KIRBBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5754

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1443

peak 1443 · rated over 24 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-18

latest 2024-11-08

Best ToY finish

#596

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

671.8860 / 720

Master · Currituck Bulls and BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.49 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 639.42 (-1.93)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Currituck Bulls and BBQ

Consistency

±30.53

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.83 · weakest Pork (155.71)

Road miles

2,828

mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$83K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

639.42 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

671.8860 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.8860 at Currituck Bulls and BBQ — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-11-08

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG DOG BBQ VA has finished one call ahead of KIRBBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

20–0 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.12 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 24%.

Pork avg 155.71
Chicken avg 163.83
4 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of JAM'N HAMS in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 21 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 81% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 17 of 21 shared chicken entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 72% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 72% finish in large fields against top 82% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 72% (9)
Small (<20 teams): top 82% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BIG DOG BBQ VA has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

NO RUSH Q

#5762 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to KIRBBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team KIRBBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2019-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ

#5745 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

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Hillside BBQ

#5756 of the rated field

1443 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than KIRBBQ has cooked, 12 to 30, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BILLY MAC BBQ

#5761 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2024-05-31

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CORPORAL KLINGERS Q

#5757 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before KIRBBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Side By Side BBQ

#5752 of the rated field

1443 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after KIRBBQ did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
FIRESIDE ALCHEMY	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Burn Barrel BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
JAM'N HAMS	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
CHOCK FULL OF BARBEQUE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKETASTIC BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
3N1 Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	6	0	2	177.7144	149.6800	163.83	top 62%
Pork Ribs	27	5	1	1	174.8572	142.7772	162.85	top 63%
Pork	24	4	0	0	171.9772	20.0000	155.71	top 67%
Brisket	24	3	0	1	177.1428	136.5372	157.70	top 67%

“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	Avg finish
VA	18	top 70%
NC	5	top 72%
MD	1	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 66%
Large (40+)	9	top 72%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Currituck Bulls & BBQ	2	23	0	top 85%	2021-11-05
Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	2	20	0	top 55%	2019-04-26

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.1 yrs 2013-10-18 → 2024-11-08

Busiest season 2022 4 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 24 of 30 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 22 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.83 · weakest Pork (155.71)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 13 of 30 contests

Overall top-10 rate 3% 1 of 30 contests

Master average 639.42 out of 720 · 24 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 381 243–600 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,828 30 mapped stops · furthest 225 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Purse competed for $82,500 listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 14 state-championship entries

Power rating 1443 peak 1443 · #5754 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Oct 18 First tracked contest Autumnfest
Oct 18 First call Autumnfest
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1498) Autumnfest
2016
Sep 23 First overall top-10 Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!
2017
Apr 28 10th tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
Sep 15 First category win (Pork Ribs) *Currituck Heritage Festival
Sep 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5884 *Currituck Heritage Festival
2022
Sep 30 25th tracked contest Vista BBQ Competition
2024
Nov 8 Career-best overall score671.8860 Currituck Bulls and BBQ
Nov 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Currituck Bulls and BBQ
Nov 8 Most recent contest Currituck Bulls and BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	*Currituck Heritage Festival	2017-09-15
+5.7	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition	2018-04-27
+4.9	Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too!	2016-09-23
+3.5	15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)	2019-09-06
+2.8	Chesapeake Jubilee	2016-05-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.4	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival	2014-04-04
-9.1	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	2021-03-26
-8.1	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1	2020-08-07
-7.9	18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff	2022-09-09
-7.7	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2	2021-04-17

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	3	0	0	33%	top 75%	93.3%	93.3%
2023	2	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2022	4	0	0	100%	top 81%	92.8%	85.6%
2021	3	0	0	0%	top 87%	92.4%	91.2%
2020	2	0	0	50%	top 83%	91.7%	90.5%
2019	2	0	0	50%	top 60%	91.7%	90.8%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 64%	91.5%	89.4%
2017	3	0	1	33%	top 67%	92.4%	89%
2016	4	1	0	75%	top 53%	89.8%	89.2%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 73%	88.1%	86.6%
2014	2	0	0	0%	top 95%	82.1%	82.1%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 60%	86.7%	86.7%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-11-08	Currituck Bulls and BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	12 / 16 (671.8860)	2 (177.7144)	14 (160.5144)	10 (167.9772)	13 (165.6800)
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	—	21 (163.9428)	—	—	—
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	—	—	19 (165.6800)	—	—
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	23 (167.3944)	—	—
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Chicken) Urbanna, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-30	Vista BBQ Competition 🏅 Altavista, VA	12 / 17 (667.8516)	14 (166.2400)	14 (162.8232)	16 (161.6456)	2 (177.1428)
2022-09-23	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Ashland, VA	—	—	9 (171.4172)	—	—
2022-09-09	18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Hanover, VA	17 / 17 (524.4916)	16 (165.0972)	16 (165.0972)	17 (20.0000)	4 (174.2972)
2022-05-20	Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC	23 / 32 (657.5768)	8 (173.7028)	30 (154.8000)	30 (157.1084)	6 (171.9656)
2021-11-05	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	23 / 26 (665.6232)	13 (170.8228)	23 (164.5488)	11 (171.9772)	23 (158.2744)
2021-04-17	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	28 / 34 (661.5660)	20 (170.2744)	18 (167.3828)	11 (171.9772)	30 (151.9316)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	41 / 46 (642.7776)	42 (157.6916)	29 (163.4288)	34 (163.9656)	38 (157.6916)
2020-11-06	Currituck Bulls & BBQ 🏅 Powells Point, NC	23 / 28 (643.3028)	27 (159.9656)	24 (159.3600)	24 (160.0000)	18 (163.9772)
2020-08-07	BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 🏅 WYTHE, VA	16 / 19 (660.5604)	8 (171.9772)	15 (165.1316)	13 (167.4400)	18 (156.0116)
2019-09-06	15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Richmond, VA	17 / 31 (660.4800)	15 (167.9772)	22 (158.2400)	7 (170.8228)	16 (163.4400)
2019-04-26	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition 🏅 Lanexa, VA	21 / 32 (647.3028)	21 (163.4172)	19 (160.5144)	25 (161.1312)	20 (162.2400)
2018-09-28	Smithfield BBQ Classic Richmond, VA	34 / 41 (628.3768)	39 (149.6800)	27 (160.5256)	38 (153.0856)	17 (165.0856)
2018-04-27	Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lenexa, VA	20 / 45 (658.7548)	9 (174.2744)	22 (165.7144)	22 (163.3944)	36 (155.3716)
2017-10-06	*Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic Virginia Beach, VA	19 / 23 (635.3484)	17 (159.9656)	18 (158.3200)	18 (159.4056)	15 (157.6572)
2017-09-15	*Currituck Heritage Festival Powells Point, NC	11 / 25 (665.5884)	19 (159.9428)	1 (174.8572)	6 (169.1428)	17 (161.6456)
2017-04-28	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	34 / 46 (622.0800)	36 (156.5028)	18 (161.0972)	41 (150.8228)	31 (153.6572)
2016-09-23	Brew, Barbecue & Oysters Too! Cape Charles, VA	10 / 22 (642.7088)	3 (167.9772)	9 (162.2628)	17 (159.3828)	15 (153.0860)
2016-09-09	12th Annual Recovery Fest/7th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	14 / 25 (646.6744)	9 (167.9772)	16 (159.9660)	15 (163.9428)	18 (154.7884)
2016-05-20	Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA	14 / 26 (638.1260)	25 (153.0628)	10 (165.1316)	7 (166.2744)	18 (153.6572)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	27 / 48 (641.4740)	24 (165.0740)	21 (163.9544)	16 (168.5256)	41 (143.9200)
2015-08-21	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	33 / 46 (634.1828)	42 (150.8112)	25 (165.1544)	25 (164.5600)	36 (153.6572)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	34 / 46 (613.5544)	26 (162.2400)	18 (162.2400)	36 (152.5372)	45 (136.5372)
2014-08-22	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	—	—	—	—	—
2014-04-04	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA	39 / 41 (591.2000)	27 (159.3828)	39 (142.7772)	40 (141.6800)	31 (147.3600)
2013-10-18	Autumnfest Woodstock, VA	24 / 40 (624.4916)	18 (159.9428)	5 (168.5944)	34 (150.2400)	33 (145.7144)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#983 (106 pts)	#704 (241 pts)	#1181 (96 pts)	#985 (116 pts)	#1038 (101 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	—	#1200 (72 pts)	#1230 (81 pts)	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	—	—	#1403 (68 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	—	#256 (121 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#596 (317 pts)	#498 (447 pts)	#688 (302 pts)	#582 (347 pts)	#358 (667 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#748 (182 pts)	#769 (197 pts)	#756 (212 pts)	#654 (247 pts)	#746 (207 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#787 (89 pts)	#647 (139 pts)	#825 (94 pts)	#790 (104 pts)	#833 (79 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1290 (173 pts)	#1290 (183 pts)	#1393 (158 pts)	#1189 (218 pts)	#1269 (183 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1418 (145 pts)	#1256 (205 pts)	#1540 (135 pts)	#1519 (135 pts)	#1445 (160 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1157 (258 pts)	#1333 (228 pts)	#863 (453 pts)	#1124 (308 pts)	#1242 (248 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#881 (393 pts)	#816 (473 pts)	#886 (433 pts)	#871 (448 pts)	#1043 (328 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2598 (66 pts)	#2615 (66 pts)	#2624 (66 pts)	#2633 (66 pts)	#2611 (66 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2414 (70 pts)	#1912 (100 pts)	#1406 (190 pts)	#2536 (65 pts)	#2535 (65 pts)