Cline BBQ
Cline BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 23 at the Grillstock (2025). They finished #1118 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2025
latest Sep 12, 2025
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.69 · weakest Pork (150.81)
Road miles
96
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Purse competed for
$600
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5944 | 160.5944 | 160.59 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 165.1316 | 165.69 | top 76% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8116 | 150.8116 | 150.81 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 158.2516 | 158.25 | top 87% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
22
finished ahead 2 times, behind 20
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 12, 2025 → Sep 18, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- First call Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2400 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Grillstock
- Career-best overall score634.7892 Grillstock
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Ponca City, OK | — | — | 7 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Grillstock 🏅 Moore, OK | 21 / 23 (634.7892) | 22 (160.5944) | 17 (165.1316) | 21 (150.8116) | 20 (158.2516) |