Home City BBQ KS
Rating
1470
peak 1470
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2019-08-31
latest 2025-03-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.33
last 5 vs career avg 652.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.38
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.40)
Road miles
53
mi across 5 mapped stops
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Bovine Swine and Dine has finished one call ahead of Home City BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
MAN MEAT BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 154.2400 | 161.45 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 149.6344 | 159.40 | top 73% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 162.8228 | 166.72 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 158.2516 | 164.76 | top 57% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (2 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (5 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (5 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 652.33
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 646.1488 | 646.15 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 647.8168 | 647.82 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 643.8636 | 643.86 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 666.2056 | 661.92 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 64 / 70 (646.1488) | 63 (162.2860) | 64 (152.5144) | 49 (169.6684) | 59 (161.6800) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 55 / 70 (647.8168) | 58 (161.0856) | 66 (149.6344) | 45 (166.2740) | 24 (170.8228) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 37 / 43 (643.8636) | 38 (163.9772) | 43 (153.6460) | 26 (167.9888) | 36 (158.2516) |
| 2019-10-11 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) DeSoto, KS | 33 / 51 (657.6344) | 48 (154.2400) | 23 (168.0116) | 26 (166.8572) | 19 (168.5256) |
| 2019-08-31 | Crimson & Blue BBQ Lawrence, KS | 9 / 15 (666.2056) | 12 (165.6800) | 5 (173.1772) | 11 (162.8228) | 7 (164.5256) |