Perfect scores on the board
3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.
- Chicken ×1
- Pork Ribs ×1
- Brisket ×1
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 3 different meats.
A call in 39 of 55 contests
A top-10 category call in 71% of their 55 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
97.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 698.8228 at Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 2 — 97.1% of a perfect 720.
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of All About Smokin Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
2019 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 34%.
BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 93% of their meetings
BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 25 of their 27 shared contests.
Ahead in 94% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DJS SMOKIN' BBQ in 17 of their 18 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic (2016-07-29).
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 71% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 25 of 35 shared chicken entries.
Rhythm n QUE has landed one call behind them 4 times.
Something about May: average finish in the top 33% across 12 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,051 miles across 55 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,423 miles to Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival.
Their overall lands within ±1.98% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
They've cooked Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge every year from 2017 to 2020 — the contest they never miss.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
28 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team All About Smokin Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 37 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than All About Smokin Q has cooked, 28 to 55, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before All About Smokin Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 83% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with All About Smokin Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 35 | 11 | 24 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| Bad Boyz BBQ | 29 | 7 | 22 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| Your Behind BBQ | 27 | 15 | 12 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG POPPA SMOKERS | 27 | 2 | 25 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 26 | 4 | 22 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| Vegas Grillbillies | 25 | 12 | 13 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| GIRLS CAN GRILL | 25 | 10 | 15 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Rhythm n QUE | 24 | 10 | 14 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| KNIFE PORK AND SPOON | 23 | 11 | 12 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 23 | 2 | 21 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 22 | 16 | 6 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 22 | 5 | 17 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| STEVO'S BBQ TEAM | 21 | 5 | 16 | 24% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKED OUT BBQ | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 54 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.9316 | 170.56 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 55 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.2516 | 166.99 | top 49% |
| Pork | 54 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 149.6344 | 167.11 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 54 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 148.5372 | 166.71 | top 43% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 22 | 0 | top 47% |
| NV | 14 | 0 | top 41% |
| NM | 6 | 0 | top 34% |
| CA | 6 | 0 | top 42% |
| UT | 5 | 0 | top 58% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 41% |
| Medium (20–39) | 27 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 24 | 0 | top 44% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 5 | 9 | 0 | top 42% | 2022-01-14 |
| Best Dam Barbeque | 4 | 4 | 0 | top 38% | 2024-05-24 |
| Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) | 4 | 12 | 0 | top 46% | 2019-06-29 |
| Best Dam BBQ | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 38% | 2026-05-23 |
| 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 55% | 2022-09-30 |
| BBQ Jackpot | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 38% | 2025-11-21 |
| Western Legends BBQ Contest | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 65% | 2022-09-09 |
| The Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 36% | 2021-05-28 |
| Arizona National BBQ Stampede | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 41% | 2019-12-27 |
| Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 36% | 2019-08-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown | 2017-05-05 |
| +15.4 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 2 | 2017-06-24 |
| +13 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1 | 2017-06-23 |
| +12.2 | *Best Dam Barbeque | 2018-05-25 |
| +11.5 | The Best Dam Barbeque | 2019-05-24 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival | 2020-08-14 |
| -13.3 | 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival | 2022-09-30 |
| -11.2 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | 2022-09-09 |
| -9.7 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2024-01-12 |
| -7.4 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2022-01-14 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 44% | 96.6% | 94.9% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 49% | 96.6% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 68% | 93.9% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 95.2% | 93.8% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 94.5% | 92.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 92.8% | 92% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 94.2% | 91.8% |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 88% | top 34% | 95.2% | 94.1% |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 90% | top 37% | 96% | 93.6% |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 80% | top 36% | 97.1% | 93.5% |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60% | top 56% | 92.5% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 7 / 33 (695.3600) | 23 (167.9656) | 14 (171.9772) | 8 (175.4172) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2026-02-27 | BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 10 / 25 (685.6116) | 13 (170.8228) | 16 (167.3944) | 14 (171.9772) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 37 / 53 (668.9940) | 43 (165.0856) | 43 (165.0856) | 29 (169.1200) | 20 (169.7028) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 14 / 90 (695.3600) | 39 (173.1084) | 25 (172.5600) | 40 (170.8344) | 3 (178.8572) |
| 2025-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 18 / 29 (677.5884) | 20 (165.0972) | 21 (166.8228) | 9 (175.4056) | 14 (170.2628) |
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 33 / 48 (659.2568) | 30 (166.2628) | 41 (160.5028) | 29 (165.0856) | 24 (167.4056) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 44 / 74 (675.9200) | 42 (168.5484) | 44 (167.9772) | 44 (169.1200) | 30 (170.2744) |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 22 / 33 (665.5424) | 29 (162.7884) | 5 (176.0000) | 32 (152.4912) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 45 / 58 (659.8516) | 37 (169.6916) | 46 (162.2744) | 21 (171.9656) | 47 (155.9200) |
| 2023-11-03 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic 🏅 Mesa, AZ | 10 / 26 (679.8740) | 11 (171.4172) | 3 (174.2628) | 15 (167.9656) | 15 (166.2284) |
| 2023-11-03 | Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Mesa, AZ | — | — | 3 (174.8572) | — | — |
| 2023-05-26 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 11 / 27 (685.6340) | 11 (171.9656) | 8 (171.4172) | 18 (168.5256) | 7 (173.7256) |
| 2023-01-13 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 26 / 45 (659.8516) | 39 (158.2400) | 24 (166.2400) | 8 (171.9888) | 25 (163.3828) |
| 2022-09-30 | 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ | 18 / 21 (669.6228) | 14 (169.6800) | 15 (167.3828) | 16 (167.4172) | 14 (165.1428) |
| 2022-09-09 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 25 / 31 (652.3652) | 20 (165.6800) | 29 (156.4912) | 13 (170.8112) | 26 (159.3828) |
| 2022-05-27 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 8 / 26 (680.4800) | 13 (167.9772) | 15 (165.0856) | 2 (177.1544) | 5 (170.2628) |
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 41 / 59 (656.9940) | 48 (159.9656) | 26 (166.8572) | 7 (175.4056) | 48 (154.7656) |
| 2021-08-20 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 13 / 26 (667.8624) | 15 (170.2628) | 12 (166.2628) | 19 (162.8112) | 12 (168.5256) |
| 2021-05-28 | The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 15 / 26 (656.4116) | 12 (166.2744) | 12 (163.9544) | 15 (162.8000) | 13 (163.3828) |
| 2020-08-14 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival 🏅 Kanab, UT | 37 / 42 (643.8740) | 26 (167.4172) | 31 (161.6684) | 39 (154.8000) | 35 (159.9884) |
| 2020-01-17 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 9 / 59 (678.1600) | 17 (171.9656) | 22 (166.8344) | 11 (169.6916) | 12 (169.6684) |
| 2019-12-27 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ | 27 / 44 (669.0284) | 10 (173.1084) | 31 (166.8228) | 36 (160.5600) | 18 (168.5372) |
| 2019-09-27 | Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ | 12 / 33 (670.2172) | 11 (168.5256) | 11 (170.8572) | 22 (163.9888) | 13 (166.8456) |
| 2019-08-16 | Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kanab, UT | 6 / 18 (683.9196) | 2 (176.5600) | 10 (168.0000) | 10 (168.5484) | 6 (170.8112) |
| 2019-06-29 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) 🏅 Artesia, NM | 18 / 34 (674.7196) | 3 (178.8572) | 27 (162.8228) | 23 (165.6684) | 18 (167.3712) |
| 2019-06-28 | Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) 🏅 Artesia, NM | 12 / 41 (681.6688) | 11 (173.1200) | 20 (166.8344) | 5 (175.4516) | 15 (166.2628) |
| 2019-05-24 | The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 4 / 29 (685.6684) | 3 (176.5828) | 8 (169.7028) | 11 (169.7144) | 6 (169.6684) |
| 2019-05-03 | 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down 🏅 Show Low, AZ | 12 / 45 (676.4684) | 6 (174.2628) | 4 (174.2628) | 36 (161.1200) | 11 (166.8228) |
| 2019-01-18 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 12 / 63 (678.1828) | 13 (172.5600) | 9 (170.2744) | 39 (162.8000) | 8 (172.5484) |
| 2018-12-28 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 10 / 47 (683.9312) | 12 (173.1428) | 29 (165.1316) | 18 (170.2512) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2018-12-14 | Down Town Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV | 23 / 32 (659.8856) | 5 (177.1428) | 18 (168.5372) | 26 (161.1084) | 29 (153.0972) |
| 2018-09-28 | Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ | 17 / 40 (658.2168) | 2 (174.8456) | 19 (163.4172) | 23 (164.0000) | 33 (155.9540) |
| 2018-08-24 | Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off Kanab, UT | 5 / 13 (670.7772) | 5 (173.1200) | 7 (164.5600) | 9 (161.6572) | 4 (171.4400) |
| 2018-08-17 | Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 10 / 51 (673.6688) | 6 (173.7028) | 7 (170.8572) | 35 (157.1316) | 6 (171.9772) |
| 2018-06-23 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 2) Artesia, NM | 14 / 32 (689.0972) | 17 (171.9772) | 13 (169.7144) | 5 (177.7028) | 12 (169.7028) |
| 2018-06-22 | Smokin On The Pecos(Day 1) Artesia, NM | 22 / 39 (652.3888) | 28 (155.9316) | 27 (160.5488) | 5 (176.5600) | 23 (159.3484) |
| 2018-05-25 | *Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 4 / 30 (690.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 17 (164.0344) | 2 (174.8572) | 5 (171.9656) |
| 2018-05-04 | *City of Show Low's 6th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 14 / 52 (682.1828) | 21 (170.8228) | 8 (174.8572) | 30 (166.2400) | 12 (170.2628) |
| 2018-01-19 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 22 / 70 (679.3716) | 14 (173.7028) | 47 (163.9888) | 21 (170.8456) | 23 (170.8344) |
| 2017-10-20 | *Logandale Fall Festival Logandale, NV | 9 / 18 (658.2632) | 6 (168.5944) | 16 (154.2516) | 9 (169.6800) | 9 (165.7372) |
| 2017-10-13 | *OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA | 19 / 56 (673.6228) | 4 (177.1428) | 34 (163.9772) | 26 (165.6800) | 22 (166.8228) |
| 2017-09-29 | Rim County BBQ Classic and Testicle Festival Payson, AZ | 7 / 36 (681.6460) | 2 (176.5600) | 18 (166.2516) | 12 (170.8572) | 17 (167.9772) |
| 2017-08-18 | Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 14 / 52 (675.8740) | 8 (174.8456) | 34 (160.5028) | 14 (171.9656) | 14 (168.5600) |
| 2017-06-24 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 2 Artesia, NM | 3 / 37 (698.8228) | 10 (174.2628) | 5 (176.5828) | 15 (171.4172) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2017-06-23 | Smokin On The Pecos-Doubleheader-Day 1 Artesia, NM | 7 / 43 (681.6228) | 28 (159.3600) | 2 (180.0000) | 10 (173.1428) | 14 (169.1200) |
| 2017-05-26 | Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV | 11 / 37 (684.5144) | 12 (172.5716) | 3 (176.5600) | 23 (165.7028) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2017-05-05 | City of Show Low's 5th Annual BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ | 4 / 36 (690.1940) | 1 (178.2972) | 13 (168.5256) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2017-01-27 | Outwest Food Fest BBQ Competiton Quartzsite, AZ | 30 / 34 (644.9716) | 24 (166.8228) | 30 (155.9544) | 29 (162.2400) | 29 (159.9544) |
| 2017-01-20 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 29 / 40 (645.5540) | 20 (166.8456) | 28 (161.1200) | 26 (166.2284) | 35 (151.3600) |
| 2016-11-04 | World BBQ Festival Peoria, AZ | 20 / 31 (652.4796) | 20 (168.5600) | 23 (159.4056) | 24 (159.9312) | 15 (164.5828) |
| 2016-10-27 | USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV | 17 / 36 (666.3204) | 1 (177.1772) | 3 (173.7260) | 17 (166.8800) | 35 (148.5372) |
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 36 / 75 (661.0516) | 4 (174.8800) | 43 (162.2400) | 22 (169.1316) | 63 (154.8000) |
| 2016-08-05 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 25 / 36 (646.6284) | 10 (171.4056) | 21 (165.0856) | 35 (149.6344) | 20 (160.5028) |
| 2016-07-29 | 8th Annual Vista BBQ Classic Vista, CA | 22 / 42 (663.3256) | 29 (163.3828) | 13 (168.0000) | 31 (161.1084) | 12 (170.8344) |
| 2015-01-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL | 25 / 36 (646.6284) | 10 (171.4056) | 21 (165.0856) | 35 (149.6344) | 20 (160.5028) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #633 (259 pts) | #713 (239 pts) | #358 (688 pts) | #693 (239 pts) | #559 (344 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #764 (182 pts) | #831 (182 pts) | #841 (212 pts) | #685 (242 pts) | #753 (217 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #639 (283 pts) | #659 (293 pts) | #761 (253 pts) | #490 (458 pts) | #604 (333 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1020 (111 pts) | #1123 (101 pts) | #1084 (116 pts) | #1193 (81 pts) | #1027 (116 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #413 (265 pts) | #396 (295 pts) | #553 (195 pts) | #458 (250 pts) | #421 (280 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #269 (1089 pts) | #169 (1384 pts) | #325 (954 pts) | #438 (784 pts) | #236 (1194 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #630 (540 pts) | #398 (895 pts) | #669 (550 pts) | #858 (390 pts) | #667 (550 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #326 (1122 pts) | #199 (1402 pts) | #361 (1037 pts) | #414 (927 pts) | #406 (947 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #907 (376 pts) | #526 (771 pts) | #718 (561 pts) | #1026 (356 pts) | #853 (436 pts) |