High-water mark
674.2288
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2288 at 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 17, 2025
Big Fig BBQ
Big Fig BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 26 at the Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ (2024). They are ranked #3917 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 5, 2024
latest Apr 11, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.21 · weakest Brisket (160.99)
Road miles
3,422
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,065 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$80K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.44 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big Fig BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
154 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,894 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Big Fig BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Level with Big Fig BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,933 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Big Fig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Big Fig BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4288 | 158.8460 | 164.54 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1544 | 150.2516 | 165.69 | top 54% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0116 | 162.8228 | 168.21 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 154.2172 | 160.99 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 2 | 80 | 0 | top 88% | Apr 11, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
337
finished ahead 74 times, behind 347
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- Career-best overall score674.2288 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1544 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Peak power rating (1502) 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.6856 Smoke in the Spring
- First call Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.7 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | Jan 17, 2025 |
| +3.6 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ | Jul 5, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -7.9 | Smoke in the Spring | Apr 11, 2025 |
| -7.6 | Smoke in the Spring | Apr 5, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 73% | 93.6% | 91.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 92% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 80 / 92 (653.5544) | 72 (165.6800) | 76 (166.2400) | 58 (167.4172) | 84 (154.2172) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 88 / 100 (656.4692) | 54 (171.4288) | 97 (150.2516) | 55 (169.6916) | 72 (165.0972) |
| Jan 17, 2025 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 21 / 48 (674.2288) | 40 (162.2400) | 6 (173.1544) | 14 (172.0116) | 26 (166.8228) |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA | 14 / 26 (662.2404) | 22 (158.8460) | 3 (171.4172) | 12 (169.1200) | 16 (162.8572) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 86 / 97 (650.6856) | 81 (164.5256) | 66 (167.3944) | 84 (162.8228) | 89 (155.9428) |