Evening Wood

Evening Wood is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 112 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2014). They are ranked #3317 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,317

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1498

peak 1553 · rated over 26 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 13.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#939

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0744 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.20 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.58 (+5.62)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±35.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.06 · weakest Brisket (158.29)

Road miles

2,906

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 602 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Purse competed for

$54K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.58 / 720

26 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

681.0744 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0744 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 26, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

QUISINE has finished one call ahead of Evening Wood 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 35%

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.76 points below their pork, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 23%.

Brisket avg 158.29
Pork avg 167.06
2 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

13–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of YARDHOGS BBQ in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Shawnee Great Grillers (Sep 26, 2025).

last seen Sep 22, 2023
back Sep 26, 2025

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Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Fat&Dumb BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Fat&Dumb BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MAD HOGS AND AN ENGLISHMAN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 38% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 38% across 3 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 52% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sertoma 48 BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 20th

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1269 (70 pts)	#958 (145 pts)	#1240 (100 pts)	#1187 (100 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1471 (120 pts)	#1150 (225 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#1377 (175 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	—
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#936 (400 pts)	#1715 (135 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1719 (130 pts)	#2097 (105 pts)	#1854 (125 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1354 (185 pts)	#1476 (180 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#999 (345 pts)	#1699 (130 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#939 (340 pts)	#847 (425 pts)	#1258 (245 pts)	#1313 (235 pts)	#1083 (295 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1670 (130 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#1231 (225 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Evening Wood, each with one reason worth a look.

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

RJ'S BACKYARD COOKERS

#3,332 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1497

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Evening Wood)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — RJ'S BACKYARD COOKERS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 17, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

Bbqweiser

#3,308 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to Evening Wood)

They've been 1528 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2019

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TROPICAL HEAT BBQ

#3,325 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1543

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Evening Wood's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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Click & Q

#3,321 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1512

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 26, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2026

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Up In Smoke BBQ

#3,327 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1519

41 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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82'S BBQ CREW

#3,331 of the rated field

1497 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1507

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 21, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PORK 'N MINDY	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Rub Me Tender Rub Me Sweet	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
YARDHOGS BBQ	13	13	0	100%	⚔ compare
Why Not Smoke	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare
F.O.M.S.B.	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
RUB'N WOOD	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SMF	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
Overland Pig Committee	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	8	1	2	179.4400	146.8000	166.26	top 42%
Pork Ribs	26	0	0	0	171.9772	143.9656	160.05	top 60%
Pork	26	6	1	2	176	153.6800	167.06	top 39%
Brisket	25	2	0	0	169.6916	146.1712	158.29	top 56%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 81%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 68%
Large (40+)	24	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	24	0	top 52%
CO	2	0	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	7	6	top 31%	Sep 23, 2022
Sertoma 48 BBQ	6	20	top 64%	Apr 26, 2019
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival	4	23	top 58%	Aug 26, 2022
Shawnee Great Grillers	3	44	top 71%	Sep 25, 2026
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	59	top 62%	Sep 21, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 24 of 26 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 9 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 761 finished ahead 1,073 times, behind 874

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 22, 2023 → Sep 26, 2025

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

20261 milestone

Sep 25 Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers

20251 milestone

Sep 26 25th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers

20162 milestones

Jun 17 10th tracked contest 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
Sep 23 Peak power rating (1553) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20151 milestone

May 8 First category win (Pork) Sertoma 48 BBQ

20143 milestones

Sep 26 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 26 Career-best overall score681.0744 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20133 milestones

Jun 21 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5712 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 26, 2014
+13.8	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	Jun 21, 2013
+11.3	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 23, 2016
+10.4	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 25, 2015
+5.7	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)	Sep 24, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Sertoma 48 BBQ	May 4, 2018
-8.1	Shawnee Great Grillers	Sep 26, 2025
-7.7	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	Sep 21, 2018
-5.3	East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship - Paola Roots Festival	Aug 26, 2023
-5	Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL)	May 5, 2017

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 68%	90.7%	90.7%
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	89.3%	89.3%
2023	2	0	0	100%	top 74%	90.1%	90%
2022	2	0	0	50%	top 46%	92.3%	92.2%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 34%	92.8%	92.8%
2019	3	0	0	33%	top 66%	89.5%	89.3%
2018	2	0	0	100%	top 86%	88.4%	77.5%
2017	3	0	0	67%	top 61%	89.7%	88.8%
2016	3	0	1	67%	top 35%	93.6%	92.3%
2015	3	0	1	67%	top 39%	93.6%	91.2%
2014	3	1	0	33%	top 35%	94.6%	91.1%
2013	2	0	0	50%	top 32%	92.3%	90.4%

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	44 / 65 (653.1428)	27 (170.2972)	52 (159.9772)	35 (168)	54 (154.8684)
Sep 26, 2025	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	53 / 67 (643.2800)	58 (157.6572)	18 (171.9772)	55 (159.4172)	60 (154.2284)
Sep 22, 2023	Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS	48 / 73 (647.8856)	10 (176.0228)	59 (157.1200)	46 (162.2628)	58 (152.4800)
Aug 26, 2023	East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship - Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	13 / 16 (648.3888)	13 (161.6800)	14 (157.6456)	11 (163.9428)	9 (165.1204)
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	35 / 87 (663.3032)	19 (171.9772)	27 (169.6916)	14 (174.2972)	79 (147.3372)
Aug 26, 2022	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	23 / 45 (664.4460)	9 (175.4056)	17 (168.5372)	17 (170.8688)	40 (149.6344)
Sep 24, 2021	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS	29 / 86 (668.5024)	5 (176.5600)	35 (167.4400)	29 (168.5140)	61 (155.9884)
Sep 27, 2019	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	61 / 102 (644.3652)	7 (175.4172)	78 (157.0856)	45 (165.6912)	94 (146.1712)
Aug 23, 2019	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	47 / 66 (641.0744)	26 (168)	52 (158.8344)	54 (158.2628)	49 (155.9772)
Apr 26, 2019	Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS	26 / 38 (643.8284)	18 (166.8228)	32 (157.6572)	12 (168)	28 (151.3484)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	76 / 107 (636.4340)	93 (154.7884)	101 (147.3828)	9 (176)	63 (158.2628)
May 4, 2018	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	41 / 41 (479.8628)	6 (173.1200)	34 (153.0628)	35 (153.6800)	—
Sep 22, 2017	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	59 / 112 (646.1712)	67 (160.5372)	108 (143.9656)	7 (173.7028)	22 (167.9656)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	38 / 59 (629.5312)	45 (154.2400)	30 (160.5256)	28 (162.8228)	39 (151.9428)
May 5, 2017	Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS	29 / 44 (641.5656)	34 (155.9200)	31 (160.5600)	3 (174.8456)	35 (150.2400)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	11 / 111 (674.1828)	16 (171.9656)	12 (171.4400)	42 (166.2400)	32 (164.5372)
Jun 17, 2016	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	24 / 58 (659.9428)	1 (177.7372)	31 (162.2400)	28 (165.1312)	37 (154.8344)
May 6, 2016	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	23 / 42 (659.3488)	9 (172.5600)	38 (147.9316)	6 (172)	14 (166.8572)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	17 / 112 (673.6568)	13 (173.1200)	51 (163.9884)	33 (167.4056)	23 (169.1428)
Aug 28, 2015	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	37 / 65 (642.7316)	30 (161.0972)	64 (145.0744)	15 (167.4400)	7 (169.1200)
May 8, 2015	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	20 / 45 (653.6456)	33 (160.5600)	25 (161.1084)	1 (176)	29 (155.9772)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	6 / 112 (681.0744)	2 (179.4400)	32 (166.2628)	46 (165.6800)	11 (169.6916)
Aug 22, 2014	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	36 / 69 (637.0172)	57 (151.3484)	25 (162.2744)	23 (165.1200)	28 (158.2744)
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	26 / 54 (649.5768)	31 (163.4172)	21 (165.1428)	36 (159.3712)	28 (161.6456)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	64 / 114 (637.5084)	108 (146.8000)	58 (160.5028)	41 (164.5256)	28 (165.6800)
Jun 21, 2013	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	14 / 183 (664.5712)	31 (166.2858)	48 (163.9998)	4 (174.2856)	63 (160)

Evening Wood

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

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

A standing appointment

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

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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, 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

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)