High-water mark
678.1940
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1940 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
My Three Sons BBQ
My Three Sons BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the Buds Blues and BBQ (2024). They are ranked #3774 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1509 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2013
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 11.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.29 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 642.05 (-1.76)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.01)
Road miles
745
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 292 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$100K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.05 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #742 (186 pts) | #737 (226 pts) | #898 (161 pts) | #578 (326 pts) | #785 (186 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to My Three Sons BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,791 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to My Three Sons BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team My Three Sons BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,786 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1488
They turned up 6 years after My Three Sons BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,752 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
Level with My Three Sons BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,762 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,782 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before My Three Sons BBQ'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 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 153.0628 | 164.92 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 148.5372 | 157.01 | top 80% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4056 | 153.6456 | 162.63 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 122.1372 | 157.48 | top 56% |
“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 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Ohio | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 91% | Sep 8, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
3 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
593
finished ahead 327 times, behind 303
Longest layoff
5.4 yrs
May 2, 2014 → Sep 13, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Buds Blues and BBQ
- First overall top-10 Buds Blues and BBQ
- Career-best overall score678.1940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20141 milestone
- First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8570 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1509) NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 2013 |
| +5.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| +1.4 | Buds Blues and BBQ | Sep 13, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 8, 2023 |
| -9.6 | Smoke On the Ohio | Sep 13, 2019 |
| -4.1 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | May 2, 2014 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 51% | 94.2% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
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 | 201 / 444 (678.1940) | 162 (171.9656) | 383 (159.3828) | 191 (169.7028) | 19 (177.1428) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO | 9 / 16 (671.9084) | 5 (170.8228) | 13 (164.0116) | 1 (175.4056) | 14 (161.6684) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 25 / 25 (582.5944) | 23 (158.2628) | 25 (148.5372) | 24 (153.6572) | 25 (122.1372) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Smoke On the Ohio 🏅 Mt.Vernon, IN | 23 / 28 (614.0224) | 24 (153.0628) | 24 (149.6228) | 24 (153.6456) | 15 (157.6912) |
| May 2, 2014 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 24 / 35 (654.7316) | 4 (173.7144) | 28 (159.9428) | 26 (161.6800) | 27 (159.3944) |
| Mar 15, 2013 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 19 / 79 (650.8570) | 29 (161.7144) | 38 (160.5714) | 27 (161.7142) | 12 (166.8570) |