High-water mark
690.8800
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8800 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 8, 2023
Bout Time BBQ
Bout Time BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 99 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2023). They are ranked #3151 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1518 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2023
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.51 · weakest Brisket (162.14)
Road miles
233
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$200K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.69 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1058 (90 pts) | #1152 (85 pts) | #1146 (105 pts) | #895 (135 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bout Time BBQ, 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.
#3,159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,153 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Bout Time BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Bout Time BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
They were already cooking in 2018, 5 years before Bout Time BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,152 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Bout Time BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Bout Time BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 156.5372 | 164.78 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 158.8228 | 170.51 | top 30% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 154.8116 | 166.26 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8684 | 154.1940 | 162.14 | top 54% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 49% | Sep 12, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
251
finished ahead 187 times, behind 181
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
20243 milestones
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1518) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall podium Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.8800 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score690.8800 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 8, 2023 |
| +1.6 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | Apr 5, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -4 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| -3.6 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff | Sep 11, 2026 |
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 | 100% | top 64% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 92.4% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 3% | 96% | 96% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 48 / 75 (656.9940) | 69 (156.5372) | 58 (158.8228) | 10 (175.4056) | 34 (166.2284) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 73 / 92 (644.4112) | 67 (161.1084) | 13 (174.2972) | 83 (154.8116) | 74 (154.1940) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 43 / 67 (661.0976) | 36 (167.4060) | 5 (176.5600) | 59 (155.9772) | 42 (161.1544) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 19 / 40 (665.0516) | 20 (165.7028) | 16 (168.5488) | 10 (172.5600) | 26 (158.2400) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 3 / 99 (690.8800) | 13 (173.1544) | 13 (174.2972) | 21 (172.5600) | 18 (170.8684) |