A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smoke This Drink That BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smoke This Drink That BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Trophy Husbands BBQ
Trophy Husbands BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 28 at the Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) (2025). They are ranked #2848 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1510 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 21, 2023
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.54
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.87 · weakest Brisket (143.37)
Road miles
300
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 87 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1622)
Purse competed for
$30K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.09 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
329.06 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
472.97 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #185 (257 pts) | #177 (282 pts) | #191 (267 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1440 (55 pts) | #1178 (70 pts) | #901 (160 pts) | #1451 (55 pts) | #1453 (55 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #289 (120 pts) | #302 (120 pts) | #311 (120 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #300 (96 pts) | #237 (153 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1404 (67 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Trophy Husbands BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
102 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with Trophy Husbands BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
They were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Trophy Husbands BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,825 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Trophy Husbands BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Trophy Husbands BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,824 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Trophy Husbands BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 161.6572 | 164.87 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 154.2288 | 162.72 | top 44% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5144 | 154.8000 | 157.66 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.3720 | 143.3720 | 143.37 | top 100% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 48% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 28% | Jul 19, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 76 times, behind 100
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jul 22, 2023 → Sep 13, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20255 milestones
- Career-best overall score642.0920 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.1944 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1510) Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2)
20242 milestones
- First call Buds Blues and BBQ
- First overall top-10 Buds Blues and BBQ
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.8 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) | Jul 19, 2025 |
| +5.5 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) | Jul 18, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.9 | 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life | Jun 13, 2025 |
| -0.6 | Buds Blues and BBQ | Sep 13, 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 93.8% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 6 / 28 (337.6688) | 7 (167.3944) | 5 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 11 / 32 (330.1944) | 7 (167.3944) | 11 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 25 / 30 (642.0920) | 22 (163.9428) | 7 (174.2628) | 27 (160.5144) | 30 (143.3720) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO | 9 / 16 (319.3144) | 9 (161.6572) | 9 (157.6572) | — | — |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Osceola, MO | — | — | 22 (157.0972) | — | — |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 16 / 31 (472.9716) | 14 (163.9428) | 16 (154.2288) | 16 (154.8000) | — |