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IHC BBQ

IHC BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 46 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 8 at the Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY) (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1951 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,951
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1540
peak 1584 · rated over 44 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

46
in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013
latest Sep 26, 2025 · 12.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#351
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

4
15 podiums

Overall top-10s

9
20% of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 46%
overall standings

Best overall

698.8456 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

657.46 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 659.12 (-1.66)

Walk rate

46%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±16.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 167.53 · weakest Brisket (161.80)

Road miles

1,407
across 46 mapped stops · furthest 121 mi

Schedule strength

31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$85K
listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.12 / 720
46 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

  • Chicken ×1

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Slow & Easy BBQ has finished one call ahead of IHC BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 28%.

  • 4 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 28%

A tough matchup

18–3 behind in the head-to-head

Theslabs.com ahead in 86% of their meetings

Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 18 of their 21 shared contests.

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The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.73 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 20%.

  • Brisket avg 161.80
  • Pork avg 167.53
  • 6 calls in 46 entries

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMF in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual (Jun 4, 2021).

  • last seen Sep 27, 2019
  • back Jun 4, 2021

Pork nemesis

15 of 18 shared pork entries lost

SLAPS BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLAPS BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 18 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LOVE 2 Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 30% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 30% across 13 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

  • 13 September contests
  • top 46% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.32% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.32% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 91.5% of a perfect score
  • 46 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 7 visits in all
  • best finish 4th

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #885 (390 pts) #1058 (330 pts) #876 (440 pts) #1147 (300 pts) #1187 (270 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #910 (355 pts) #916 (380 pts) #918 (385 pts) #1028 (330 pts) #1219 (240 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #713 (496 pts) #742 (506 pts) #940 (381 pts) #562 (696 pts) #700 (531 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #351 (873 pts) #365 (843 pts) #438 (738 pts) #289 (1,008 pts) #392 (803 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

CHUBBY AND TUBBY'S
#1,946 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1555

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

  • rated over 37 contests
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RUB IT ALL OVER
#1,955 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1541

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen May 3, 2019
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Blitzkrieg BBQ
#1,956 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1556

Fewer contests behind them than IHC BBQ has cooked, 13 to 46, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Mar 21, 2025
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Pig Time BBQ
#1,949 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1548

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen May 4, 2018
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Syndicate BBQ
#1,953 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
73%
Peak
1541

They turned up 12 years after IHC BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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AbiCue
#1,958 of the rated field
1540 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1545

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

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Theslabs.com 21 3 18 14% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 18 2 16 11% ⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT 17 10 7 59% ⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q 17 3 14 18% ⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor 16 10 6 63% ⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
913 BBQ 16 2 14 13% ⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ 14 5 9 36% ⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE 14 3 11 21% ⚔ compare
ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
NICKLE BOYS BBQ 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 13 4 9 31% ⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
SKUNK RIVER BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 46 12 1 3 180 🔥 149.7028 165.90 top 46%
Pork Ribs 46 8 0 4 177.1544 138.8000 163.89 top 50%
Pork 46 9 3 6 177.7028 157.1312 167.53 top 40%
Brisket 46 6 0 2 172.5828 143.9544 161.80 top 51%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 35%
Medium (20–39)100top 69%
Large (40+)330top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS240top 43%
MO220top 50%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 7 4 0 top 23% Sep 23, 2022
Smokin on the Summit 5 3 0 top 29% Jul 19, 2019
Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 4 12 0 top 71% Apr 26, 2024
Cookin on the Kaw 4 15 0 top 58% Oct 7, 2016
Shawnee Great Grillers 3 21 0 top 42% Sep 26, 2025
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 2 46 0 top 42% Sep 21, 2018
Smokin On Big Creek 2 27 0 top 68% Mar 23, 2018
Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff (Invitational Competitor's Series) 2 3 0 top 40% Oct 11, 2016
Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief 2 45 0 top 65% Apr 1, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 7 contests
Contests a season 3.8 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 24 of 46 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 24 9 of them more than once
Opponents faced 1,032 finished ahead 1,666 times, behind 1,117
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 27, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

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

20251 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers
20231 milestone
  1. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Shawnee Great Grillers
20191 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1584) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20174 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
  2. First Reserve Championship Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY)
  3. First multi-meat day Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY)
  4. Career-best overall score698.8456 Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY)
20161 milestone
  1. First category win (Pork) Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff (Invitational Competitor's Series)
20141 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Smokin on the Summit
20135 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smokin' On Big Creek
  2. First call Smokin' On Big Creek
  3. First overall top-10 SMOKIN on the Summit
  4. First overall podium SMOKIN on the Summit
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.5714 SMOKIN on the Summit

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.6SMOKIN on the SummitJun 7, 2013
+13.1Smokin' on the Summit BBQJun 3, 2016
+12.7Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 27, 2013
+12.3Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 27, 2019
+11.7Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ ChallengeAug 1, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.2McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd AnnualJun 2, 2023
-11.1Smokin In the Creek BBQ ContestOct 15, 2021
-10.9McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL)Jun 1, 2018
-9.6Smokin' in the Creek BBQ ContestApr 26, 2024
-9.2Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL)Apr 22, 2022

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 67% 90.4% 90.4%
20242000 50% top 58% 93.2% 91.9%
20233000 33% top 64% 94.3% 90.5%
20222000 0% top 64% 91.5% 90.4%
20213000 0% top 59% 93% 89.9%
20194021 75% top 28% 95.5% 93.6%
20184000 0% top 59% 91.1% 90.3%
20174012 25% top 45% 97.1% 92.8%
20165021 40% top 41% 95.3% 92.1%
20155010 60% top 44% 93.8% 91.6%
20146010 83% top 41% 93.5% 91.4%
20137020 71% top 35% 94.5% 91.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 26, 2025 Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS 45 / 67 (651.2340) 50 (162.8228) 28 (168.5372) 57 (158.2400) 43 (161.6340)
Sep 27, 2024 Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS 23 / 73 (671.3256) 36 (167.9656) 42 (163.9428) 8 (175.4288) 32 (163.9884)
Apr 26, 2024 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 37 / 44 (652.3540) 39 (158.8000) 14 (173.7028) 31 (165.0856) 39 (154.7656)
Sep 22, 2023 Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS 21 / 73 (678.7312) 2 (180) 51 (161.6800) 24 (170.8228) 30 (166.2284)
Jun 2, 2023 McLouth BBQ Blowout 32nd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS 31 / 36 (633.6568) 34 (149.7028) 32 (157.1084) 16 (167.4284) 26 (159.4172)
Apr 21, 2023 Smokin in the Creek BBQ 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 40 / 51 (642.1484) 40 (155.9540) 44 (158.2172) 15 (171.4172) 38 (156.5600)
Sep 23, 2022 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 39 / 87 (658.6968) 64 (160.5256) 53 (161.0856) 24 (169.1200) 22 (167.9656)
Apr 22, 2022 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 29 / 35 (643.2224) 34 (151.9312) 21 (165.7028) 18 (167.3944) 29 (158.1940)
Oct 15, 2021 Smokin In the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 24 / 27 (607.2456) 17 (162.8344) 27 (138.8000) 22 (158.2056) 25 (147.4056)
Sep 24, 2021 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS 34 / 86 (664.9828) 52 (161.6800) 36 (167.3944) 28 (168.5256) 26 (167.3828)
Jun 4, 2021 Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual 🏅 Mclouth, KS 20 / 42 (669.6456) 17 (169.1200) 25 (166.8800) 22 (167.9656) 18 (165.6800)
Sep 27, 2019 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 4 / 102 (687.9540) 4 (176.5828) 4 (174.8572) 22 (170.8228) 30 (165.6912)
Jul 19, 2019 Smokin on the Summit 🏅 Unity Village, MO 20 / 35 (654.7772) 10 (173.1316) 11 (170.8456) 20 (166.8456) 31 (143.9544)
May 31, 2019 McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS 6 / 25 (679.9884) 5 (172.5828) 7 (167.4400) 1 (177.1544) 15 (162.8112)
Apr 26, 2019 Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 12 / 42 (672.4688) 15 (168.5716) 17 (167.3944) 12 (169.1200) 15 (167.3828)
Oct 5, 2018 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO 24 / 56 (654.1368) 14 (169.1084) 33 (163.3828) 31 (163.9772) 34 (157.6684)
Sep 21, 2018 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 46 / 107 (655.8508) 80 (157.6684) 38 (166.8228) 27 (169.6684) 55 (161.6912)
Jun 1, 2018 McLouth BBQ Blowout 27th Annual ( JUDGES FULL) McLouth, KS 29 / 36 (639.3484) 34 (152.5256) 26 (159.4400) 16 (167.9772) 26 (159.4056)
Mar 23, 2018 Smokin On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO 27 / 39 (651.2912) 22 (165.1200) 29 (159.9656) 17 (167.9656) 28 (158.2400)
Oct 13, 2017 14th Annual Cookin on the Kaw Desoto, KS 40 / 55 (663.3372) 45 (164) 22 (169.6916) 39 (166.2400) 41 (163.4056)
Oct 11, 2017 Holmes Drywall Supply, Inc (BACKYARD ONLY INVITE ONLY) Kansas City, MO 2 / 8 (698.8456) 1 (176) 3 (173.1200) 1 (177.1428) 3 (172.5828)
Sep 22, 2017 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 46 / 112 (655.3828) 79 (159.3944) 11 (173.1772) 79 (159.9656) 45 (162.8456)
Jun 2, 2017 Smokin' On The Summit Lee's Summit, MO 28 / 65 (655.3368) 35 (164.5944) 36 (160.5256) 47 (159.3712) 12 (170.8456)
Oct 11, 2016 Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff (Invitational Competitor's Series) unrated Kansas City, MO 3 / 10 (672.5032) 3 (168.0116) 3 (163.3944) 1 (174.2744) 4 (166.8228)
Oct 7, 2016 Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 40 / 56 (650.2516) 28 (167.4516) 45 (159.3944) 32 (164.5600) 40 (158.8456)
Sep 23, 2016 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 40 / 111 (656.9712) 70 (160.5028) 32 (166.8228) 41 (166.2400) 37 (163.4056)
Jun 3, 2016 Smokin' on the Summit BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 4 / 67 (686.2288) 14 (170.8228) 2 (177.1544) 13 (171.4172) 19 (166.8344)
Apr 1, 2016 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO 45 / 72 (651.3140) 18 (172) 37 (162.2400) 53 (161.1084) 56 (155.9656)
Oct 14, 2015 Holmes Drywall BBQ Cookoff 2015 (BACKYARD-INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, MO 6 / 12 (646.2400) 7 (163.4516) 10 (157.6916) 7 (159.9656) 4 (165.1312)
Oct 9, 2015 Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 26 / 36 (659.8632) 22 (163.9660) 11 (173.1200) 27 (164.5716) 28 (158.2056)
Sep 25, 2015 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 13 / 112 (675.3484) 54 (162.8228) 10 (174.8456) 17 (170.8572) 31 (166.8228)
Jun 5, 2015 Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO 14 / 78 (669.0516) 5 (174.8572) 27 (163.4288) 15 (167.3828) 31 (163.3828)
Apr 3, 2015 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO 48 / 71 (648.5260) 46 (163.4172) 57 (156.5716) 41 (165.1200) 31 (163.4172)
Oct 10, 2014 Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 25 / 46 (657.0396) 13 (169.7256) 41 (150.7884) 3 (177.7028) 33 (158.8228)
Sep 26, 2014 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 20 / 112 (669.1084) 46 (165.1428) 51 (161.6800) 9 (175.4628) 17 (166.8228)
Aug 1, 2014 Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS 10 / 70 (673.0856) 10 (173.1428) 33 (165.6800) 12 (169.1772) 20 (165.0856)
Jun 6, 2014 Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO 20 / 79 (658.2284) 31 (163.4172) 23 (166.8572) 48 (157.1312) 8 (170.8228)
May 16, 2014 Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ Abilene, KS 16 / 27 (659.9544) 5 (174.2628) 22 (158.2860) 12 (165.1312) 17 (162.2744)
Apr 4, 2014 Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO 58 / 75 (631.8056) 45 (163.3712) 47 (159.3828) 45 (162.2744) 66 (146.7772)
Oct 11, 2013 Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS 15 / 42 (649.0168) 9 (166.8800) 38 (148.5028) 13 (163.9656) 2 (169.6684)
Sep 27, 2013 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 10 / 114 (671.2912) 7 (173.1200) 41 (163.9656) 26 (167.9656) 24 (166.2400)
Sep 6, 2013 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO 12 / 72 (677.0972) 25 (166.8228) 3 (174.2972) 15 (172) 23 (163.9772)
Aug 1, 2013 Wheels 'N' Squeels BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS 34 / 74 (655.9312) 13 (172) 35 (164.5372) 42 (162.2856) 53 (157.1084)
Jul 19, 2013 Smokin' on the River Glasgow, MO 24 / 36 (638.7428) 21 (163.4172) 17 (162.2744) 21 (161.1084) 29 (151.9428)
Jun 7, 2013 SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO 3 / 81 (680.5714) 11 (168.5714) 21 (165.1430) 2 (176.5714) 9 (170.2856)
Apr 5, 2013 Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO 50 / 74 (639.4278) 39 (163.4284) 61 (153.1428) 3 (174.2858) 69 (148.5708)

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

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