Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 14%
Boozin Booyaa bbq
Boozin Booyaa bbq is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 34 at the Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main (2024). They are ranked #1968 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1540
peak 1540 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2024
latest Aug 15, 2026 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.25
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.46 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.70)
Road miles
18
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$45K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
336.15 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Boozin Booyaa bbq, each with one reason worth a look.
67 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1545
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Boozin Booyaa bbq)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Boozin Booyaa bbq has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1540
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Boozin Booyaa bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1550
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,971 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1540
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,961 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1540
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before Boozin Booyaa bbq's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,963 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1540
Level with Boozin Booyaa 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bite Stand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin A's | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Eleven Thirteen Q | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 5 | 2 | 2 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Snake Holler BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 161.0972 | 169.46 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 155.9084 | 166.70 | 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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 44% | Aug 15, 2026 |
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 14% | Jul 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 177 times, behind 82
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jul 26, 2025 → Aug 14, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1540) Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
20248 milestones
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First category win (Chicken) Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall top-10 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall podium Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.3944 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best overall score343.3944 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
| +11.8 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 2025 |
| +8.1 | Smoke N for the Kids | Aug 17, 2024 |
| +4.7 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | Aug 15, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.7 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) | Aug 14, 2026 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.8% | 91.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 95.4% | 94% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL | 12 / 32 (334.2172) | 18 (161.0972) | 3 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL | 16 / 26 (326.7312) | 3 (170.8228) | 20 (155.9084) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 6 / 32 (342.7884) | 7 (170.8228) | 7 (171.9656) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 9 / 27 (333.6344) | 10 (166.2400) | 4 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 3 / 34 (343.3944) | 1 (178.2972) | 15 (165.0972) | — | — |