High-water mark
676.5256
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.5256 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 23, 2022
Charface
Charface is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 16th of 87 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2022). They are ranked #2362 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1537 · rated over 12 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Sep 26, 2014
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 12 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.39
last 5 Master vs avg 657.69 (-0.29)
Walk rate
42%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.39
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.60)
Road miles
4
across 12 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.69 / 720
12 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Charface, each with one reason worth a look.
90 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,377 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
1–4 in 5 shared contests (20% to Charface)
These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — HG BBQ ahead 4–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 16%
- Peak
- 1539
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Charface)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Charface's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,376 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1533
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1525
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,358 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1544
Level with Charface on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1568
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Pig Committee | 12 | 12 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SMF | 12 | 10 | 2 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Last Years Leftovers | 12 | 10 | 2 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| F.O.M.S.B. | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| This Little Piggy Got Smoked | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| YARDHOGS BBQ | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Why Not Smoke | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% | ⚔ compare |
| Bubba's Pig-a-licious | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% | ⚔ compare |
| ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| Grilligans Island | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Evening Wood | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| IHC BBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9884 | 153.0628 | 164.73 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 152.5484 | 163.60 | top 53% |
| Pork | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1544 | 157.1772 | 165.66 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 150.8116 | 163.70 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 6 | 16 | 0 | top 36% | Sep 23, 2022 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 4 | 36 | 0 | top 60% | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 31% | Sep 21, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
3
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
326
finished ahead 648 times, behind 447
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 27, 2019 → Sep 24, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers
20241 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1544 Shawnee Great Grillers
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score676.5256 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1537) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20143 milestones
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9888 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 23, 2022 |
| +9.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 25, 2015 |
| +6.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 21, 2018 |
| +4.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 22, 2017 |
| +3.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 26, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 26, 2025 |
| -4.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 22, 2023 |
| -1.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 25, 2026 |
| -0.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 27, 2019 |
| -0.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 27, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 90% | 90% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 94% | 94% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 92% | 92% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 34% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 36 / 65 (658.8120) | 34 (167.9772) | 53 (159.3716) | 34 (168.0344) | 39 (163.4288) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 46 / 67 (649.0404) | 39 (166.8228) | 37 (165.1316) | 53 (159.9544) | 53 (157.1316) |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 39 / 73 (654.6972) | 22 (171.4172) | 65 (155.3600) | 35 (167.9772) | 48 (159.9428) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 47 / 73 (647.8860) | 68 (153.0628) | 36 (166.8572) | 7 (177.1544) | 61 (150.8116) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 16 / 87 (676.5256) | 41 (167.3828) | 7 (177.1428) | 29 (167.4056) | 35 (164.5944) |
| Sep 24, 2021 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 38 / 86 (662.2744) | 56 (161.1200) | 28 (169.7372) | 59 (161.7028) | 19 (169.7144) |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 52 / 102 (650.7768) | 65 (162.2284) | 88 (152.5484) | 15 (172) | 36 (164) |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 31 / 107 (663.3488) | 12 (171.9884) | 90 (154.2288) | 58 (162.8572) | 8 (174.2744) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 38 / 112 (658.1940) | 57 (162.2284) | 56 (162.8228) | 19 (169.7256) | 41 (163.4172) |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 49 / 111 (650.1256) | 33 (166.8344) | 67 (159.3828) | 56 (163.9656) | 51 (159.9428) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 23 / 112 (668.5600) | 28 (168.0344) | 40 (166.2972) | 60 (159.9656) | 8 (174.2628) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 44 / 112 (651.9888) | 83 (157.6916) | 7 (174.2628) | 78 (157.1772) | 45 (162.8572) |