TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW

TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 25 at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival (2023). They are ranked #3207 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,207

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1500

peak 1502 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 26, 2014

latest Sep 26, 2025 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#808

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6572 / 720

Master · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 643.88 (+11.89)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Consistency

±42.41

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.75 · weakest Brisket (159.26)

Road miles

across 8 mapped stops

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

643.88 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.6572 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6572 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 29, 2023

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings

RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.50 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 38%.

Brisket avg 159.26
Pork avg 164.75
2 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of A QUE GOOD MEN in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival (Sep 23, 2022).

last seen Sep 28, 2018
back Sep 23, 2022

Pork nemesis

6 of 7 shared pork entries lost

RAZORRACKS ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RAZORRACKS has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Dr. Smoke has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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 ↗	Master	#1050 (86 pts)	#1192 (66 pts)	#1274 (66 pts)	#1032 (106 pts)	#826 (156 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1027 (97 pts)	#1529 (57 pts)	#959 (137 pts)	#914 (127 pts)	#1005 (112 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#808 (165 pts)	#879 (165 pts)	#1100 (125 pts)	#666 (250 pts)	#899 (155 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1120 (108 pts)	#1007 (133 pts)	#1260 (98 pts)	#1210 (98 pts)	#1127 (113 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#1692 (155 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Fat and Greasy BBQ

#3,204 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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Big Tom's Smokin Q

#3,208 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1500

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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THE BBQ NINJA

#3,194 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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CHARLIE Q

#3,188 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1501

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2019

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SMOKIN' POKES BBQ

#3,203 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

Level with TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2018

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CHARCOAL MAFIA

#3,195 of the rated field

1501 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1519

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Smokin Through The Night	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
KinFolks Smokin Butts	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ACE BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
A QUE GOOD MEN	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	0	173.1200	142.2856	159.69	top 66%
Pork Ribs	8	3	0	174.2744	126.8572	160.19	top 58%
Pork	8	3	2	178.8572	145.6568	164.75	top 48%
Brisket	8	2	0	177.7028	136.5028	159.26	top 52%

“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)	5	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 73%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	3	6	0	top 51%	Sep 26, 2025
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	2	20	0	top 66%	Sep 29, 2017

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 162 finished ahead 107 times, behind 166

Longest layoff 4 yrs Sep 28, 2018 → Sep 23, 2022

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

20251 milestone

Sep 26 Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20241 milestone

Sep 27 Peak power rating (1502) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20233 milestones

Sep 29 First overall top-10 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 29 Career-best overall score689.6572 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
Sep 29 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20221 milestone

Sep 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4456 Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival

20161 milestone

Sep 30 First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

20141 milestone

Sep 26 First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.2	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2023
+6.1	Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival	Sep 23, 2022
+3	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 27, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival	Sep 28, 2018
-5.2	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 30, 2016
-2.6	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 26, 2014
-1.7	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 29, 2017
-1.6	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival	Sep 26, 2025

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	100%	top 69%	94.2%	94.2%
2024	1	0	100%	top 59%	95.2%	95.2%
2023	1	1	100%	top 24%	95.8%	95.8%
2022	1	0	100%	top 45%	92.8%	92.8%
2018	1	0	0%	top 87%	77.4%	77.4%
2017	1	0	100%	top 61%	86.6%	86.6%
2016	1	0	100%	top 70%	86%	86%
2014	1	0	0%	top 60%	87.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 26, 2025	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR	18 / 26 (678.1484)	22 (163.3828)	22 (163.9428)	14 (173.1200)	7 (177.7028)
Sep 27, 2024	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR	16 / 27 (685.6112)	24 (165.1084)	9 (174.2744)	10 (174.2628)	13 (171.9656)
Sep 29, 2023	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR	6 / 25 (689.6572)	6 (170.8228)	10 (169.7144)	2 (178.8572)	7 (170.2628)
Sep 23, 2022	Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR	15 / 33 (668.4456)	10 (173.1200)	17 (166.2400)	17 (165.7028)	14 (163.3828)
Sep 28, 2018	Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	39 / 45 (556.9940)	39 (142.2856)	45 (126.8572)	34 (151.3484)	40 (136.5028)
Sep 29, 2017	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	20 / 33 (623.8628)	27 (150.2400)	29 (148.5028)	2 (170.2628)	17 (154.8572)
Sep 30, 2016	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	31 / 44 (619.2568)	37 (150.8112)	8 (170.2628)	29 (158.8000)	36 (139.3828)
Sep 26, 2014	Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR	29 / 48 (629.0852)	23 (161.7488)	23 (161.6912)	43 (145.6568)	25 (159.9884)

TRUMP MY RUMP BBQ CREW

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 (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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

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)