A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Clean Smoke BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Clean Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
VxO BBQ & Grill
VxO BBQ & Grill is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 13th of 16 at the Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle (2021). They are ranked #5673 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1447
peak 1447 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 15, 2020
latest Aug 22, 2025 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.56 · weakest Brisket (135.04)
Road miles
731
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
608.36 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1423 (56 pts) | #1034 (111 pts) | #1219 (86 pts) | #1440 (56 pts) | #1437 (56 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1185 (76 pts) | #923 (151 pts) | #1365 (76 pts) | #1261 (66 pts) | #1219 (76 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1175 (94 pts) | #1200 (99 pts) | #1188 (114 pts) | #1202 (99 pts) | #1202 (94 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1072 (101 pts) | #1104 (106 pts) | #999 (126 pts) | #1061 (111 pts) | #1124 (91 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #764 (99 pts) | #777 (109 pts) | #796 (104 pts) | #606 (164 pts) | #800 (94 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to VxO BBQ & Grill, each with one reason worth a look.
103 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,671 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,664 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before VxO BBQ & Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,678 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Level with VxO BBQ & Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before VxO BBQ & Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1446
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before VxO BBQ & Grill's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before VxO BBQ & Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 153.6688 | 160.56 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 154.2856 | 158.61 | top 73% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 140.5144 | 154.14 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5372 | 95.9096 | 135.04 | top 97% |
“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 91% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
60
finished ahead 9 times, behind 82
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Aug 26, 2023 → Aug 22, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
20205 milestones
- First tracked contest Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First call Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best overall score635.9428 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4400 Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- Peak power rating (1487) Slow Joe's Barn Burner
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Longhorn BBQ | May 14, 2022 |
| -13.1 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner | Aug 15, 2020 |
| -10.2 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp | Aug 26, 2023 |
| -9.9 | Smoke in the North | Aug 22, 2025 |
| -6.1 | Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle | Oct 2, 2021 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 90% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 77% | 77% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2025 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp | 28 / 31 (599.3028) | 14 (163.4284) | 19 (161.1200) | 31 (140.5144) | 31 (134.2400) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp | 19 / 21 (629.5544) | 7 (168.5828) | 19 (158.8116) | 21 (149.6228) | 19 (152.5372) |
| May 14, 2022 | Longhorn BBQ Broerup | 14 / 14 (554.7212) | 13 (153.6688) | 10 (154.2856) | 13 (150.8572) | 14 (95.9096) |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen | 13 / 16 (622.2856) | 12 (157.7028) | 9 (160.5600) | 11 (158.2856) | 15 (145.7372) |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum | 13 / 14 (635.9428) | 11 (159.4056) | 12 (158.2972) | 5 (171.4400) | 14 (146.8000) |