High-water mark
667.9656
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9656 at The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 19, 2025
Double D BBQ
Double D BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 11 at The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #6189 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1422
peak 1508 · rated over 11 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Apr 25, 2014
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 11.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
17% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.82
last 5 Master vs avg 618.31 (-0.49)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.64
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.96 · weakest Brisket (150.43)
Road miles
9,681
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 1,580 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.31 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
327.43 / 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Double D BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
31 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6,187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1422
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#6,184 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Double D BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#6,185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
Level with Double D BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#6,188 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
They turned up 8 years after Double D BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 141.1084 | 157.38 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 138.8344 | 155.27 | top 80% |
| Pork | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 148 | 157.96 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 133.6572 | 150.43 | 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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
2.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 12 contests · 9 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
11
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
12 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
306
finished ahead 42 times, behind 274
Longest layoff
4.5 yrs
Sep 26, 2014 → Apr 5, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score667.9656 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
20221 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
- First call Pony Express BBQ Challenge
- First overall top-10 Pony Express BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0740 Pony Express BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1508) Pony Express BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Apr 25, 2014 |
| +1 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition | Jul 19, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | May 2, 2014 |
| -13.2 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship | Apr 25, 2014 |
| -12.4 | Smoke on the Bricks | May 31, 2019 |
| -10 | Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival | Sep 26, 2014 |
| -10 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest | Apr 26, 2024 |
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 64% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 89% | 91% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 78% | 91.3% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 7 / 11 (667.9656) | 10 (166.8456) | 6 (169.1200) | 8 (164.5828) | 5 (167.4172) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 44 / 44 (598.0340) | 43 (151.9200) | 43 (146.1828) | 40 (157.1084) | 43 (142.8228) |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY | 21 / 24 (587.8744) | 21 (148.5028) | 22 (147.4516) | 22 (148.5256) | 22 (143.3944) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Holy Smokes (ONE MEAT RIBS) Walnut Creek, CA | — | — | 14 (143.9544) | — | — |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) 🏅 Artesia, NM | 33 / 34 (587.8740) | 30 (158.8456) | 28 (161.1428) | — | 34 (133.6572) |
| May 31, 2019 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 49 / 49 (577.6688) | 44 (154.8112) | 48 (138.8344) | 46 (148) | 49 (136.0232) |
| May 31, 2019 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 28th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 19 / 25 (647.3596) | 3 (173.7028) | 18 (162.2628) | 24 (154.2856) | 21 (157.1084) |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) Chelsea, AL | 15 / 18 (327.4284) | 16 (161.7256) | 13 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Hermann Bar-BQ and Brats Festival Hermann, MO | 33 / 37 (625.1660) | 30 (158.8572) | 33 (153.6916) | 29 (159.4628) | 34 (153.1544) |
| May 2, 2014 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 35 / 35 (615.3824) | 35 (141.1084) | 16 (165.7600) | 30 (158.8684) | 33 (149.6456) |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE | 9 / 28 (657.0740) | 8 (166.2856) | 21 (154.8456) | 4 (168.5256) | 6 (167.4172) |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA | 20 / 22 (618.7312) | 20 (148.5712) | 20 (154.2628) | 12 (162.2400) | 15 (153.6572) |