Eggspert BBQ Minnesota

Eggspert BBQ Minnesota is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2024. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff (2019). They are ranked #934 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#934

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1613 · rated over 18 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 11, 2018

latest Oct 30, 2024 · 6.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#236

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4404 / 720

Master · 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.22 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.06 (+3.16)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Minnesota in May

Consistency

±34.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.56)

Road miles

6,137

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 888 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$356K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.06 / 720

22 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Minnesota in May (May 11, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LUCKY'S Q.

Giant slayer

70 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 70-team field at Minnesota in May.

May 11, 2018

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.4404 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.4404 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 15, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WHO DAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of Eggspert BBQ Minnesota 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–3 behind in the head-to-head

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.

The drought

11 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff on Jun 8, 2019 — 11 contests and 7.4 years ago.

last GC Jun 8, 2019
7.4 years ago

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A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE IN THE EYE in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (Oct 30, 2024).

last seen Oct 16, 2020
back Oct 30, 2024

Pork nemesis

11 of 17 shared pork entries lost

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 17 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 70 at their very first tracked contest, Minnesota in May (May 11, 2018).

May 11, 2018
70-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 12% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 12% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,137 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,137 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 888 miles to 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES).

22 mapped stops
furthest 888 mi

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#236 (1,189 pts)	#359 (879 pts)	#379 (864 pts)	#225 (1,209 pts)	#180 (1,324 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#340 (988 pts)	#240 (1,233 pts)	#374 (938 pts)	#316 (1,038 pts)	#690 (526 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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QUAU

#932 of the rated field

1613 power rating

Contests: 187
GCs: 17
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1808

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

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

rated over 180 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

TWO CRACKERS Q-ING

#936 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1623

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Eggspert BBQ Minnesota's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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LITTLE LUKE'S BBQ

#935 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1615

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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Mad Dog BBQ

#933 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1651

64 contests to 22: their number has had years to settle where Eggspert BBQ Minnesota's is still finding its level.

rated over 64 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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YAZOO'S DELTA Q

#937 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1612

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 50% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2018

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PAPA'S PIT CREW

#939 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1612

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

Level with Eggspert BBQ Minnesota on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RUB MY RACK	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
SMOKE IN THE EYE	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Backroads BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
TIMBONE BARBECUE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
RICHIE Z's	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Hogline	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	8	0	2	177.7144	156.5028	169.77	top 40%
Pork Ribs	22	5	0	1	176.0116	154.8344	167.56	top 48%
Pork	21	8	1	4	179.4400	161.0972	170.92	top 35%
Brisket	21	4	2	4	178.8800	157.0628	168.08	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	1	top 5%
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	14	1	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SD	8	0	top 45%
KS	6	0	top 42%
MN	3	1	top 26%
WI	2	0	top 52%
TN	1	0	top 71%
SK	1	1	top 5%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	2	15	top 58%	Sep 6, 2019
Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	2	8	top 63%	Aug 23, 2019
SMSU Smokefest	2	9	top 39%	Aug 16, 2019
Cookin On Kampeska	2	7	top 32%	Jul 19, 2019
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	9	top 23%	Sep 15, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 10 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 5.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SD 8 of 22 contests · 6 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 17 5 of them more than once

First title May 11, 2018 Minnesota in May

Opponents faced 1,221 finished ahead 1,664 times, behind 878

Longest layoff 4 yrs Oct 16, 2020 → Oct 30, 2024

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

20241 milestone

Oct 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20201 milestone

Sep 11 Peak power rating (1613) Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll

20191 milestone

May 31 10th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championship

201810 milestones

May 11 First tracked contest Minnesota in May
May 11 First call Minnesota in May
May 11 First category win (Pork) Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall podium Minnesota in May
May 11 First Grand Championship Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score694.8344 Minnesota in May
May 11 Biggest field won (70 teams) Minnesota in May
May 11 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Minnesota in May
Sep 15 Career-best overall score695.4404 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18	Minnesota in May	May 11, 2018
+17.9	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 15, 2018
+15.1	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff	Jun 8, 2019
+14	Cookin On Kampeska	Jul 20, 2018
+11.5	SMSU Smokefest	Aug 16, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	Aug 24, 2018
-7.7	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1	Oct 16, 2020
-0.5	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	Sep 7, 2018

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)
2024	2	0	0	0	0%	top 55%	95.4%	94.3%
2020	2	0	1	0	100%	top 44%	94%	93.1%
2019	10	1	5	2	70%	top 35%	95.3%	93.8%
2018	8	1	3	1	63%	top 41%	96.6%	91.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	109 / 444 (686.7424)	105 (174.8456)	94 (174.2628)	172 (170.8228)	237 (166.8112)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	144 / 169 (670.7316)	13 (177.7144)	157 (163.3944)	154 (162.8000)	136 (166.8228)
Oct 16, 2020	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI	23 / 40 (663.8396)	31 (162.2628)	22 (163.3828)	3 (174.2628)	25 (163.9312)
Sep 11, 2020	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	9 / 29 (677.0628)	27 (156.5028)	21 (166.8228)	3 (177.7372)	3 (176)
Oct 25, 2019	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	69 / 97 (662.7200)	79 (163.3828)	52 (169.6800)	43 (169.6800)	80 (159.9772)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	99 / 468 (678.1596)	75 (172.5484)	296 (162.8000)	185 (167.9656)	42 (174.8456)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	103 / 135 (671.2912)	123 (163.3828)	101 (166.2628)	76 (169.6684)	57 (171.9772)
Sep 6, 2019	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	15 / 29 (669.6116)	23 (160.5372)	11 (170.2744)	10 (172.5600)	17 (166.2400)
Aug 23, 2019	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	8 / 31 (677.6228)	24 (164.5600)	10 (171.4056)	16 (165.0972)	3 (176.5600)
Aug 16, 2019	SMSU Smokefest 🏅 Marshall, MN	9 / 46 (683.4060)	28 (167.3944)	35 (162.8344)	7 (174.2972)	1 (178.8800)
Jul 19, 2019	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	19 / 40 (669.0512)	6 (175.4172)	31 (161.7028)	24 (163.4056)	11 (168.5256)
Jun 8, 2019	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	1 / 19 (673.0744)	5 (168.5256)	12 (154.8344)	—	1 (170.8572)
May 31, 2019	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	8 / 37 (680.5140)	10 (171.4056)	7 (172)	12 (170.2628)	12 (166.8456)
May 10, 2019	Minnesota in May 🏅	8 / 57 (686.2056)	18 (172)	18 (169.6684)	3 (177.7028)	23 (166.8344)
Oct 5, 2018	Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash Turtle Lake, WI	12 / 26 (670.1600)	7 (171.4172)	8 (170.8228)	8 (170.8572)	21 (157.0628)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	9 / 467 (695.4404)	120 (171.4172)	68 (173.1316)	16 (177.7144)	58 (173.1772)
Sep 14, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	71 / 164 (683.9200)	42 (174.2628)	50 (172.5600)	43 (173.7144)	140 (163.3828)
Sep 7, 2018	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	16 / 25 (664.9940)	6 (170.8456)	16 (162.8000)	17 (161.0972)	12 (170.2512)
Aug 24, 2018	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	27 / 27 (516.0004)	3 (176.5716)	20 (161.6916)	4 (177.7372)	—
Aug 17, 2018	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	23 / 40 (666.1828)	18 (168.5256)	21 (166.2516)	24 (165.1428)	19 (166.2628)
Jul 20, 2018	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	7 / 45 (677.6912)	4 (174.8800)	5 (173.7028)	20 (167.4056)	23 (161.7028)
May 11, 2018	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	1 / 70 (694.8344)	2 (176.5944)	3 (176.0116)	1 (179.4400)	36 (162.7884)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Eggspert BBQ Minnesota

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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