The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Red, White & Que has finished one call ahead of Just For Fun BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Just For Fun BBQ
Just For Fun BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 50 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #2869 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
peak 1513 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 4, 2015
latest Oct 17, 2025 · 10.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
327.48 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 325.17 (+2.31)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.34
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.65 · weakest Pork (143.36)
Road miles
796
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 765 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$47K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.06 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.17 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
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 Just For Fun BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
100 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,878 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1526
4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to Just For Fun BBQ)
These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — Just For Fun BBQ ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,884 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Just For Fun BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,870 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Level with Just For Fun BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,860 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Just For Fun 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Place Chicken | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Boob-B-Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Boar on the Floor | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Boss Hawgs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Beefis and Butt-Head | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Los Diablos | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SportsPage Smokers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Slice to Meat You | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 153.0744 | 163.65 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 138.7428 | 161.60 | top 58% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3600 | 143.3600 | 143.36 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 160 | 160 | top 36% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 22% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 40% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 99% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
249
finished ahead 184 times, behind 201
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Sep 4, 2015 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1513) WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20234 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score345.1544 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
- First call Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
- Career-best overall score629.0628 Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| +12.8 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 18, 2024 |
| +4.4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| -4.8 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 7, 2024 |
| -4.2 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 17, 2025 |
| -0.1 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke | Sep 4, 2015 |
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 | 0% | top 67% | 92% | 92% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 95.4% | 92.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 154% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
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 | 26 / 39 (331.3600) | 33 (161.6800) | 18 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 7 / 50 (343.4404) | 5 (174.2972) | 16 (169.1432) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 26 / 35 (325.6456) | 32 (159.9656) | 17 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 5 / 50 (345.1544) | 16 (168) | 1 (177.1544) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 54 / 35 (291.8172) | 43 (153.0744) | 57 (138.7428) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 21 / 49 (313.6228) | 9 (163.9884) | 40 (149.6344) | — | — |
| Sep 4, 2015 | Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY | 14 / 25 (629.0628) | 6 (164.5600) | 8 (161.1428) | 23 (143.3600) | 9 (160) |