They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
LUSCIOUS LOINS
LUSCIOUS LOINS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 49 at the Iowa State BBQ Championship (2025). They are ranked #2096 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1535
peak 1539 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 14, 2019
latest Jul 11, 2025 · 6.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.89 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 672.85 (-0.96)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.91)
Road miles
781
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 126 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Purse competed for
$72K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.85 / 720
8 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 LUSCIOUS LOINS, each with one reason worth a look.
68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,102 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1543
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LUSCIOUS LOINS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LUSCIOUS LOINS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 50
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1535
3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to LUSCIOUS LOINS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 50 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before LUSCIOUS LOINS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,095 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1547
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1535
Level with LUSCIOUS LOINS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,104 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1535
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before LUSCIOUS LOINS's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM CRAWFORD | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Darty-Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 CASE BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 163.9772 | 168.42 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 157.0628 | 166.91 | top 52% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 164.5600 | 169.77 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 159.3828 | 167.75 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 36% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State BBQ Championship | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 36% | Apr 4, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
248
finished ahead 235 times, behind 175
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Jul 25, 2020 → Mar 31, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall top-10 Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score683.3484 Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1539) Iowa State BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Iowa State BBQ Championship
20201 milestone
- First category win (Pork) 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- First call Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.1088 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Apr 4, 2025 |
| +10.4 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 29, 2024 |
| +7.7 | Smoketoberfest | Oct 4, 2019 |
| +7.1 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | Jun 14, 2019 |
| +5 | Back To Mayberry | Jun 28, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 31, 2023 |
| -3.8 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown | Jul 11, 2025 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 94.9% | 94% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 63% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 43% | 94.3% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2025 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown 🏅 Papillion, NE | 15 / 24 (670.7088) | 14 (168.5372) | 21 (162.8116) | 16 (168.5372) | 8 (170.8228) |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 8 / 49 (683.3484) | 23 (169.7028) | 15 (171.4172) | 7 (176) | 28 (166.2284) |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 12 / 42 (678.7884) | 3 (178.2972) | 8 (173.7028) | 29 (167.4056) | 38 (159.3828) |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 30 / 47 (667.3716) | 34 (163.9772) | 38 (162.8688) | 16 (170.8228) | 21 (169.7028) |
| Jul 25, 2020 | 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA | 19 / 30 (659.2456) | 20 (165.0856) | 28 (157.0628) | 1 (174.2744) | 18 (162.8228) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA | 18 / 49 (678.8228) | 27 (168.5828) | 17 (171.4172) | 30 (164.5600) | 11 (174.2628) |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Back To Mayberry 🏅 Rodney, IA | 15 / 28 (671.3944) | 25 (164.5600) | 5 (171.4400) | 8 (171.4400) | 22 (163.9544) |
| Jun 14, 2019 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 12 / 31 (673.1088) | 14 (168.5828) | 15 (164.5716) | 18 (165.0972) | 2 (174.8572) |