Steve's Prime BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) (2022). They are ranked #3028 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1394 (59 pts) | #1118 (89 pts) | #1555 (54 pts) | #889 (139 pts) | #1020 (109 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #576 (299 pts) | #493 (418 pts) | #474 (498 pts) | #478 (429 pts) | #629 (284 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1135 (88 pts) | #1206 (88 pts) | #1017 (148 pts) | #1222 (78 pts) | #1185 (88 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1138 (102 pts) | #1045 (122 pts) | #1197 (112 pts) | #1140 (112 pts) | #1246 (82 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #852 (145 pts) | #899 (145 pts) | #935 (145 pts) | #943 (125 pts) | #1034 (115 pts) |
The teams rated closest to Steve's Prime BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Fewer contests behind them than Steve's Prime BBQ has cooked, 8 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Steve's Prime BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersThey were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Steve's Prime BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Steve's Prime BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than Steve's Prime BBQ has cooked, 7 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullen It Over BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 158.8344 | 166.54 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 153.6456 | 166.27 | top 54% |
| Pork | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 150.7540 | 164.46 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 153.1200 | 162.18 | top 67% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 60% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 66% | Sep 1, 2023 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +22.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) | Sep 2, 2022 |
| +5.9 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Sep 3, 2021 |
| +2.9 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 1, 2024 |
| +1.7 | Weekend of Giving | Oct 26, 2024 |
| +0.3 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) | Sep 2, 2022 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Operation Up in Smoke | Jul 27, 2024 |
| -8.8 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) | May 17, 2025 |
| -8.7 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival | Sep 1, 2023 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 93.2% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 89% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 93.3% | 90.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025 | Massachusetts in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 24 / 29 (661.0284) | 18 (166.8228) | 28 (153.6456) | 9 (173.1428) | 14 (167.4172) |
| Oct 26, 2024 | Weekend of Giving 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 12 / 25 (667.3252) | 8 (173.1084) | 19 (164.5828) | 6 (171.9656) | 20 (157.6684) |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 10 (170.2744) | — | — | — |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Weekend of Giving (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 7 (173.7028) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Operation Up in Smoke 🏅 Epping, NH | 17 / 19 (663.9196) | 15 (165.1084) | 11 (169.6800) | 18 (158.2856) | 8 (170.8456) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 17 / 37 (671.3256) | 26 (165.0856) | 8 (171.4056) | 5 (172.5600) | 23 (162.2744) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | 16 / 18 (638.7312) | 16 (158.8344) | 7 (169.1772) | 18 (150.7540) | 16 (159.9656) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY | 14 / 22 (634.2056) | 10 (164.5372) | 12 (157.7028) | 12 (158.8456) | 18 (153.1200) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Steak) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY | 1 (168.0228) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 3, 2021 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY | 7 / 15 (668.4916) | 7 (168.5716) | 7 (170.2744) | 9 (165.6800) | 10 (163.9656) |
| Jul 6, 2018 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY | — | — | — | — | — |