Barrel Proof BBQ

Barrel Proof BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 25 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2021). They are ranked #2526 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,526

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1519 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 15, 2021

latest Oct 10, 2025 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#297

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

17% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

666.1832 / 720

Master · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Chicken · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Consistency

±7.09

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.37 · weakest Brisket (157.28)

Road miles

1,899

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 949 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Purse competed for

$66K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.43 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

329.49 / 360

3 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.

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

666.1832 career-best overall

92.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.1832 at Maryland State BBQ Bash — 92.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 13, 2023

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

ALL FIRED UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

ALL FIRED UP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bone Suckin' Good BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared 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
2025 ↗	Backyard	#297 (120 pts)	#326 (105 pts)	#335 (105 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#327 (100 pts)	#373 (65 pts)	#299 (130 pts)	—	—
2024 ↗	Master	#1093 (81 pts)	#1082 (106 pts)	#1291 (66 pts)	#1118 (86 pts)	#1137 (76 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1093 (103 pts)	#1249 (78 pts)	#1264 (103 pts)	#1152 (98 pts)	#1137 (103 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1190 (90 pts)	#947 (150 pts)	#1207 (110 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1654 (55 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Barrel Proof BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

81 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Homestead Hawgs

#2,532 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Word Brothers BBQ

#2,535 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1526

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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Little?s Barbecue Company

#2,536 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1519

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2023

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BBQ Bros Austria

#2,518 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 100%
Peak: 1522

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

rated over 5 contests
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS

#2,534 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1519

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Barrel Proof BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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STEVE'S AND BEEVE'S

#2,530 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Barrel Proof BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bone Suckin' Good BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Pig Kahunas	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Team Meat Coma	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Hair of the Hog	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Pool Crew BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Estancia	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HARCO LOCO BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Oink N' Doink BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
FAT MAXINE'S BBQ	5	2	2	40%	⚔ compare
Smokin Dixie BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Sticky Bones BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
LAKEVIEW BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	173.1200	161.0972	166.37	top 60%
Pork Ribs	6	1	1	168.5828	160.5028	165.49	top 50%
Pork	3	0	0	168.0116	159.3828	164.93	top 71%
Brisket	3	0	0	163.9544	151.3484	157.28	top 75%

“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
Maryland State BBQ Bash	3	6	0	top 48%	Oct 13, 2023
MD State BBQ Bash	2	13	0	top 55%	Oct 10, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MD 5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 169 finished ahead 187 times, behind 126

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

20252 milestones

Oct 10 Peak power rating (1519) MD State BBQ Bash
Oct 10 Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash

20231 milestone

Oct 13 Career-best overall score666.1832 Maryland State BBQ Bash

20221 milestone

Oct 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Maryland State BBQ Bash

20214 milestones

Oct 15 First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.7372 Maryland State BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.8	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 15, 2021
+5.1	MD State BBQ Bash	Oct 10, 2025
+2.2	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 13, 2023
+1.4	Maryland State BBQ Bash	Oct 14, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.5	MD State BBQ Bash	Oct 11, 2024

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 45%	90.8%	90.8%
2024	2	0	0%	top 65%	91.1%	91.1%
2023	1	0	0%	top 61%	92.5%	92.5%
2022	1	0	100%	top 60%	90.2%	90.2%
2021	1	1	100%	top 24%	92.7%	92.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 10, 2025	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	13 / 29 (326.8232)	16 (162.8688)	16 (163.9544)	—	—
Oct 26, 2024	Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 11, 2024	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	17 / 26 (327.9200)	14 (169.1428)	11 (166.8228)	18 (167.3944)	20 (156.5256)
Oct 13, 2023	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	14 / 23 (666.1832)	19 (166.8228)	14 (167.3944)	15 (168.0116)	14 (163.9544)
Oct 14, 2022	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	18 / 30 (649.5428)	8 (173.1200)	14 (165.6916)	24 (159.3828)	26 (151.3484)
Oct 15, 2021	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	6 / 25 (333.7372)	13 (165.1544)	3 (168.5828)	—	—

Barrel Proof BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (3 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

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

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 — 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)