High-water mark
666.2056
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2056 at Crimson & Blue BBQ — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 31, 2019
Home City BBQ
Home City BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 15 at the Crimson & Blue BBQ (2019). They are ranked #4226 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 31, 2019
latest Mar 21, 2025 · 5.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.38
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.72 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.40)
Road miles
53
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.33 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Home City BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
143 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,225 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,237 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Home City BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Home City BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Home City BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 11 years before Home City BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 80% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
178
finished ahead 46 times, behind 198
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Mar 19, 2021 → Mar 21, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
20197 milestones
- First tracked contest Crimson & Blue BBQ
- First call Crimson & Blue BBQ
- First overall top-10 Crimson & Blue BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2056 Crimson & Blue BBQ
- Career-best overall score666.2056 Crimson & Blue BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1772 Crimson & Blue BBQ
- Peak power rating (1502) Crimson & Blue BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | Crimson & Blue BBQ | Aug 31, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 21, 2025 |
| -6.4 | Smoke on the Bricks | Aug 21, 2020 |
| -4.9 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 19, 2021 |
| -3.9 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 11, 2019 |
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 91% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90% | 90% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 62% | 92.5% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2025 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 64 / 70 (646.1488) | 63 (162.2860) | 64 (152.5144) | 49 (169.6684) | 59 (161.6800) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 55 / 70 (647.8168) | 58 (161.0856) | 66 (149.6344) | 45 (166.2740) | 24 (170.8228) |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 37 / 43 (643.8636) | 38 (163.9772) | 43 (153.6460) | 26 (167.9888) | 36 (158.2516) |
| Oct 11, 2019 | 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) |
| Aug 31, 2019 | Crimson & Blue BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS | 9 / 15 (666.2056) | 12 (165.6800) | 5 (173.1772) | 11 (162.8228) | 7 (164.5256) |