High-water mark
667.8284
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8284 at Wild West Fest on Fire — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 9, 2025
SPENA BBQ
SPENA BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 11 at the Wild West Fest on Fire (2024). They are ranked #4421 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*SPENA BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2017
latest Aug 9, 2025 · 7.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
10% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.90 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.30 (+2.60)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.64
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.31 · weakest Brisket (160.83)
Road miles
10,274
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 4,973 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
655.30 / 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 | #1025 (95 pts) | #784 (194 pts) | #710 (259 pts) | #994 (115 pts) | #820 (160 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #655 (240 pts) | #709 (240 pts) | #454 (528 pts) | #687 (240 pts) | #568 (335 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1914 (67 pts) | #2578 (52 pts) | #1815 (97 pts) | #1810 (97 pts) | #1894 (77 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SPENA BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
152 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Fewer contests behind them than SPENA BBQ has cooked, 6 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,411 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1514
They've been 1514 at their best, 39 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,426 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before SPENA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with SPENA BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,415 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before SPENA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,437 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before SPENA BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 158.7884 | 165.03 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 149.6228 | 165.31 | top 58% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 157.6800 | 164.73 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 145.7028 | 160.83 | top 64% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild West Fest on Fire | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 69% | Aug 9, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
1 of 10 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
161
finished ahead 52 times, behind 141
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Aug 10, 2019 → Aug 10, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Wild West Fest on Fire
- Career-best overall score667.8284 Wild West Fest on Fire
- Most recent contest Wild West Fest on Fire
20242 milestones
- First overall top-10 Wild West Fest on Fire
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8800 Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20181 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.9712 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Slovenia BBQ Open
- First call Slovenia BBQ Open
- Peak power rating (1497) Slovenia BBQ Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Vienna BBQ Days | Oct 19, 2024 |
| -6.7 | Wild West Fest On Fire | Aug 10, 2019 |
| -5.5 | Wild West Fest on Fire | Aug 9, 2025 |
| -2.7 | Slovenia BBQ Open | Sep 16, 2017 |
| -0.4 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 26, 2018 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 75% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 92.7% | 91.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode | 15 / 20 (667.8284) | 18 (161.6456) | 12 (165.0972) | 11 (169.6800) | 6 (171.4056) |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode | — | 11 (169.1200) | — | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2025 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 7 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna | 13 / 14 (648.4684) | 11 (169.1084) | 11 (161.1200) | 11 (166.2744) | 13 (151.9656) |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna | — | — | 19 (149.6228) | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode | 7 / 11 (667.2340) | 8 (166.2284) | 8 (165.0856) | 8 (162.8000) | 2 (173.1200) |
| Aug 10, 2024 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 3 (174.8800) | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2019 | Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode | 22 / 27 (649.0168) | 25 (160.5484) | 16 (165.6800) | 16 (162.8228) | 20 (159.9656) |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 74 / 102 (656.9712) | 90 (158.7884) | 67 (166.2400) | 38 (169.1200) | 69 (162.8228) |
| Sep 16, 2017 | Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode | 16 / 25 (642.2972) | 6 (169.7372) | 6 (169.1772) | 18 (157.6800) | 25 (145.7028) |