Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Alaska BBQ Mann
Alaska BBQ Mann is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 36 at the Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (2026). They finished #84 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Mar 20, 2026
latest Jun 12, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
50% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.30
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.16 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.65)
Road miles
3,243
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 2,776 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
345.11 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 Alaska BBQ Mann, each with one reason worth a look.
Alaska BBQ Mann has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 79 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Alaska BBQ Mann's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
They were already cooking in 2019, 7 years before Alaska BBQ Mann's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1532
Level with Alaska BBQ Mann on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,208 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Alaska BBQ Mann's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,214 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Alaska BBQ Mann's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 178.8572 | 171.9656 | 174.16 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 159.9544 | 171.65 | top 39% |
“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 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 1 win · 5 calls
Opponents faced
117
finished ahead 102 times, behind 39
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score344.5372 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First category win (Chicken) West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score350.8228 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1530) Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (One Meat CHICKEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 12, 2026 |
| +10.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| +8.7 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge | Mar 27, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.4 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 15, 2026 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (One Meat CHICKEN) Palmer, AK | — | 3 (173.1084) | — | — | — |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Alaska Grown BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Palmer, AK | — | — | 1 (180) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 5 / 36 (350.8228) | 8 (171.9656) | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) Kansas City, MO | 10 / 16 (338.8116) | 1 (178.8572) | 15 (159.9544) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 5 (171.9656) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS Contest #2) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 7 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge 🏅 St. Robert, MO | 8 / 26 (346.2628) | 10 (173.1544) | 9 (173.1084) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 9 / 33 (344.5372) | 6 (173.7028) | 12 (170.8344) | — | — |