LAST CALL HEROES BBQ KS
Rating
1784
peak 1793
Contests
78
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2024-10-30
Best ToY finish
#17
Master 2021
Grand champs
7
7 reserve
Category wins
24
47 podiums
Overall top-10s
51
of 78 contests
Avg finish
top 21%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
4 🔥
Current form
688.72 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 686.74 (+1.98)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
10
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.17
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.34 · weakest Brisket (170.98)
Road miles
24659
mi across 78 mapped stops · furthest 741 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SPITFIRE has finished one call ahead of LAST CALL HEROES BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Damn Fine Beef & Swine has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of BnB BBQ in 29 of their 35 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest is their spot: an average finish in the top 7% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5716 points of the Grand Championship at Original SD BBQ Championships (2023-06-02).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 467-team field at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 11% across 6 contests, versus top 21% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Cookin On Kampeska (2019-07-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, B-S BBQ OUTLAWS.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 78 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.3828 | 171.90 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 78 | 39 | 9 | 17 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.9544 | 172.34 | top 28% |
| Pork | 79 | 35 | 4 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.8800 | 171.44 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 78 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 178.8572 | 160.5028 | 170.98 | top 31% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 20 | 3 | top 23% |
| SD | 16 | 1 | top 15% |
| IA | 9 | 2 | top 16% |
| NE | 7 | 0 | top 22% |
| MN | 7 | 0 | top 29% |
| WY | 5 | 0 | top 24% |
| MT | 4 | 1 | top 16% |
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
| CO | 2 | 0 | top 15% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 34 | 4 | top 19% |
| Large (40+) | 44 | 3 | top 23% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (20 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (20 of 78 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork (79 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Cookin On Kampeska (2019-07-19)
- Wins it all in 9% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 686.74
- 4 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 694.7884 | 688.72 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 703.3712 | 689.64 |
| 2022 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 701.6916 | 688.92 |
| 2021 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 709.1428 | 688.42 |
| 2020 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 691.4284 | 681.40 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 701.7832 | 684.30 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 67 / 169 (687.3600) | 59 (174.2628) | 16 (177.1544) | 143 (165.6800) | 93 (170.2628) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 46 / 444 (694.7884) | 24 (177.7028) | 51 (175.4400) | 35 (176.5600) | 274 (165.0856) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 7 / 29 (683.9088) | 16 (170.2628) | 13 (169.6916) | 9 (170.8228) | 4 (173.1316) |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 11 / 34 (684.5144) | 14 (172.0116) | 13 (173.1200) | 8 (174.2744) | 19 (165.1084) |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 20 / 97 (693.0512) | 3 (180.0000) | 16 (176.0000) | 44 (170.8228) | 65 (166.2284) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 160 / 487 (681.0740) | 29 (177.7028) | 175 (171.4056) | 382 (159.9884) | 105 (171.9772) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 86 / 211 (686.1828) | 111 (170.8228) | 75 (173.1084) | 82 (172.5716) | 117 (169.6800) |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 1 / 32 (703.3712) | 1 (178.8572) | 5 (174.2628) | 6 (175.4056) | 5 (174.8456) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 7 / 26 (689.6228) | 5 (174.2744) | 10 (173.1084) | 11 (168.5372) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2023-07-28 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 13 / 32 (681.0512) | 14 (170.8228) | 2 (176.5828) | 30 (162.8228) | 10 (170.8228) |
| 2023-07-07 | Art of the Que Spencer, IA | 2 / 28 (694.2172) | 7 (173.1200) | 1 (177.1428) | 4 (175.4172) | 12 (168.5372) |
| 2023-06-02 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 2 / 39 (693.6800) | 5 (173.1200) | 4 (174.2628) | 7 (174.8916) | 6 (171.4056) |
| 2023-05-19 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 8 / 45 (691.9888) | 11 (173.1200) | 11 (172.5716) | 5 (176.5944) | 15 (169.7028) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 36 / 103 (685.5884) | 9 (176.5600) | 10 (176.5600) | 36 (171.9656) | 84 (160.5028) |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 61 / 83 (666.2284) | 80 (155.3828) | 1 (180.0000) | 79 (158.8800) | 24 (171.9656) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 63 / 249 (689.0512) | 45 (175.4056) | 198 (165.6800) | 35 (176.5600) | 91 (171.4056) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 60 / 505 (688.5140) | 58 (175.4056) | 185 (169.7028) | 251 (167.4056) | 31 (176.0000) |
| 2022-09-09 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 7 / 28 (680.5372) | 13 (170.8344) | 16 (166.8344) | 19 (164.5484) | 1 (178.3200) |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 8 / 45 (690.8116) | 6 (176.5600) | 2 (175.4288) | 28 (168.0000) | 17 (170.8228) |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 5 / 28 (693.0624) | 16 (169.6684) | 5 (175.4056) | 3 (177.1428) | 12 (170.8456) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 4 / 29 (689.6456) | 14 (170.8228) | 2 (177.7144) | 13 (169.1084) | 4 (172.0000) |
| 2022-07-29 | 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 3 / 32 (687.9656) | 4 (176.0000) | 23 (163.9656) | 1 (179.4400) | 12 (168.5600) |
| 2022-07-15 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 32 / 40 (661.0288) | 31 (165.1316) | 33 (161.0972) | 31 (162.8344) | 8 (171.9656) |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 1 / 26 (699.3828) | 4 (175.4172) | 3 (177.7028) | 4 (176.5600) | 9 (169.7028) |
| 2022-06-17 | Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE | 3 / 29 (691.3600) | 2 (174.2628) | 11 (169.7028) | 5 (174.2744) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 1 / 29 (697.6916) | 6 (174.2628) | 3 (173.7372) | 2 (176.5600) | 2 (173.1316) |
| 2022-06-03 | Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD | 2 / 46 (691.4056) | 6 (174.8800) | 17 (170.8572) | 13 (171.9656) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (Masters) Cambridge, MN | 4 / 59 (686.2056) | 1 (176.0000) | 44 (162.2168) | 26 (169.1316) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2022-04-29 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition Topeka, KS | 4 / 77 (701.6916) | 2 (179.4400) | 4 (177.7144) | 27 (169.6800) | 8 (174.8572) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 1 / 94 (700.0228) | 4 (177.7372) | 1 (179.4400) | 28 (172.5600) | 37 (170.2856) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 3 / 71 (697.0856) | 7 (174.8456) | 1 (178.2972) | 20 (170.8228) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational Shawnee, OK | 9 / 92 (698.8116) | 27 (176.0000) | 32 (174.2744) | 13 (176.5716) | 41 (171.9656) |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 2 Unity Village, MO | 4 / 33 (695.9084) | 22 (173.1084) | 5 (176.5600) | 24 (168.5256) | 3 (177.7144) |
| 2021-10-29 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 Unity Village, MO | 27 / 41 (679.9084) | 25 (170.8228) | 22 (169.7028) | 21 (171.4056) | 32 (167.9772) |
| 2021-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 16 / 26 (670.7428) | 16 (166.8228) | 11 (170.2628) | 14 (167.3944) | 15 (166.2628) |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY | 3 / 27 (683.8856) | 16 (171.4056) | 5 (171.9772) | 2 (175.4172) | 18 (165.0856) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 54 / 185 (687.3600) | 41 (174.8572) | 93 (170.8344) | 133 (166.8228) | 37 (174.8456) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 1 / 467 (709.1428) | 2 (180.0000) | 58 (174.2856) | 15 (177.1544) | 9 (177.7028) |
| 2021-09-10 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 4 / 26 (682.8456) | 13 (168.5828) | 1 (176.5944) | 4 (173.7028) | 20 (163.9656) |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 3 / 31 (699.9888) | 1 (178.2972) | 14 (170.8572) | 9 (165.1084) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO | 5 / 42 (678.1712) | 17 (169.1200) | 19 (164.5372) | 2 (175.4056) | 11 (169.1084) |
| 2021-07-30 | 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 1 / 35 (698.2856) | 5 (176.0000) | 1 (177.1428) | 5 (172.0000) | 6 (173.1428) |
| 2021-07-16 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 3 / 33 (687.3712) | 6 (175.4056) | 4 (174.8456) | 10 (172.0000) | 19 (165.1200) |
| 2021-07-09 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 21 / 43 (679.8856) | 33 (165.0856) | 1 (179.4400) | 25 (169.1200) | 19 (166.2400) |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 8 / 25 (685.1088) | 13 (171.4172) | 8 (170.2972) | 13 (169.6800) | 4 (173.7144) |
| 2021-06-19 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 Holdrege, NE | 9 / 36 (687.3484) | 24 (166.2628) | 15 (173.1200) | 4 (176.0000) | 8 (171.9656) |
| 2021-06-18 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 Holdrege, NE | 4 / 40 (694.2400) | 14 (173.1084) | 12 (172.0000) | 9 (175.4172) | 7 (173.7144) |
| 2021-06-04 | Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD | 2 / 49 (693.1196) | 20 (167.9884) | 5 (176.5828) | 15 (171.4056) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2021-05-28 | 9th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE | 3 / 46 (692.4912) | 22 (168.5600) | 20 (169.6684) | 1 (180.0000) | 11 (174.2628) |
| 2021-05-07 | Minnesota in May Cambridge, MN | 6 / 60 (680.4912) | 14 (171.4056) | 15 (168.5716) | 11 (172.5600) | 21 (167.9540) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 34 / 105 (683.3484) | 27 (174.2628) | 63 (166.8228) | 52 (169.1200) | 20 (173.1428) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | 58 / 94 (682.1940) | 50 (170.8228) | 8 (176.5828) | 55 (170.2628) | 84 (164.5256) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 33 / 93 (679.8856) | 62 (166.2400) | 1 (178.8572) | 43 (169.1084) | 57 (165.6800) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 5 / 41 (690.2288) | 11 (173.1200) | 12 (171.4288) | 16 (171.9772) | 6 (173.7028) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 9 / 41 (679.8396) | 36 (162.7884) | 2 (176.5600) | 16 (170.8228) | 17 (169.6684) |
| 2020-09-18 | KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN | 9 / 35 (681.1544) | 17 (171.4400) | 12 (169.7144) | 10 (170.8800) | 15 (169.1200) |
| 2020-09-11 | Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 6 / 29 (681.6688) | 17 (167.9772) | 9 (173.7028) | 17 (165.1316) | 6 (174.8572) |
| 2020-08-28 | Minnesota in Mayaugust Cambridge, MN | 13 / 45 (677.6112) | 22 (168.5484) | 10 (170.2744) | 15 (169.1200) | 12 (169.6684) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 2 / 43 (691.3716) | 27 (167.9888) | 2 (178.8572) | 7 (173.1084) | 9 (171.4172) |
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 17 / 54 (674.7884) | 33 (165.7028) | 45 (159.9544) | 1 (179.4400) | 13 (169.6912) |
| 2020-07-25 | 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 4 / 30 (675.8972) | 11 (168.5256) | 19 (164.5372) | 4 (172.0000) | 2 (170.8344) |
| 2020-07-10 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 9 / 61 (691.4284) | 4 (176.0000) | 20 (172.0000) | 9 (176.0228) | 33 (167.4056) |
| 2020-06-27 | Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA | 12 / 47 (678.7656) | 8 (173.1428) | 35 (163.3712) | 7 (174.8572) | 20 (167.3944) |
| 2020-06-26 | Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA | 11 / 53 (675.3716) | 28 (165.0972) | 4 (173.7144) | 20 (169.7256) | 25 (166.8344) |
| 2020-06-12 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK | 17 / 55 (679.3484) | 46 (162.8228) | 9 (173.7028) | 22 (172.5484) | 26 (170.2744) |
| 2019-10-18 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition Westminster, CO | 8 / 46 (682.7772) | 10 (171.4172) | 8 (170.8344) | 5 (171.4172) | 12 (169.1084) |
| 2019-09-27 | BBQ In The Badlands Glendive, MT | 3 / 25 (670.2628) | 1 (167.4400) | 13 (161.7372) | 3 (171.4056) | 6 (169.6800) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 2 / 468 (701.7832) | 38 (174.8800) | 27 (175.4172) | 17 (176.0344) | 27 (175.4516) |
| 2019-09-06 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 9 / 29 (683.3488) | 16 (167.9772) | 17 (168.5372) | 15 (167.9772) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2019-08-23 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 2 / 31 (694.8344) | 7 (174.8800) | 16 (168.5372) | 6 (173.7028) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2019-08-16 | SMSU Smokefest MARSHALL, MN | 19 / 46 (677.6228) | 25 (168.5600) | 34 (163.3828) | 1 (178.2972) | 24 (167.3828) |
| 2019-08-09 | GOBS Que Arlington, NE | 6 / 29 (681.0860) | 9 (170.2628) | 3 (173.7144) | 9 (169.1200) | 7 (167.9888) |
| 2019-07-19 | Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 1 / 40 (696.5488) | 1 (178.2972) | 6 (173.1200) | 9 (172.0116) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2019-07-05 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 13 / 37 (675.9200) | 17 (169.1428) | 8 (171.9772) | 6 (171.4172) | 19 (163.3828) |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 4 / 28 (688.5256) | 1 (178.8800) | 1 (179.4400) | 21 (160.5028) | 5 (169.7028) |
| 2019-05-31 | Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD | 5 / 37 (686.7884) | 4 (173.7028) | 6 (172.5600) | 24 (162.2284) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May | 5 / 57 (691.9312) | 27 (167.9656) | 8 (174.2628) | 5 (176.0000) | 5 (173.7028) |
| 2019-04-26 | Q for a Cause Papillion, NE | 20 / 32 (664.4456) | 26 (161.6800) | 7 (171.4172) | 15 (169.7028) | 24 (161.6456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #414 (493 pts) | #400 (573 pts) | #472 (503 pts) | #442 (473 pts) | #461 (473 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #112 (1403 pts) | #129 (1308 pts) | #120 (1438 pts) | #179 (1083 pts) | #192 (1043 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #19 (2420 pts) | #28 (2101 pts) | #25 (2151 pts) | #66 (1666 pts) | #42 (1931 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #17 (2375 pts) | #74 (1547 pts) | #37 (1990 pts) | #37 (1932 pts) | #41 (1874 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #38 (1629 pts) | #84 (1069 pts) | #21 (1769 pts) | #34 (1514 pts) | #52 (1344 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #67 (2062 pts) | #98 (1742 pts) | #106 (1695 pts) | #93 (1721 pts) | #57 (1957 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #102 (1894 pts) | #184 (1423 pts) | #195 (1349 pts) | #82 (1854 pts) | #145 (1589 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #142 (1746 pts) | #94 (1842 pts) | #83 (1885 pts) | #144 (1621 pts) | #274 (1256 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #292 (1189 pts) | #493 (824 pts) | #462 (879 pts) | #212 (1399 pts) | #374 (1034 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #369 (1018 pts) | #347 (1058 pts) | #313 (1108 pts) | #480 (818 pts) | #516 (728 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #499 (766 pts) | #617 (626 pts) | #595 (651 pts) | #397 (931 pts) | #645 (576 pts) |