They almost always walk
60%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Mid Valley BBQ
Mid Valley BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 21 at the Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (2024). They are ranked #4119 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2024
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
10% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.11 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 667.27 (+0.84)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.94
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.62 · weakest Brisket (161.62)
Road miles
2,610
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 541 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
667.27 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Mid Valley BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1480
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Mid Valley BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Mid Valley BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,130 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Mid Valley BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before Mid Valley BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,127 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1480
Level with Mid Valley 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Boys BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad Bears BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Good BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Beards BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BONE RUBBIN BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Bliss BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Cat BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL MARKET BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Town Franklin BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 161.1316 | 170.62 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 153.6112 | 167.22 | top 58% |
| Pork | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 158.8000 | 167.80 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 147.4288 | 161.62 | top 68% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
9 contests
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
8 of 10 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
10
a different one every time
Opponents faced
177
finished ahead 118 times, behind 228
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Sutherlin Throwdown
- Most recent contest Sutherlin Throwdown
20248 milestones
- First tracked contest The Golden State Battle VI
- First call The Golden State Battle VI
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8740 Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
- Career-best overall score686.2744 BBQ Boots & Brew
- Peak power rating (1493) BBQ Boots & Brew
- First overall top-10 Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off
- First category win (Chicken) Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | BBQ Boots & Brew | Apr 12, 2024 |
| +7.4 | The Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 20, 2024 |
| +2.3 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 2025 |
| +0.3 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off | May 24, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | The Golden State Battle VI | Mar 1, 2024 |
| -9.3 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 26, 2024 |
| -6.8 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| -5.1 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | Jun 28, 2024 |
| -5 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | Mar 15, 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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 65% | 95.3% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 18 / 35 (677.6116) | 20 (170.8572) | 23 (169.6800) | 11 (173.1200) | 19 (163.9544) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | The Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 11 / 30 (684.4912) | 7 (176.5600) | 19 (166.2400) | 3 (177.7028) | 19 (163.9884) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA | 26 / 35 (667.3144) | 17 (171.9772) | 16 (172.5600) | 30 (158.8000) | 24 (163.9772) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) 🏅 Clayton, CA | 20 / 25 (649.0284) | 15 (166.8800) | 17 (164.5256) | 19 (160.5372) | 20 (157.0856) |
| May 31, 2024 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 22 / 39 (662.1256) | 1 (177.7144) | 37 (153.6112) | 10 (171.4172) | 28 (159.3828) |
| May 24, 2024 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Felton, CA | 9 / 21 (682.7428) | 11 (171.9656) | 5 (173.7144) | 13 (166.2284) | 9 (170.8344) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 28 / 34 (655.8968) | 25 (166.8340) | 22 (167.9884) | 27 (162.2744) | 27 (158.8000) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 14 / 39 (686.2744) | 24 (167.9772) | 17 (171.4400) | 7 (174.2972) | 11 (172.5600) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA | 21 / 27 (659.8740) | 23 (161.1316) | 9 (171.9656) | 15 (168.5484) | 24 (158.2284) |
| Mar 1, 2024 | The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA | 32 / 33 (647.3488) | 8 (174.2856) | 26 (160.5144) | 25 (165.1200) | 33 (147.4288) |