The heartbreaker
0.5600
points from the title
Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (Jun 8, 2024).
What’cha Got BBQ
What’cha Got BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 37 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1266 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “WHATCHA GOT BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1581
peak 1596 · rated over 25 contests
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2020
latest Jun 14, 2025 · 4.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
35% of 26 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
334.80 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 329.59 (+5.21)
Walk rate
58%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.09
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.01)
Road miles
1,996
across 26 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$143K
listed at 20 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 16 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
329.59 / 360
25 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 | #150 (381 pts) | #151 (356 pts) | #158 (376 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #172 (318 pts) | #144 (428 pts) | #265 (158 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #101 (632 pts) | #111 (607 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #67 (679 pts) | #86 (563 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #41 (803 pts) | #84 (399 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1282 (69 pts) | — | — |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to What’cha Got BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
49 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,259 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1585
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1581
Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 26, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,272 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1589
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 31% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1586
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before What’cha Got BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1582
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before What’cha Got BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 31
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 61%
- Peak
- 1598
Level with What’cha Got 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porket About It | 23 | 11 | 12 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| DAD BOD BARBEQUE | 21 | 5 | 16 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| Wrecking Crew BBQ | 21 | 2 | 19 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 20 | 12 | 8 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| FENDER BENDER BBQ | 20 | 11 | 9 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Sensuous BBQ | 20 | 2 | 18 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Pittie Q | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Ten Bones | 19 | 8 | 11 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| DAWGS BBQ | 18 | 8 | 10 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | 17 | 6 | 11 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GREAT PIG IN THE SKY | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky Shoes BBQ | 16 | 9 | 7 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Good Grefe! | 16 | 9 | 7 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | 16 | 7 | 8 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 25 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 178.8800 | 149.0856 | 167.70 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 150.2516 | 162.01 | top 53% |
“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 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 13 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 28% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 6 | 10 | 0 | top 52% | Jun 13, 2025 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 5 | 2 | 0 | top 28% | Jun 14, 2025 |
| Minnesota in May | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 12% | May 9, 2025 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 46% | Oct 15, 2023 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 48% | Oct 15, 2022 |
| Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 47% | Oct 14, 2022 |
| Minnesota in May (Backyard) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 45% | May 13, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
7 contests
Contests a season
4.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
17 of 26 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
10
7 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
26 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls
Opponents faced
365
finished ahead 881 times, behind 546
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score348.5716 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1596) Minnesota in May
- 25th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
- Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20244 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Minnesota in May
- First overall podium Minnesota in May
- First Reserve Championship Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Minnesota in May
20221 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
20212 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8572 Minnesota in May
- First overall top-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD)
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.2 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 8, 2024 |
| +15.9 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2024 |
| +13.2 | Minnesota in May | May 9, 2025 |
| +12.3 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) | Oct 15, 2021 |
| +11.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 10, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.2 | Big Island BBQ Backyard | Aug 22, 2021 |
| -13.5 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | Jun 13, 2025 |
| -7.5 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 5, 2022 |
| -7.1 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 14, 2022 |
| -6.5 | Minnesota in May (Backyard) | May 13, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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 | 33% | top 53% | 96.8% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 96.8% | 94.5% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60% | top 32% | 95.2% | 93% |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57% | top 54% | 93.8% | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43% | top 44% | 93% | 90% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2025 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 19 / 36 (331.3600) | 11 (169.6800) | 26 (161.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 36 / 36 (322.1944) | 18 (169.6916) | 42 (152.5028) | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 3 / 58 (348.5716) | 10 (174.2744) | 2 (174.2972) | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 2 / 37 (343.3828) | 3 (177.7028) | 14 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 22 / 41 (328.4684) | 4 (173.7028) | 27 (154.7656) | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 2 / 58 (348.5600) | 1 (178.8800) | 13 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 7 / 24 (342.8688) | 12 (170.2744) | 4 (172.5944) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 13 / 21 (333.0744) | 17 (166.2400) | 12 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 7 / 40 (337.0512) | 7 (169.6684) | 9 (167.3828) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 10 / 43 (330.7772) | 11 (169.1200) | 17 (161.6572) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 17 / 59 (330.2400) | 9 (170.2972) | 30 (159.9428) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 11 / 20 (336.5028) | 11 (167.3828) | 8 (169.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI | 17 / 22 (323.3484) | 21 (159.3828) | 14 (163.9656) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2022 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 10 / 30 (337.1088) | 15 (168.5372) | 9 (168.5716) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2022 | B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 16 / 21 (311.8628) | 15 (161.0972) | 19 (150.7656) | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 8 / 37 (337.6684) | 3 (174.2856) | 14 (163.3828) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 18 / 39 (318.1828) | 9 (167.3828) | 24 (150.8000) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN | 27 / 38 (319.3716) | 19 (165.1316) | 31 (154.2400) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 15 / 36 (331.9540) | 5 (174.2856) | 29 (157.6684) | — | — |
| Oct 15, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 7 / 40 (331.4288) | 4 (173.1544) | 30 (158.2744) | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2021 | Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN | 15 / 15 (302.7772) | 15 (152.5256) | 15 (150.2516) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI | 20 / 45 (322.8112) | 24 (157.0856) | 16 (165.7256) | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 23 / 52 (320.4912) | 26 (159.9656) | 18 (160.5256) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 11 / 60 (334.8572) | 2 (173.7028) | 27 (161.1544) | — | — |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May - One Meat Contest - Ribs Cambridge, MN | — | — | 22 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 19 / 40 (314.7656) | 23 (149.0856) | 5 (165.6800) | — | — |