Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque

Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 19 at the Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship (2023). They are ranked #5728 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,728

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1445

peak 1445 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 7, 2016

latest May 30, 2025 · 8.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#940

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

677.5884 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.45 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.30 (+10.15)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Pork Ribs · Horse Town Brew B Que Festival

Consistency

±34.48

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.60 · weakest Brisket (160.37)

Road miles

5,581

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 1,913 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$128K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

647.30 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

677.5884 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.5884 at 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 31, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Uncle Vinny's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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 49%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

23–0 behind in the head-to-head

LADY OF Q ahead in 100% of their meetings

LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 23 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.23 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 12%.

Brisket avg 160.37
Pork avg 165.60
0 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JOLLEY'S BAD TO THE BONE BARBEQUE in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) (May 30, 2025).

last seen May 26, 2023
back May 30, 2025

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Pork nemesis

16 of 21 shared pork entries lost

LADY OF Q ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LADY OF Q has out-cooked them in 16 of 21 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Coaches Pit BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A March team

Top 36% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 36% across 3 contests, versus top 70% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 70% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,581 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,581 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,913 miles to Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown.

27 mapped stops
furthest 1,913 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#940 (370 pts)	#1016 (370 pts)	#832 (475 pts)	#1082 (325 pts)	#1218 (255 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1506 (176 pts)	#1403 (211 pts)	#1588 (176 pts)	#1224 (271 pts)	#1468 (191 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque, each with one reason worth a look.

83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Flying W North BBQ

#5,735 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2024

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NEANDERTHAL Q

#5,727 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1445

Careers of much the same size, 30 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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SULTANS OF SWINE

#5,729 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1445

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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BIG BOYZ BBQ

#5,742 of the rated field

1444 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 2%
Peak: 1444

41 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 2% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026

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Every Man A Smoker

#5,740 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1445

Level with Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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BLOW-N-SMOKE

#5,724 of the rated field

1445 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

They've been 1514 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 3, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LADY OF Q	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
RAD FONDO BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKE HOUND BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
The Brisket Brothers	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
TEAM WOODSHED	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Smokin it Up BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
BIG RED BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
2LiveQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	2	0	0	175.4172	148.4912	164.27	top 66%
Pork Ribs	26	3	0	0	177.1544	147.9544	163.92	top 63%
Pork	25	3	1	1	176	150.2288	165.60	top 56%
Brisket	25	0	0	0	171.9656	141.6116	160.37	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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 76%
Large (40+)	16	top 66%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CA	25	top 69%
MI	1	top 63%
AZ	1	top 97%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)	3	17	top 70%	May 30, 2025
2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	3	25	top 76%	Nov 4, 2022
Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2)	3	16	top 70%	May 28, 2022
Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	2	25	top 53%	Jun 1, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 3 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 25 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 20 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 423 finished ahead 400 times, behind 823

Longest layoff 2 yrs May 26, 2023 → May 30, 2025

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

May 30 Most recent contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)

20221 milestone

Nov 4 25th tracked contest 2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival

20191 milestone

Feb 15 First category win (Pork) The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

20181 milestone

Jun 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Horse Town Brew B Que Festival

20173 milestones

Mar 31 First call 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
Mar 31 Career-best overall score677.5884 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
Oct 13 10th tracked contest OC BBQ Competition

20163 milestones

Oct 7 First tracked contest Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Oct 7 Peak power rating (1493) Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Nov 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3144 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.2	7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship	Mar 23, 2018
+11.6	6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship	Mar 31, 2017
+8.3	West Coast BBQ Classic	May 12, 2017
+5.9	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival	Jun 1, 2018
+1.6	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1	Mar 29, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	World BBQ Festival	Nov 4, 2016
-10.8	SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL)	May 19, 2017
-7.5	Newport Beach Winter Q	Jan 27, 2017
-7.2	The Smithfield Guinea Pig	Feb 17, 2017
-6.8	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial	Feb 21, 2020

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 63%	90.4%	90.4%
2023	1	0	100%	top 63%	92%	92%
2022	5	0	60%	top 76%	92.8%	91.5%
2021	2	0	0%	top 73%	90.5%	89.9%
2020	1	0	0%	top 92%	88.7%	88.7%
2019	4	1	25%	top 66%	91.6%	90.5%
2018	3	0	67%	top 49%	93.9%	93.6%
2017	7	0	14%	top 69%	94.1%	87.4%
2016	3	0	0%	top 83%	90.5%	88.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 30, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA	17 / 27 (650.6400)	16 (165.6800)	17 (168.5372)	15 (167.3828)	21 (149.0400)
May 26, 2023	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championship 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	12 / 19 (662.6976)	11 (168.5488)	13 (165.0972)	10 (168.5372)	17 (160.5144)
Nov 4, 2022	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	27 / 35 (663.9084)	28 (167.4056)	29 (163.4172)	30 (165.1200)	16 (167.9656)
Aug 12, 2022	Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA	21 / 25 (654.7320)	10 (170.8344)	19 (164.5488)	—	15 (162.8344)
Jun 3, 2022	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	29 / 37 (655.2684)	36 (155.3484)	11 (174.2628)	30 (162.2516)	28 (163.4056)
May 28, 2022	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2) 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	16 / 25 (668.5032)	20 (166.8228)	10 (172.5716)	20 (161.7144)	14 (167.3944)
May 27, 2022	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 1) 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	19 / 25 (653.0400)	16 (165.1084)	20 (157.0860)	8 (173.1200)	22 (157.7256)
Nov 5, 2021	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	25 / 33 (651.8172)	23 (165.0972)	23 (164.5372)	23 (165.1200)	27 (157.0628)
May 28, 2021	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	19 / 27 (642.6748)	19 (163.9656)	24 (151.3604)	13 (165.0972)	15 (162.2516)
Feb 21, 2020	The Tyson Guinea Pig, Matt Dalton Memorial 🏅 Coachella, CA	46 / 50 (638.6628)	49 (156.5028)	32 (163.3944)	18 (169.1084)	49 (149.6572)
Aug 2, 2019	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	25 / 40 (650.2284)	31 (160.5372)	23 (164.5484)	20 (164.5600)	24 (160.5828)
May 31, 2019	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA	34 / 49 (638.1256)	—	—	—	—
Mar 29, 2019	8th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Arcadia, CA	41 / 70 (659.3144)	31 (167.9884)	42 (162.8228)	18 (171.4288)	55 (157.0744)
Feb 15, 2019	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Indian Wells, CA	36 / 49 (657.5888)	45 (154.8344)	41 (160.5144)	1 (176)	31 (166.2400)
Jun 1, 2018	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA	25 / 57 (675.9316)	46 (160.5028)	4 (177.1544)	21 (170.8572)	24 (167.4172)
Mar 23, 2018	7th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	18 / 78 (675.8856)	6 (175.4056)	54 (162.8116)	11 (171.4056)	31 (166.2628)
Feb 23, 2018	The Smithfield Guinea Pig (JUDGES FULL) Coachella, CA	37 / 47 (669.0056)	43 (163.9312)	24 (169.6916)	40 (163.4172)	14 (171.9656)
Oct 13, 2017	OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA	46 / 56 (642.1484)	33 (166.2628)	52 (150.7772)	43 (159.4056)	26 (165.7028)
Jun 2, 2017	Horse Town Brew B Que Festival ( Judges Full) Norco, CA	35 / 57 (663.8968)	11 (175.4172)	30 (167.4172)	35 (165.6568)	44 (155.4056)
May 19, 2017	SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA	45 / 46 (487.3256)	28 (167.4284)	43 (158.8000)	40 (161.0972)	—
May 12, 2017	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	15 / 40 (662.7316)	11 (170.8344)	16 (169.1200)	20 (162.8228)	22 (159.9544)
Mar 31, 2017	6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	21 / 77 (677.5884)	28 (171.4172)	8 (174.2628)	45 (163.3828)	29 (168.5256)
Feb 17, 2017	The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA	45 / 49 (639.8976)	34 (165.1084)	38 (162.8460)	48 (150.2288)	34 (161.7144)
Jan 27, 2017	Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA	47 / 56 (631.2456)	52 (148.4912)	18 (169.1544)	41 (162.8000)	50 (150.8000)
Nov 11, 2016	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( Judges Full) Indio, CA	29 / 38 (651.3144)	31 (159.4172)	31 (157.6572)	20 (168)	22 (166.2400)
Nov 4, 2016	World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ	30 / 31 (617.5432)	18 (169.7028)	29 (147.9544)	26 (158.2744)	30 (141.6116)
Oct 7, 2016	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	58 / 75 (635.3372)	71 (148.5484)	46 (161.6916)	11 (173.1428)	67 (151.9544)

Bob's Morning Wood Barbeque

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)