High-water mark
665.5888
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5888 at Meat Inferno — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 4, 2024
F5 BBQ
F5 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 36 at the Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 10, 2022
latest Jun 13, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.11 · weakest Brisket (157.10)
Road miles
295
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$55K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.58 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
323.99 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 148.5600 | 163.27 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 160.0228 | 164.41 | top 51% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.8000 | 167.11 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 153.6572 | 157.10 | top 86% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 70% | Jun 9, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
129
finished ahead 77 times, behind 107
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Jun 9, 2023 → Oct 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1497) Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
20243 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5888 Meat Inferno
- Career-best overall score665.5888 Meat Inferno
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Meat Inferno
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 13, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 9, 2023 |
| -5 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 10, 2022 |
| -1.7 | Meat Inferno | Oct 4, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2025 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 5 / 36 (339.3944) | 3 (173.1316) | 10 (166.2628) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS | 28 / 38 (665.5888) | 31 (165.6916) | 33 (163.9428) | 12 (175.4172) | 30 (160.5372) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 27 / 32 (645.5776) | 26 (165.6916) | 15 (167.4288) | 28 (158.8000) | 30 (153.6572) |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 16 / 29 (308.5828) | 17 (148.5600) | 12 (160.0228) | — | — |