High-water mark
694.8116
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.8116 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
Uncle Vic's BBQ
Uncle Vic's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 48 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off (2021). They are ranked #1980 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1539
peak 1539 · rated over 5 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jan 29, 2021
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 3.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
675.80 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 673.63 (+2.17)
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.40 · weakest Brisket (166.00)
Road miles
792
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 629 mi
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$189K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
673.63 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Uncle Vic's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,975 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1550
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Uncle Vic's BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Uncle Vic's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1553
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Uncle Vic's BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 16 contests to 9.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1539
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Uncle Vic's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,991 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1539
Level with Uncle Vic's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,989 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1539
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Uncle Vic's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1550
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 57% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| JCs GOOD OL BOYS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Justice BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| XTREME TEXAS COOKERS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 165.6800 | 172.40 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.1544 | 151.4172 | 166.19 | top 51% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 161.6912 | 169.05 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.2628 | 166.00 | 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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 178 | 0 | top 48% | Sep 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
7 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
963
finished ahead 1,124 times, behind 864
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Oct 1, 2022 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- Career-best overall score694.8116 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1539) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5368 Humble BBQ Cook Off
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| +12.3 | Humble BBQ Cook Off | Jan 29, 2021 |
| +9.7 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | Jun 4, 2021 |
| +7.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 96.5% | 94.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 94.8% | 94.4% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 34% | 93.9% | 92.2% |
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 - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 42 / 444 (694.8116) | 40 (177.1428) | 29 (177.1544) | 82 (174.2744) | 251 (166.2400) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 149 / 169 (669.5428) | 56 (174.2628) | 162 (161.6572) | 111 (169.6800) | 150 (163.9428) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 178 / 505 (676.4680) | 189 (169.6912) | 81 (174.2628) | 319 (163.9884) | 179 (168.5256) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 114 / 249 (682.2860) | 76 (173.7372) | 204 (165.1200) | 139 (169.7260) | 57 (173.7028) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 281 / 467 (655.8972) | 245 (165.6800) | 425 (151.4172) | 30 (175.4172) | 252 (163.3828) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 12 / 48 (675.8972) | 4 (176.5716) | 21 (166.8228) | 18 (168.5600) | 19 (163.9428) |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 18 / 113 (660.5368) | 12 (169.7144) | 22 (166.8684) | 36 (161.6912) | 31 (162.2628) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.