Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6684 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
BuBByQ has finished one call ahead of C'mon Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
Ahead in 90% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Jonesy's Smoke Rangers in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
913 BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared pork ribs entries.
Their overall lands within ±2.21% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
They've cooked The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
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.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
These two have cooked 10 of the same contests — C'mon Que ahead 6–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1514 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before C'mon Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with C'mon Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN UP BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Rusty Que | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Jonesy's Smoke Rangers | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 10 | 9 | 1 | 90% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Most Wanted BBQ | 10 | 7 | 3 | 70% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs For Her Pleasure | 10 | 6 | 4 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 146.2284 | 158.35 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 147.9660 | 159.91 | top 57% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 150.2512 | 158.93 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 149.6572 | 158.92 | top 55% |
“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 | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 6 | 35 | 0 | top 61% | 2026-06-26 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2023-06-23 |
| +6.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| +4.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| +2.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| -9.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
| -8.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| -7.8 | Qlathe BBQ Championship | 2019-03-15 |
| -7.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 89.7% | 88.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 89% | 89% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 126 / 157 (632.3428) | 119 (158.7884) | 94 (162.8000) | 125 (157.0972) | 121 (153.6572) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 131 / 159 (630.6744) | 114 (159.9772) | 130 (155.9316) | 83 (165.1084) | 134 (149.6572) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 103 / 172 (642.6512) | 92 (162.2284) | 150 (151.9312) | 64 (166.2516) | 78 (162.2400) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 35 / 167 (673.6684) | 24 (171.4172) | 70 (166.2628) | 86 (164.5828) | 25 (171.4056) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 142 / 164 (617.4856) | 95 (161.6800) | 150 (147.9660) | 143 (153.0740) | 133 (154.7656) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 112 / 145 (621.4856) | 124 (153.6344) | 73 (162.2400) | 125 (150.2512) | 92 (155.3600) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 82 / 183 (646.1368) | 52 (166.2516) | 61 (165.6912) | 156 (152.5140) | 83 (161.6800) |
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 51 / 64 (632.4452) | 52 (154.8228) | 36 (160.5484) | 41 (159.9884) | 48 (157.0856) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 140 / 185 (613.5884) | 170 (146.2284) | 103 (158.2744) | 119 (155.3944) | 124 (153.6912) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 69 / 184 (641.1092) | 113 (155.9888) | 75 (161.6916) | 140 (154.2400) | 22 (169.1888) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 58 / 183 (645.6460) | 146 (150.8228) | 48 (165.7144) | 24 (169.7144) | 79 (159.3944) |