Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Three Stooges Barbecue
Three Stooges Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 14th of 32 at the Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2025
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.27 · weakest Chicken (169.25)
Road miles
337
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 243 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
686.76 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Three Stooges Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.
Three Stooges Barbecue has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 103 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1515
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Three Stooges Barbecue)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Three Stooges Barbecue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,823 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Three Stooges Barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
Level with Three Stooges Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,807 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Three Stooges Barbecue'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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 166.8112 | 169.25 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 168.5372 | 173.02 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 166.2400 | 173.27 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 167.3828 | 171.54 | top 46% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
Repeat visits (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% | Aug 15, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
220
finished ahead 127 times, behind 186
Longest layoff
1.4 yrs
Mar 14, 2025 → Aug 14, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20266 milestones
- First call Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score696.5028 Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)
- First category win (Pork) Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Peak power rating (1511) Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20252 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | Sep 25, 2026 |
| +4.3 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) | Aug 15, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.3 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| -0.8 | Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) | Aug 14, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 48% | 96.7% | 95.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 25 / 71 (691.9312) | 60 (166.8112) | 18 (174.2972) | 1 (180) | 40 (170.8228) |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 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) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 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) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 57 / 100 (681.6000) | 50 (171.9772) | 61 (168.5372) | 78 (166.2400) | 22 (174.8456) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 15 (174.2744) | — | — |