A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RUBY CREEK BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
RUBY CREEK BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
FLASH'S BBQ
FLASH'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 14 at the Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They are ranked #3269 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1508 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2022
latest Jun 14, 2024 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.50 · weakest Pork (152.53)
Road miles
257
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
604.95 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.69 / 360
4 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.
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 ↗ | Master | — | — | #1555 (54 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #365 (73 pts) | #347 (88 pts) | #431 (53 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #171 (277 pts) | #157 (362 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #214 (154 pts) | #229 (154 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1174 (115 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to FLASH'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before FLASH'S BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before FLASH'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,263 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with FLASH'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,290 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 164.0572 | 154.2860 | 158.39 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 144.4916 | 158.50 | top 70% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 152.5256 | 152.53 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 153.1200 | 153.12 | top 92% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 4 | 0 | top 42% | Jun 14, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
91
finished ahead 42 times, behind 68
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20232 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1428 Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1508) Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs)
- Career-best overall score604.9484 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1)
- First call Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5484 Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 16, 2023 |
| +8.9 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 17, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) | May 13, 2022 |
| -7.8 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| -1.6 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 15, 2023 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 93.7% | 90.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 62% | 90.2% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2025 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Warsaw, IN | — | — | 25 (162.8228) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Logansport, IN | 21 / 28 (303.3488) | 18 (158.2172) | 26 (145.1316) | — | — |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 9 / 16 (313.6460) | 9 (154.2860) | 10 (159.3600) | — | — |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Logansport, IN | 5 / 21 (337.2000) | 7 (164.0572) | 2 (173.1428) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Squeal on the Eel Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Logansport, IN | 4 / 14 (324.5484) | 6 (160.5600) | 6 (163.9884) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Warsaw, IN | 34 / 36 (604.9484) | 35 (154.8112) | 35 (144.4916) | 34 (152.5256) | 33 (153.1200) |
| May 13, 2022 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 29 (160.5716) | — | — |