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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-08-31
latest 2025-08-30
Best ToY finish
#1148
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.87
last 4 Master vs avg 643.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.54 · weakest Chicken (159.81)
Road miles
2,526
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1236 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$9K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
643.87 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Q Cartel ahead in 100% of their meetings
Q Cartel has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Prohibition BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 143 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Prohibition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before Prohibition BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Prohibition BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Prohibition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Prohibition BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.0972 | 159.81 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 153.6344 | 162.54 | top 68% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 155.9316 | 161.11 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 156.5600 | 160.40 | top 67% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 73% | 2025-08-30 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-08-31 → 2025-08-30
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AB
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.54 · weakest Chicken (159.81)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
643.87
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
37–123 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,526
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,236 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$8,550
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1484
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4916 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 2025
- 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
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9656 Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- Most recent contest 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 | 2025-05-31 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2025-08-15 |
| -6.6 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2024-08-31 |
| -6.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2025-08-30 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 91.3% | 88.9% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 26 / 38 (657.5888) | 33 (161.1088) | 9 (171.9656) | 31 (162.2628) | 23 (162.2516) |
| 2025-08-15 | 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) |
| 2025-05-31 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 5 / 25 (170.8800) | 22 (160.4912) | 20 (161.1772) | 23 (155.9316) | 12 (165.7372) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 27 / 35 (652.4916) | 32 (164.5600) | 25 (163.3944) | 15 (167.9772) | 26 (156.5600) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #940 (145 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1147 (70 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1021 (110 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |