The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Slam Dunk BBQ has finished one call ahead of Prohibition BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Prohibition BBQ
Prohibition BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Small Town Smoke Down (2025). They are ranked #4363 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 31, 2024
latest Sep 4, 2026 · 2 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 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.28)
Road miles
2,526
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,242 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$8,550
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
645.37 / 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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Prohibition BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with Prohibition BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Prohibition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Prohibition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,338 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Prohibition BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8688 | 153.0972 | 162.83 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 146.2288 | 159.28 | top 74% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 155.9316 | 162.03 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 156.5600 | 161.24 | top 66% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 77% | Sep 4, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
4 of 5 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
126
finished ahead 42 times, behind 150
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Aug 30, 2025 → Sep 4, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8688 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
- Peak power rating (1502) Small Town Smoke Down
- First call Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Career-best overall score657.5888 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4916 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Small Town Smoke Down | May 31, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 15, 2025 |
| -8.6 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Sep 4, 2026 |
| -6.6 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Aug 31, 2024 |
| -6.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Aug 30, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 85% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 94.9% | 90.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 28 / 33 (651.3948) | 6 (174.8688) | 33 (146.2288) | 24 (165.7028) | 21 (164.5944) |
| Aug 30, 2025 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 26 / 38 (657.5888) | 33 (161.1088) | 9 (171.9656) | 31 (162.2628) | 23 (162.2516) |
| Aug 15, 2025 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 61 / 62 (622.0456) | 61 (153.0972) | 59 (153.6344) | 58 (158.2512) | 52 (157.0628) |
| May 31, 2025 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 5 / 25 (170.8800) | 22 (160.4912) | 20 (161.1772) | 23 (155.9316) | 12 (165.7372) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 27 / 35 (652.4916) | 32 (164.5600) | 25 (163.3944) | 15 (167.9772) | 26 (156.5600) |