Perfect scores on the board
2
perfect 180s
2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×2
Okie Folks Barbecue
Okie Folks Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 23 at the Grillstock (2025). They are ranked #2073 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 9 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2024
latest Aug 21, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
25% of 12 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
685.07 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 686.04 (-0.97)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.44
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.01)
Road miles
2,587
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 401 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$205K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
686.04 / 720
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #889 (110 pts) | #848 (135 pts) | #954 (120 pts) | #804 (130 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #476 (403 pts) | #476 (473 pts) | #603 (333 pts) | #452 (453 pts) | #504 (383 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #397 (528 pts) | #483 (438 pts) | #351 (707 pts) | #316 (708 pts) | #314 (748 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Okie Folks Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
71 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Okie Folks Barbecue)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Okie Folks Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Okie Folks Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,075 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1538
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Okie Folks Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1537
Level with Okie Folks Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOW Q | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| SUPER SWINE | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked & Furious | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL IN THE RING | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Kermit's Ex | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MUNNY'S STOVE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 166.2284 | 171.86 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.1544 | 156.5144 | 170.01 | top 45% |
| Pork | 10 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 162.8000 | 172.45 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 165.0972 | 171.69 | top 33% |
“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 50% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 28% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 21% | Aug 21, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
7 contests
Contests a season
4
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
5 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
9
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
654
finished ahead 562 times, behind 372
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1536) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
20247 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin on the Route
- First call Smokin on the Route
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Smokin on the Route
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score684.5144 Smokin on the Route
- First category win (Pork) Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Career-best overall score701.6916 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 15, 2025 |
| +11.8 | Grillstock | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +8.1 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 21, 2026 |
| +5.9 | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +3.9 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | Mar 28, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.8 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 13, 2025 |
| -3.7 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | Sep 20, 2024 |
| -3.4 | Smokin on the Route | Jul 26, 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 | 100% | top 29% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 96.7% | 95% |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57% | top 44% | 97.5% | 95.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 15 / 51 (689.1312) | 10 (173.7256) | 13 (175.4400) | 11 (174.2972) | 30 (165.6684) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Grillstock 🏅 Moore, OK | 6 / 23 (696.5256) | 11 (171.9772) | 6 (175.4056) | 1 (180) | 12 (169.1428) |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 7 / 55 (692.5024) | 18 (171.9656) | 15 (173.7028) | 18 (171.4284) | 4 (175.4056) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 22 / 36 (678.1944) | 2 (176.5600) | 25 (165.6800) | 20 (170.8572) | 27 (165.0972) |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 21 / 48 (669.0056) | 21 (167.9656) | 24 (165.6800) | 31 (162.8000) | 4 (172.5600) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 220 / 444 (676.4684) | 227 (169.1200) | 79 (174.8572) | 332 (162.8228) | 169 (169.6684) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 8 / 169 (701.6916) | 27 (176.5600) | 17 (176.5716) | 28 (176) | 64 (172.5600) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 13 / 26 (675.3028) | 16 (166.2284) | 19 (156.5144) | 1 (178.2972) | 2 (174.2628) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Ponca City, OK | — | — | 4 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Sugar Creek Casino's Sweet & Smoky BBQ Competition 🏅 Hinton, OK | 12 / 25 (697.0972) | 12 (173.1200) | 3 (177.1544) | 18 (167.9656) | 2 (178.8572) |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 18 / 27 (684.5144) | 14 (171.4172) | 23 (159.3828) | 3 (180) | 10 (173.7144) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.