The heartbreaker
2.2972
points from the title
Came within 2.2972 points of the Grand Championship at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (Aug 15, 2025).
TCB BBQ
TCB BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 55 at the Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1594 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1558
peak 1558 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Aug 15, 2025 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
691.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 689.46 (+2.37)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 175.43 · weakest Brisket (169.88)
Road miles
2,753
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$192K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
689.46 / 720
6 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 | #607 (260 pts) | #821 (175 pts) | #705 (260 pts) | #843 (155 pts) | #808 (165 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #618 (270 pts) | #748 (215 pts) | #607 (345 pts) | #682 (245 pts) | #717 (230 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TCB BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1561
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TCB BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TCB BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1558
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to TCB BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1558
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1564
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before TCB BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1559
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before TCB BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1560
Level with TCB BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 161.6340 | 172.07 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 167.9772 | 175.43 | top 18% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 162.8456 | 172.08 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 155.3600 | 169.88 | top 33% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 7% | Aug 16, 2024 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 168 | 0 | top 40% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
884
finished ahead 940 times, behind 633
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Peak power rating (1558) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
20237 milestones
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall top-10 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall podium Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First Reserve Championship Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Career-best overall score706.2516 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.6228 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 18, 2023 |
| +15.3 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 15, 2025 |
| +13.4 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +8.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| +3.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 4% | 97.7% | 97.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 31% | 97.3% | 95.5% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 25% | 98.1% | 95.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 2 / 55 (703.4056) | 6 (176) | 2 (178.8572) | 8 (174.8456) | 7 (173.7028) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 236 / 444 (674.1824) | 362 (161.6340) | 140 (172) | 329 (162.8456) | 17 (177.7028) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 4 / 41 (700.5600) | 8 (173.7028) | 1 (179.4400) | 5 (176.5716) | 11 (170.8456) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 227 / 487 (674.7316) | 76 (175.4056) | 256 (167.9772) | 232 (168.5372) | 328 (162.8116) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 2 / 48 (706.2516) | 8 (173.1316) | 1 (180) | 12 (174.2628) | 3 (178.8572) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 168 / 505 (677.6228) | 107 (172.5600) | 66 (174.2972) | 62 (175.4056) | 419 (155.3600) |