They almost always walk
70%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Taken Care of BBQ
Taken Care of BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 23 at the Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest (2024). They are ranked #4280 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Apr 23, 2021
latest Sep 5, 2025 · 4.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
30% of 10 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.82 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.46 (+23.36)
Walk rate
70%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±48.90
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.39 · weakest Pork (151.80)
Road miles
1,009
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 275 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.46 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #736 (178 pts) | #803 (183 pts) | #698 (263 pts) | #686 (233 pts) | #745 (193 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #613 (276 pts) | #671 (266 pts) | #681 (276 pts) | #626 (286 pts) | #600 (306 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #615 (262 pts) | #522 (382 pts) | #762 (252 pts) | #567 (337 pts) | #541 (347 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Taken Care of BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1477
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Taken Care of BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1477
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Taken Care of BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,286 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Taken Care of BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BEER TIME BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CIRCLE L BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CONVICTED PIGS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GO BIG OR GO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BooyaQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| TIRE SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 158.3316 | 166.39 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 154.8116 | 163.45 | top 58% |
| Pork | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 20 | 151.80 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 143.9428 | 163.81 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 58% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta River City BBQ | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 67% | Apr 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
6 of 10 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
193
finished ahead 97 times, behind 201
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Rekindled Ironman
- 10th tracked contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
- Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score685.6688 Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest
20231 milestone
- First overall top-10 WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown
20221 milestone
- First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Marietta River City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2628 Marietta River City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1500) Marietta River City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.9 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest | May 24, 2024 |
| +0.1 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 29, 2022 |
| -5.4 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -4.7 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | Apr 22, 2022 |
| -3 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 21, 2023 |
| -2.3 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 28, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 93.9% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 95.2% | 93.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 65% | 91.9% | 90.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 82% | 89.4% | 79.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH | 33 / 42 (661.0512) | 38 (159.3484) | 6 (173.1428) | 36 (163.4172) | 23 (165.1428) |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Rekindled Ironman 🏅 Seven Valleys, PA | 11 / 23 (675.9088) | 10 (171.9772) | 17 (160.5144) | 5 (174.8572) | 10 (168.5600) |
| May 24, 2024 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA | 8 / 23 (685.6688) | 9 (172.5600) | 5 (173.7144) | 9 (170.2744) | 8 (169.1200) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 8 / 13 (659.9088) | 8 (166.8344) | 12 (154.8116) | 6 (168) | 5 (170.2628) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 23 / 32 (661.5656) | 18 (168.5484) | 26 (158.2172) | 8 (170.8228) | 17 (163.9772) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 29 / 42 (650.1372) | 22 (166.8456) | 28 (159.9544) | 28 (161.6800) | 25 (161.6572) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | WV Hunting Heroes BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Cottageville, WV | 8 / 15 (642.1832) | 3 (164.5716) | 8 (157.0972) | 9 (156.5028) | 4 (164.0116) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 22 / 25 (504) | 22 (158.3316) | 18 (162.2284) | 25 (20) | 15 (163.4400) |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Ripley, WV | 13 / 17 (643.8740) | 8 (169.7256) | 11 (165.1200) | 13 (165.0856) | 16 (143.9428) |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 14 / 29 (670.2628) | 14 (165.1200) | 12 (169.7372) | 13 (167.4056) | 15 (168) |