PRISON BREAK BBQ

PRISON BREAK BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Silicon Valley BBQ Championship (2019). They are ranked #6339 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,339

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1401

peak 1401 · rated over 24 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2019

latest Aug 9, 2025 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#450

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

7% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

679.3716 / 720

Master · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.28 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.56 (+10.71)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Consistency

±16.68

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.76 · weakest Brisket (155.97)

Road miles

5,801

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 486 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Purse competed for

$225K

listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 23 state-championship entries

Master avg

647.56 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

315.97 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

679.3716 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.3716 at BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 25, 2024

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 23 entries at contests carrying the title.

23 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

18–1 behind in the head-to-head

BAR-B-CUDA BBQ ahead in 95% of their meetings

BAR-B-CUDA BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.79 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 46%.

Brisket avg 155.97
Pork Ribs avg 165.76
1 call in 23 entries

The drought

24 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Silicon Valley BBQ Championship on Jun 21, 2019 — 24 contests and 7.3 years ago.

last GC Jun 21, 2019
7.3 years ago

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GOOD 'WOODS BAR-B-QUE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at 2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards (Jun 4, 2021).

last seen Sep 20, 2019
back Jun 4, 2021

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Pork Ribs nemesis

12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries lost

Smokin' Bliss BBQ ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smokin' Bliss BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Pops BBQ 22 has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 65% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 65% across 5 contests, versus top 79% the rest of the year.

5 May contests
top 79% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,801 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,801 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 486 miles to Icebox Cookoff.

27 mapped stops
furthest 486 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 15th

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
2026 ↗	Master	—	—	#921 (133 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	#450 (424 pts)	#550 (369 pts)	#444 (534 pts)	#419 (514 pts)	#447 (479 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#507 (368 pts)	#485 (433 pts)	#297 (838 pts)	#494 (408 pts)	#565 (338 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#524 (350 pts)	#589 (320 pts)	#464 (520 pts)	#411 (520 pts)	#568 (320 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#802 (184 pts)	#863 (184 pts)	#638 (339 pts)	#846 (184 pts)	#867 (174 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1203 (69 pts)	#1240 (74 pts)	#919 (149 pts)	#1101 (104 pts)	#1546 (54 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1027 (251 pts)	#930 (311 pts)	#824 (386 pts)	#1067 (256 pts)	#1076 (256 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1401 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1401

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1401 power rating

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1401

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#6,337 of the rated field

1401 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1401

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 12% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
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#6,338 of the rated field

1401 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1502

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rated over 38 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Smokin J's BBQ

#6,344 of the rated field

1400 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1400

Level with PRISON BREAK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 12, 2023

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CHRIS P. BACON BBQ

#6,342 of the rated field

1401 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1401

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before PRISON BREAK BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AXE BBQ	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BONE RUBBIN BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Cynical BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
RBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Old Town Franklin BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Big Boys BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bliss BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Pops BBQ 22	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	2	0	1	173.7144	152.5488	163.01	top 78%
Pork Ribs	26	12	1	2	178.2972	147.3600	165.76	top 53%
Pork	22	3	0	0	175.4056	153.6572	163.12	top 71%
Brisket	23	1	0	0	170.2744	135.3600	155.97	top 79%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 71%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 80%
Large (40+)	2	top 82%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	15	1	top 82%
OR	8	0	top 71%
NV	1	0	top 88%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	4	15	top 70%	May 24, 2025
3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)	2	16	top 84%	Aug 9, 2025
Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	2	20	top 78%	Apr 25, 2025
2024 Icebox Cookoff	2	28	top 83%	Jul 6, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 3.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 17 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 19 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 26 entries · 1 win · 12 calls

First title Jun 21, 2019 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

Opponents faced 311 finished ahead 206 times, behind 543

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 20, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Sep 18 Most recent contest 12 Bridges Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)

20251 milestone

Aug 8 25th tracked contest 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)

20243 milestones

May 25 First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 25 Career-best overall score679.3716 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20231 milestone

Mar 3 10th tracked contest The Golden State Battle V

20198 milestones

Apr 26 First tracked contest Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship
May 3 First call Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
May 3 First overall top-10 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
May 3 Peak power rating (1496) Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)
Jun 21 First overall podium Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jun 21 First Grand Championship Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jun 21 First state championship Silicon Valley BBQ Championship
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score349.1312 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.7	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 25, 2024
+2.5	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY)	May 3, 2019
+2.1	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2025
+1.7	Sutherlin Throwdown	Jul 19, 2025
+1.1	The Sutherlin Throwdown	Jul 20, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	BBQ, Boots & Brew	Apr 28, 2023
-10.4	Smoke & Hops	Jul 5, 2019
-8.7	Icebox Cookoff	Jul 1, 2023
-8.5	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2024
-8.1	5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	Sep 20, 2019

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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%	—	—	—
2025	6	0	0	0	50%	top 80%	92.8%	90.8%
2024	6	0	0	1	50%	top 74%	94.4%	92%
2023	5	0	0	0	40%	top 86%	90.4%	89%
2022	2	0	0	0	100%	top 76%	91.7%	90.5%
2021	1	0	0	0	100%	top 76%	89.1%	89.1%
2019	6	1	2	0	50%	top 76%	97%	88.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	12 Bridges Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA	—	—	9 (169.1428)	—	—
Aug 9, 2025	3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 🏅 Felton, CA	16 / 21 (657.5660)	21 (161.0972)	17 (163.3944)	16 (162.8000)	7 (170.2744)
Aug 8, 2025	3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) 🏅 Felton, CA	23 / 25 (646.7088)	22 (167.3828)	21 (159.9544)	21 (160.5144)	23 (158.8572)
Jul 19, 2025	Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	22 / 35 (667.9428)	28 (163.9884)	9 (174.8572)	20 (168.5600)	23 (160.5372)
May 24, 2025	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	23 / 26 (651.8288)	24 (161.6688)	23 (161.0856)	8 (171.9772)	24 (157.0972)
Apr 25, 2025	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	20 / 31 (667.3376)	23 (167.3944)	13 (170.8572)	23 (163.9888)	19 (165.0972)
Jan 24, 2025	The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) 🏅 Hollister, CA	30 / 31 (631.8744)	31 (156.5144)	26 (163.4288)	28 (159.9884)	30 (151.9428)
Sep 20, 2024	12 Bridge Rib Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lincoln, CA	—	—	6 (166.8460)	—	—
Jul 20, 2024	The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR	19 / 30 (669.6232)	27 (158.2404)	9 (174.2628)	10 (174.2972)	21 (162.8228)
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	28 / 37 (672.4228)	16 (171.9772)	13 (173.1316)	36 (159.9312)	24 (167.3828)
May 25, 2024	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	15 / 27 (679.3716)	7 (173.7144)	1 (178.2972)	15 (169.1544)	23 (158.2056)
Apr 26, 2024	Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	31 / 34 (642.8460)	33 (158.2516)	29 (162.2628)	33 (158.2972)	24 (164.0344)
Mar 15, 2024	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	23 / 27 (649.0060)	24 (159.9544)	18 (165.6916)	24 (161.6800)	21 (161.6800)
Sep 29, 2023	Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA	15 / 19 (649.5768)	16 (164.5140)	9 (167.9772)	16 (161.1084)	14 (155.9772)
Jul 1, 2023	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	34 / 38 (641.5428)	34 (161.6684)	16 (168.5372)	35 (158.2744)	34 (153.0628)
May 27, 2023	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	18 / 25 (650.7540)	25 (152.5600)	5 (175.4056)	4 (175.4056)	25 (147.3828)
Apr 28, 2023	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	33 / 33 (616.8800)	28 (162.2400)	32 (154.7772)	31 (155.3484)	33 (144.5144)
Mar 3, 2023	The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA	25 / 28 (645.5888)	23 (166.2744)	25 (157.1316)	13 (169.6684)	26 (152.5144)
Jul 1, 2022	2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) Sparks, NV	15 / 17 (642.8228)	15 (158.8228)	4 (170.8800)	17 (155.4056)	13 (157.7144)
May 28, 2022	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	17 / 27 (659.9428)	17 (166.2516)	8 (171.9884)	15 (166.2972)	21 (155.4056)
Jun 4, 2021	2nd Annual Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	22 / 29 (641.6000)	21 (163.4172)	8 (170.2744)	15 (165.6684)	28 (142.2400)
Sep 20, 2019	5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅	38 / 44 (633.0172)	23 (166.2628)	43 (147.3600)	41 (153.6572)	21 (165.7372)
Aug 16, 2019	Lassen Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Susanville, CA	19 / 25 (632.5028)	12 (162.2744)	5 (168)	18 (159.4172)	22 (142.8112)
Jul 5, 2019	Smoke & Hops 🏅 Harmony, CA	25 / 26 (614.7084)	22 (161.1200)	17 (161.1200)	—	25 (135.3600)
Jun 21, 2019	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship 🏅 unrated Santa Clara, CA	1 (349.1312)	2 (171.9884)	—	—	—
May 3, 2019	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (BACK YARD ONLY) Elk Grove, CA	7 / 15 (315.9664)	13 (152.5488)	3 (163.4176)	—	—
Apr 26, 2019	Lodi Beerfest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	37 / 48 (628.5028)	25 (165.1544)	40 (149.6684)	34 (157.1200)	31 (156.5600)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

PRISON BREAK BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

State champions

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)