The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
KC Rib doctor has finished one call ahead of Mad Cow Angry Beaver 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Mad Cow Angry Beaver
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1404
peak 1404 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2025-06-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Best overall
654.1944 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.23 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 622.34 (+10.90)
Walk rate
10%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.55 · weakest Brisket (154.42)
Road miles
129
mi across 20 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$127K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 17 state-championship entries
Master avg
622.34 / 720
20 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Their season
2018
their best year
2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 56%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 56%
A tough matchup
18–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 18 of their 18 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 78% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Right Time BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
- last seen 2019-09-27
- back 2021-06-25
Chicken nemesis
17 of 18
shared chicken entries lost
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead 94% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has out-cooked them in 17 of 18 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Stock Car BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A September team
Top 64%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 64% across 6 contests, versus top 77% the rest of the year.
- 6 September contests
- top 77% the rest of the year
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
#6272 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1403
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Mad Cow Angry Beaver's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#6267 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than Mad Cow Angry Beaver has cooked, 12 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#6268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1404
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mad Cow Angry Beaver on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6273 of the rated field
- Contests
- 152
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1564 at their best, 161 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 17 | 4 | 13 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| This is Nice | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hoggy Style BBQ | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sloppy Seconds | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| POWER I BBQ | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| RIB I'S | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Velvet Swine | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Fork BBQ | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 141.1084 | 156.55 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 132.5028 | 155.57 | top 68% |
| Pork | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 141.6800 | 155.80 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 125.6116 | 154.42 | top 66% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 108 | 0 | top 81% | 2025-06-27 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 3 | 43 | 0 | top 59% | 2022-09-23 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 3 | 162 | 0 | top 90% | 2016-06-24 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 79% | 2024-09-27 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
12 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2025-06-27
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 12 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
19 of 20 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
12
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
20 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.55 · weakest Brisket (154.42)
Walk rate
10%
a top-10 call in 2 of 20 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 20 contests
Master average
622.34
out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,246
614–2,408 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
129
20 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$127,125
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 17 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2019-09-27 → 2021-06-25
Power rating
1404
peak 1404 · #6271 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1487) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3712 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- 2019
- 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2021
- Career-best overall score654.1944 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY)
- 2025
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| +3.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) | 2021-09-24 |
| +3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2018-09-21 |
| +1.3 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2022-09-23 |
| +1 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2023-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -11.9 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| -11.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -11.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| -9.5 | Shawnee Great Grillers | 2024-09-27 |
Category scores over time
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 68% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 90.1% | 87.3% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 89.8% | 86.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90.9% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.5% | 87.6% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 56% | 90.5% | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 82% | 82% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 82% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 108 / 159 (641.6228) | 152 (150.8228) | 70 (166.8572) | 95 (162.8344) | 95 (161.1084) |
| 2024-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 70 / 73 (620.3660) | 64 (156.5372) | 50 (159.9888) | 65 (154.8000) | 67 (149.0400) |
| 2023-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 46 / 73 (648.4228) | 62 (157.0856) | 44 (163.9544) | 54 (159.3828) | 24 (168.0000) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 149 / 167 (608.9596) | 112 (159.9428) | 166 (132.5028) | 136 (155.9884) | 92 (160.5256) |
| 2022-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 52 / 87 (646.7888) | 62 (161.1200) | 44 (163.4060) | 63 (159.4056) | 40 (162.8572) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 123 / 164 (633.0512) | 74 (164.0344) | 114 (157.6800) | 153 (147.3712) | 64 (163.9656) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 70 / 71 (581.6116) | 69 (148.0116) | 69 (144.5144) | 70 (147.4056) | 69 (141.6800) |
| 2021-09-24 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (TEAM & JUDGES ARE FULL-WAITLIST ONLY) 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 43 / 86 (654.1944) | 34 (167.4172) | 46 (163.9772) | 33 (167.4056) | 62 (155.3944) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 129 / 145 (610.6740) | 72 (161.7028) | 142 (138.7884) | 122 (151.3712) | 81 (158.8116) |
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 69 / 102 (636.9368) | 89 (149.6112) | 38 (165.1200) | 93 (150.8000) | 16 (171.4056) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 145 / 183 (620.4344) | 74 (162.8228) | 173 (141.6344) | 125 (158.2400) | 105 (157.7372) |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS | 48 / 53 (635.2796) | 53 (153.6684) | 45 (156.5372) | 46 (159.9656) | 36 (165.1084) |
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 52 / 107 (651.3712) | 2 (176.5600) | 34 (167.4284) | 101 (145.1200) | 52 (162.2628) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 70 / 185 (643.9424) | 135 (154.1940) | 84 (161.1656) | 9 (173.7256) | 116 (154.8572) |
| 2018-04-20 | 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 37 / 46 (635.8740) | 39 (155.9772) | 38 (157.7028) | 16 (166.2628) | 41 (155.9312) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 132 / 184 (618.1828) | 115 (155.9540) | 48 (165.1544) | 176 (141.6800) | 103 (155.3944) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 168 / 183 (590.1940) | 151 (149.8056) | 120 (155.9772) | 149 (148.5140) | 166 (135.8972) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 587 / 606 (577.4516) | 548 (150.2400) | 541 (149.0744) | 519 (152.5256) | 600 (125.6116) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 162 / 184 (601.0744) | 180 (141.1084) | 140 (150.8572) | 33 (166.2628) | 157 (142.8460) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 164 / 183 (590.2858) | 124 (154.2856) | 145 (149.1430) | 151 (146.8572) | 161 (140.0000) |