A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Electro-Que-ted ahead in 100% of their meetings
Electro-Que-ted has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Crazy Thunder BBQ Team
Crazy Thunder BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 23 at the Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest (2024). They are ranked #3760 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1504 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Mar 21, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.93
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.48 · weakest Pork (146.80)
Road miles
1,372
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 551 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
322.89 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Crazy Thunder BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Crazy Thunder BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Crazy Thunder BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1488
Level with Crazy Thunder BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Crazy Thunder BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Crazy Thunder BBQ Team'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 155.9312 | 160.40 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 165.0972 | 159.9888 | 162.48 | top 57% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8000 | 146.8000 | 146.80 | top 100% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 85% | Mar 21, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
182
finished ahead 82 times, behind 137
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
20247 milestones
- First tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score328.4916 Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest
- First overall top-10 Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest
- Peak power rating (1504) Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest
- Career-best overall score329.0400 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2400 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest | May 24, 2024 |
| +2.6 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | Nov 15, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 21, 2025 |
| -8.5 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 12, 2024 |
| -7 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 22, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 58% | 91.4% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 38 / 43 (319.3372) | 41 (155.9544) | 31 (163.3828) | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | 26 / 58 (329.0400) | 22 (166.2400) | 29 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2024 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 15 / 17 (320.4916) | 17 (160.5028) | 15 (159.9888) | 17 (146.8000) | — |
| May 24, 2024 | Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA | 4 / 23 (317.0740) | 5 (155.9312) | 3 (161.1428) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 31 / 38 (328.4916) | 33 (163.3944) | 24 (165.0972) | — | — |