They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 12 of 16 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 16 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Charcoal BBQ
Charcoal BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 24 at the Fo.G & Smoke 2025 (2025). They finished #806 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
Mar 29, 2025
latest Apr 11, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.99
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.62 · weakest Brisket (154.81)
Road miles
734
across 16 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
652.67 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Charcoal BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Charcoal BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,045 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1482
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Charcoal BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Art Razza Piave Bbq ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,039 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1482
Fewer contests behind them than Charcoal BBQ has cooked, 5 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
Level with Charcoal BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,011 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Fewer contests behind them than Charcoal BBQ has cooked, 5 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
They were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before Charcoal BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Fewer contests behind them than Charcoal BBQ has cooked, 5 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 165.6800 | 172.62 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 177.1772 | 156.5600 | 166.33 | top 51% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 158.2632 | 159.42 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 152.5144 | 154.81 | top 83% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
9 contests
Contests a season
5.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
10 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
58
finished ahead 26 times, behind 67
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score659.3148 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- 10th tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- Most recent contest Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20253 milestones
- First call BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Peak power rating (1492) BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3828 Fo.G & Smoke 2025
20241 milestone
- First tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Mar 29, 2025 |
| -6.1 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | Sep 20, 2025 |
| -3.4 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Apr 11, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89% | top 67% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 78% | 90.5% | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave | — | 13 (165.6800) | — | — | — |
| Oct 17, 2026 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave | — | — | 2 (177.1772) | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode | — | 4 (173.1200) | — | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 6 (170.2972) | — | — |
| Jul 25, 2026 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures | — | 2 (173.1200) | — | — | — |
| Jul 25, 2026 | Waiting for W.E.S.T. (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sand in Taufers / Campo Tures | — | — | 5 (159.9772) | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 2 (177.7028) | — | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 28 / 42 (659.3148) | 8 (176.5600) | 8 (171.9772) | 35 (158.2632) | 34 (152.5144) |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave | — | 5 (171.9656) | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave | — | — | 14 (156.5600) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto | 18 / 24 (651.3828) | 10 (170.8456) | 15 (162.8344) | 19 (161.1428) | 22 (156.5600) |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 4 (173.1428) | — | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2025 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 19 (165.0856) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 24 / 30 (647.3028) | 10 (171.4400) | 24 (161.6572) | 26 (158.8456) | 23 (155.3600) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 13 (162.3432) | — | — |