High-water mark
696.5028
career-best overall
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 696.5028 at Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-08-15
Three Stooges Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2025-03-14
latest 2026-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
685.04
last 3 Master vs avg 685.04 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.70 · weakest Chicken (170.06)
Road miles
264
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 264 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
685.04 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Can Country Outlaw BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Can Country Outlaw BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Wicked Pig BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1614
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1614 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
Three Stooges Barbecue has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 99 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Three Stooges Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 167.3828 | 170.06 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 168.5372 | 172.70 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 166.2400 | 171.02 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 167.3828 | 171.78 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 55% | 2026-08-15 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2025-03-14 → 2026-08-15
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 172.70 · weakest Chicken (170.06)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
685.04
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
184
81–162 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
264
4 mapped stops · furthest 264 mi
Schedule strength
1614
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$28,800
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
2025-03-14 → 2026-08-14
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6000 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- 2026
- First call Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score696.5028 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1501) Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.3 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | 2026-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.3 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2025-03-14 |
| -0.8 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) | 2026-08-14 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 55% | 96.7% | 95.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL | 14 / 32 (696.5028) | 26 (170.8112) | 4 (177.7144) | 12 (174.8572) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2026-08-14 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL | 17 / 26 (677.0056) | 20 (167.3828) | 16 (170.2628) | 13 (171.9772) | 19 (167.3828) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 57 / 100 (681.6000) | 50 (171.9772) | 61 (168.5372) | 78 (166.2400) | 22 (174.8456) |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 15 (174.2744) | — | — |