.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off (Aug 28, 2020).

last seen Oct 10, 2014
back Aug 28, 2020

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 2 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

2 Grand Championships
56 contests

They cook the hard rooms

1605 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1605 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.

49 rated contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

D’Qued Barbeque has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A March team

Top 22% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 22% across 6 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

6 March contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,202 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,202 miles across 56 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,081 miles to 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary.

56 mapped stops
furthest 1,081 mi

The metronome

±2.04% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.04% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
56 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#315 (689 pts)	#357 (649 pts)	#409 (589 pts)	#269 (824 pts)	#254 (874 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#530 (180 pts)	#521 (205 pts)	#572 (180 pts)	#381 (305 pts)	#510 (220 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Full Throttle BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

HELL ON SQUEALS

#653 of the rated field

1649 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1673

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Full Throttle BBQ)

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

rated over 58 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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DIG'N N PIG'N

#655 of the rated field

1648 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1648

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Full Throttle BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 64 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 64 contests
last seen May 16, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM

#646 of the rated field

1650 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1670

Careers of much the same size, 49 contests to 56, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 48 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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BONE RUBBIN BBQ

#654 of the rated field

1648 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1650

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 59 contests, alongside a 46% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 57 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES

#657 of the rated field

1648 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1656

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Full Throttle BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 41 contests

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PIGHEADED BBQ

#652 of the rated field

1649 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1723

Level with Full Throttle BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 59 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	37	14	23	38%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	32	15	16	47%	⚔ compare
Off The Rack BBQ	32	13	17	41%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	28	17	11	61%	⚔ compare
Optimus Swine	28	11	17	39%	⚔ compare
POOR BOYS BBQ	26	9	17	35%	⚔ compare
Country Boys BBQ	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	25	7	17	28%	⚔ compare
D’Qued Barbeque	24	8	16	33%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	23	6	17	26%	⚔ compare
Uncle Dubby's Backyard BBQ	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	21	12	7	57%	⚔ compare
Ham Squad	21	7	14	33%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	20	12	7	60%	⚔ compare
LEM'S MEAT VARNISH	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	53	29	6	12	180 🔥	152.5600	169.71	top 39%
Pork Ribs	53	24	4	8	177.1428	157.6916	167.12	top 44%
Pork	26	11	1	5	178.8800	154.8344	168.35	top 41%
Brisket	14	5	0	1	175.4400	144.5256	167.65	top 50%

“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)	15	1	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	20	1	top 40%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
VA	16	0	top 39%
WV	11	1	top 31%
PA	6	0	top 38%
AL	4	0	top 37%
KS	4	0	top 71%
MD	3	0	top 46%
OH	2	1	top 11%
NC	2	0	top 19%
NJ	2	0	top 19%
OK	1	0	top 70%
MO	1	0	top 81%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	4	8	top 29%	Mar 25, 2023
Almost Heaven BBQ Bash	2	8	top 41%	Jun 14, 2024
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2)	2	13	top 45%	May 18, 2024
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2)	2	11	top 62%	Apr 20, 2024
Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2	2	top 40%	Sep 9, 2023
Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	2	20	top 48%	Jul 29, 2023
Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2)	2	2	top 30%	Apr 29, 2023
Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)	2	8	top 20%	Jul 30, 2022
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2	2	top 9%	Mar 26, 2022
Smoke in the Spring	2	82	top 84%	Apr 9, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 16 contests

Contests a season 8 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 19 of 56 contests · 11 states in all

Contests visited 40 10 of them more than once

First title Apr 23, 2021 Marietta River City BBQ

Opponents faced 883 finished ahead 1,459 times, behind 1,037

Longest layoff 5.9 yrs Oct 10, 2014 → Aug 28, 2020

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

20251 milestone

Oct 17 Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20241 milestone

Apr 19 50th tracked contest Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1)

20233 milestones

May 6 10th category win Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
Jun 16 Peak power rating (1697) Almost Heaven BBQ Bash
Oct 28 Career-best overall score691.3944 Zom-B-Q (Day 2)

20223 milestones

Mar 25 First Reserve Championship BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Mar 25 First perfect 180 (Chicken) BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Jul 29 25th tracked contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)

20217 milestones

Apr 23 First category win (Chicken) Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 23 First overall top-10 Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 23 First overall podium Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 23 First Grand Championship Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 23 First state championship Marietta River City BBQ
Apr 23 First multi-meat day Marietta River City BBQ
Jun 18 10th tracked contest Almost Heaven BBQ Bash

20202 milestones

Aug 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0744 Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off
Sep 11 First call Smoke on the Trails

20141 milestone

Oct 10 First tracked contest Cookin on the Kaw

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.9	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2	Jul 17, 2021
+17.5	Marietta River City BBQ	Apr 23, 2021
+16.5	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 25, 2022
+13.8	Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague	Oct 15, 2021
+12.9	Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2	May 21, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.7	Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1)	Oct 27, 2023
-14.7	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2)	Apr 20, 2024
-8.1	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	Jul 29, 2023
-7.3	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 9, 2021
-6.9	Smoke in the Spring	Oct 30, 2020

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

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	0	0%	top 54%	93%	93%
2024	6	0	1	0	67%	top 48%	95.4%	93.8%
2023	16	0	9	2	75%	top 37%	96.5%	93.9%
2022	15	0	12	6	87%	top 24%	97%	94.7%
2021	14	2	7	3	71%	top 41%	96.4%	93%
2020	3	0	0	0	33%	top 74%	94.2%	92%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	top 65%	88.8%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 17, 2025	WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	21 / 39 (334.7772)	15 (169.6800)	29 (165.0972)	—	—
Jul 19, 2024	The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	6 / 33 (686.8340)	26 (162.2628)	9 (170.2512)	2 (178.8800)	3 (175.4400)
Jun 14, 2024	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Buckhannon, WV	16 / 30 (674.1944)	21 (165.1088)	14 (167.9656)	12 (170.2628)	11 (170.8572)
May 18, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	13 / 26 (673.5540)	10 (173.1084)	21 (159.9544)	5 (173.1200)	10 (167.3712)
May 17, 2024	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	15 / 37 (674.7200)	13 (170.8228)	17 (166.2400)	19 (165.0856)	8 (172.5716)
Apr 20, 2024	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	20 / 25 (662.7200)	14 (171.9656)	23 (160.5372)	14 (166.2400)	21 (163.9772)
Apr 19, 2024	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	11 / 25 (680.4684)	6 (173.1200)	14 (170.8572)	20 (163.3828)	6 (173.1084)
Oct 28, 2023	Zom-B-Q (Day 2) 🏅 Galax, VA	10 / 17 (691.3944)	14 (170.2628)	2 (177.1428)	12 (169.6800)	8 (174.3088)
Oct 27, 2023	Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) 🏅 Galax, VA	18 / 19 (668.3996)	11 (169.1084)	10 (171.4172)	19 (159.3484)	14 (168.5256)
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	15 / 73 (343.3828)	28 (167.9656)	5 (175.4172)	—	—
Sep 9, 2023	Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 🏅 Mannington, WV	7 / 11 (336.5256)	7 (169.6684)	9 (166.8572)	—	—
Sep 8, 2023	Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Mannington, WV	2 / 12 (344.5256)	4 (173.1200)	1 (171.4056)	—	—
Jul 29, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	20 / 40 (329.6112)	17 (166.8112)	15 (162.8000)	—	—
Jul 28, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	23 / 51 (329.0972)	28 (163.4172)	18 (165.6800)	—	—
Jun 16, 2023	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Buckhannon, WV	8 / 28 (329.6344)	7 (170.8228)	11 (158.8116)	—	—
May 6, 2023	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	3 / 23 (346.2284)	7 (170.8112)	1 (175.4172)	—	—
May 5, 2023	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	9 / 35 (347.3828)	7 (175.4056)	8 (171.9772)	—	—
Apr 29, 2023	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 2) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	2 / 19 (346.8228)	3 (175.4056)	3 (171.4172)	—	—
Apr 28, 2023	Revolutionary BBQ Brawl - Battle on the James (Day 1) 🏅 Williamsburg, VA	10 / 20 (335.9428)	8 (169.1200)	12 (166.8228)	—	—
Mar 25, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	14 / 46 (494.1596)	17 (163.3712)	15 (163.4056)	9 (167.3828)	—
Mar 24, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	8 / 53 (503.9312)	7 (171.4056)	16 (160.5600)	5 (171.9656)	—
Mar 24, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	21 (168.5256)	—	—	—
Mar 24, 2023	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	24 (166.8228)	—	—
Nov 12, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL	5 / 49 (347.3944)	1 (180)	24 (167.3944)	—	—
Nov 11, 2022	4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL	58 / 91 (673.5656)	46 (170.8228)	68 (165.6800)	65 (166.2284)	30 (170.8344)
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	3 / 27 (340.5372)	1 (176.5828)	13 (163.9544)	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	8 / 29 (332.5372)	7 (171.4172)	12 (161.1200)	—	—
Sep 24, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	4 / 18 (523.9544)	1 (178.8572)	14 (168.5372)	4 (176.5600)	—
Sep 23, 2022	Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) Ashland, VA	5 / 20 (519.9312)	8 (174.2628)	9 (172.5484)	4 (173.1200)	—
Aug 19, 2022	Pig Out in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Frostburg, MD	5 / 12 (331.3828)	3 (170.8456)	7 (160.5372)	—	—
Jul 30, 2022	Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	8 / 42 (507.9200)	6 (173.7028)	9 (169.1200)	17 (165.0972)	—
Jul 29, 2022	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	11 / 54 (507.3600)	27 (165.6684)	14 (166.2744)	3 (175.4172)	—
May 21, 2022	Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 🏅 Mannington, WV	2 / 13 (346.2400)	2 (177.7144)	6 (168.5256)	—	—
May 20, 2022	Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 🏅 Mannington, WV	3 / 14 (347.9772)	1 (179.4400)	8 (168.5372)	—	—
Apr 22, 2022	Downtown BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Ripley, WV	6 / 17 (497.7144)	14 (152.5600)	5 (169.7144)	2 (175.4400)	—
Mar 26, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	7 / 50 (511.9312)	9 (171.9656)	2 (174.8572)	11 (165.1084)	—
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	2 / 53 (515.9776)	1 (180)	12 (161.7032)	1 (174.2744)	—
Mar 25, 2022	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 12, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard unrated Shawnee, OK	23 / 33 (331.3372)	14 (169.6800)	27 (161.6572)	—	—
Nov 11, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 16, 2021	Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA	12 / 15 (337.6456)	14 (167.9656)	11 (169.6800)	—	—
Oct 15, 2021	Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague 🏅 Galax, VA	3 / 15 (342.2628)	3 (173.1084)	6 (169.1544)	—	—
Aug 28, 2021	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 2 Boonsboro, MD	12 / 20 (325.6572)	3 (167.9656)	14 (157.6916)	—	—
Aug 27, 2021	Dirty Boots BBQ and Meat Contest - Day 1 Boonsboro, MD	9 / 24 (338.2400)	13 (162.2400)	1 (176)	—	—
Jul 17, 2021	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 2 🏅 Morgantown, WV	1 / 15 (338.3428)	2 (172.0228)	8 (166.3200)	—	—
Jul 16, 2021	Country Roads BBQ Clash Day 1 🏅 Morgantown, WV	8 / 18 (335.3828)	10 (165.6800)	5 (169.7028)	—	—
Jun 18, 2021	Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV	7 / 28 (331.9316)	8 (163.3944)	6 (168.5372)	—	—
May 15, 2021	Smokin' on the Buffalo BBQ Brawl - Day 2 Mannington, WV	5 / 15 (515.3944)	9 (166.8344)	2 (173.1428)	3 (175.4172)	—
Apr 23, 2021	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	1 / 29 (346.9032)	1 (175.4744)	1 (171.4288)	—	—
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	84 / 105 (650.7892)	101 (155.4288)	65 (166.2744)	88 (160.5372)	57 (168.5488)
Mar 27, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	15 / 40 (490.2632)	4 (171.4288)	18 (158.8572)	16 (159.9772)	—
Mar 26, 2021	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	15 / 46 (491.8972)	13 (163.4172)	8 (168.5372)	18 (159.9428)	—
Oct 30, 2020	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	82 / 93 (639.3944)	66 (165.7028)	74 (160.5828)	86 (154.8344)	77 (158.2744)
Sep 11, 2020	Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS	25 / 48 (678.2056)	31 (165.6800)	29 (166.8228)	5 (176.0228)	23 (169.6800)
Aug 28, 2020	Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off 🏅 Nevada, MO	30 / 37 (669.0744)	20 (170.8572)	34 (159.9656)	26 (169.1200)	19 (169.1316)
Oct 10, 2014	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	30 / 46 (639.3596)	30 (162.8800)	16 (167.4056)	25 (164.5484)	44 (144.5256)

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

Full Throttle BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Backyard (3-meat) avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Always the bridesmaid

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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