A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
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Willy Nilly BBQ
Willy Nilly BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 29th of 39 at the Kora Kares for Kids (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1483
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2023
latest Aug 16, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.14 · weakest Brisket (160.56)
Road miles
0
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.59 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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The teams rated closest to Willy Nilly BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Willy Nilly BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,003 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,005 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Willy Nilly BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Willy Nilly BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Willy Nilly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,996 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Willy Nilly BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Willy Nilly BBQ'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8916 | 155.4056 | 161.52 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 156.5944 | 165.06 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 163.3828 | 165.14 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 157.1316 | 160.56 | top 76% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kora Kares for Kids | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 78% | Aug 16, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ME
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
74
finished ahead 33 times, behind 89
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5716 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score660.5716 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1497) Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 16, 2025 |
| -5.5 | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 17, 2024 |
| -3.4 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition | Aug 19, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 83% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 44 (159.4172) | — | — |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 33 / 40 (651.8860) | 34 (162.2744) | 20 (167.3944) | 30 (163.3828) | 38 (158.8344) |
| Aug 16, 2025 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 5 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 29 / 39 (654.3204) | 26 (166.8916) | 26 (164) | 19 (166.2972) | 32 (157.1316) |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 34 (156.5944) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 30 / 46 (660.5716) | 44 (155.4056) | 9 (173.7144) | 26 (165.7488) | 24 (165.7028) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 19 (161.7256) | — | — |