Perfect scores on the board
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2014-06-27) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, JAESTAR BBQ.
Took the Grand Championship over a 184-team field at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship.
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 4 visits.
A call in 28 of 43 contests
A top-10 category call in 65% of their 43 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3368 at Bikes Blues & BBQ — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
They've taken 1 state championship from 19 entries at contests carrying the title.
BAYOU STYLE BBQ has finished one call ahead of HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
913 BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 18 shared contests.
Their last Grand Championship came at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship on 2014-06-27 — 34 contests and 12.2 years ago.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 16 of their 16 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
913 BBQ ahead 67% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 18 shared pork ribs entries.
Finished 4 of 31 at their very first tracked contest, Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship (2013-05-03).
BLUE BUCKET BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Something about June: average finish in the top 16% across 14 contests, versus top 32% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,326 miles across 43 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 210 miles to Bikes Blues and BBQ.
Their overall lands within ±1.66% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
They've cooked The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 41 contests to 43, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head34 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 41% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 29 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B & C SMOKERS | 19 | 9 | 10 | 47% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 18 | 7 | 11 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 18 | 2 | 16 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 16 | 16 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 16 | 15 | 1 | 94% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Meat Sweats | 16 | 10 | 6 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 16 | 3 | 13 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 15 | 15 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Wigs BBQ | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 14 | 13 | 1 | 93% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Rubbers | 14 | 13 | 1 | 93% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 141.6572 | 167.11 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 43 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 178.2972 | 156.5484 | 167.47 | top 34% |
| Pork | 43 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 178.3200 | 150.2400 | 165.92 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 43 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 178.8572 | 153.6684 | 166.60 | top 36% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 29 | 1 | top 30% |
| MO | 8 | 0 | top 34% |
| AR | 5 | 0 | top 38% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 34 | 1 | top 30% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 6 | 26 | 0 | top 21% | 2026-06-26 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 1 | 1 | top 8% | 2016-06-24 |
| *Sertoma 48 BBQ | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 32% | 2018-05-04 |
| Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 52% | 2026-08-21 |
| Smoke in the Spring | 2 | 39 | 0 | top 39% | 2016-04-08 |
| Bikes Blues & BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 35% | 2015-09-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +13.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +12.9 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | 2013-05-03 |
| +12.8 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2013-05-10 |
| +9.6 | Bikes Blues & BBQ | 2013-09-20 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.8 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2018-07-13 |
| -8.2 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2023-08-18 |
| -4.9 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival Saucy and Glazed BBQ | 2019-08-16 |
| -4.3 | *Smoke On the Trails | 2017-09-29 |
| -2.2 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ | 2016-08-19 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 45% | 94.8% | 93.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 94.5% | 94.5% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 31% | 94.1% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 93.2% | 92.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 8% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 75% | top 34% | 92.5% | 91.7% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 46% | 93.1% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 32% | 92.2% | 91.3% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 92.7% | 92% |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | top 30% | 93.9% | 91.8% |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 23% | 95.5% | 93.6% |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | top 18% | 95% | 93.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Made for KC BBQ Championship 2026 (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Weston, MO | 27 / 43 (678.8004) | 33 (167.9772) | 3 (178.2972) | 24 (169.7028) | 36 (162.8232) |
| 2026-07-24 | Masters at the Midway: Johnson County Fair BBQ Championship 🏅 Gardner, KS | 12 / 29 (682.7428) | 18 (170.8228) | 5 (173.1200) | 8 (173.1200) | 20 (165.6800) |
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 49 / 157 (668.5144) | 1 (180.0000) | 83 (164.5716) | 93 (162.8456) | 85 (161.0972) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 30 / 159 (680.5140) | 82 (165.6912) | 42 (172.5944) | 29 (172.5600) | 45 (169.6684) |
| 2024-09-13 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Weston, MO | 16 / 38 (675.8628) | 1 (177.7028) | 37 (159.9544) | 19 (169.6800) | 16 (168.5256) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 34 / 172 (674.2052) | 47 (169.1428) | 64 (166.2856) | 55 (167.3712) | 21 (171.4056) |
| 2024-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 33rd Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS | 11 / 35 (677.5884) | 18 (169.6684) | 14 (169.7144) | 2 (177.7028) | 26 (160.5028) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 40 / 57 (655.2456) | 36 (166.2284) | 17 (174.2628) | 54 (150.8000) | 33 (163.9544) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 38 / 167 (671.3256) | 15 (173.1200) | 18 (173.7028) | 133 (157.1200) | 45 (167.3828) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 13 / 164 (682.2628) | 45 (167.9772) | 104 (159.3828) | 2 (178.3200) | 4 (176.5828) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 31 / 145 (667.9540) | 33 (166.8800) | 9 (174.3200) | 62 (164.5256) | 66 (162.2284) |
| 2019-10-11 | Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) 🏅 DeSoto, KS | 9 / 51 (163.9428) | 18 (170.8572) | 1 (178.2972) | 49 (150.2400) | 29 (164.5256) |
| 2019-08-16 | Sand Creek Summer Daze Festival Saucy and Glazed BBQ 🏅 Newton, KS | 11 / 18 (651.9200) | 14 (158.8228) | 7 (166.8800) | 13 (161.1200) | 11 (165.0972) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 26 / 183 (666.3200) | 53 (166.2400) | 2 (176.0344) | 155 (152.6056) | 15 (171.4400) |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 22 / 49 (662.8344) | 11 (169.7600) | 12 (170.2972) | 37 (157.6572) | 19 (165.1200) |
| 2018-09-28 | *Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 24 / 49 (661.0748) | 10 (173.1200) | 34 (157.1432) | 37 (158.8344) | 11 (171.9772) |
| 2018-07-27 | *Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO | 17 / 66 (670.1944) | 13 (169.7144) | 22 (165.7028) | 14 (169.6800) | 21 (165.0972) |
| 2018-07-13 | *Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 43 / 48 (627.8288) | 48 (141.6572) | 27 (163.3944) | 34 (163.4172) | 32 (159.3600) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 52 / 185 (650.3316) | 14 (169.7372) | 74 (162.3316) | 130 (153.6684) | 41 (164.5944) |
| 2018-05-04 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 16 / 41 (663.8628) | 21 (163.9772) | 7 (170.8344) | 27 (158.7884) | 10 (170.2628) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 36 / 64 (650.1716) | 42 (159.4516) | 32 (164.5372) | 48 (158.8000) | 25 (167.3828) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 14 / 184 (663.9544) | 109 (156.5372) | 45 (165.7028) | 64 (163.9772) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2016-09-23 | Bikes Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 22 / 43 (650.6856) | 36 (159.9544) | 22 (162.8000) | 5 (174.2628) | 31 (153.6684) |
| 2016-08-19 | Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS | 20 / 33 (667.3716) | 22 (166.2400) | 24 (163.4288) | 26 (164.5600) | 6 (173.1428) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 22 / 183 (667.3488) | 34 (167.4400) | 77 (161.6688) | 44 (166.2744) | 14 (171.9656) |
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 39 / 109 (663.8624) | 52 (165.7028) | 37 (166.8112) | 42 (166.8228) | 42 (164.5256) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 91 / 606 (675.9768) | 301 (163.9884) | 82 (171.4744) | 184 (167.9656) | 68 (172.5484) |
| 2015-09-25 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 15 / 35 (654.7088) | 3 (172.5600) | 22 (157.1088) | 10 (166.8228) | 17 (158.2172) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 25 / 183 (659.9772) | 149 (151.9772) | 49 (165.1316) | 21 (169.1428) | 8 (173.7256) |
| 2015-05-08 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 17 / 45 (659.9084) | 17 (167.4056) | 10 (169.7372) | 33 (158.7884) | 14 (163.9772) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 41 / 97 (655.8740) | 53 (163.3828) | 7 (174.8572) | 58 (162.2400) | 62 (155.3940) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 92 / 552 (674.8116) | 69 (173.1544) | 254 (165.0972) | 81 (172.0000) | 217 (164.5600) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 41 / 165 (681.0972) | 20 (174.8572) | 93 (166.8228) | 32 (172.0000) | 80 (167.4172) |
| 2014-09-26 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 8 / 30 (687.3368) | 11 (172.5484) | 13 (168.5600) | 10 (170.8228) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 1 / 184 (683.9540) | 20 (169.7028) | 10 (173.1428) | 5 (173.7028) | 24 (167.4056) |
| 2014-06-06 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 15 / 54 (665.6684) | 6 (173.7028) | 17 (165.7372) | 13 (168.5828) | 35 (157.6456) |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 23 / 54 (651.2456) | 38 (160.5256) | 31 (161.6572) | 29 (161.6800) | 14 (167.3828) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 24 / 114 (661.6456) | 3 (174.8572) | 71 (156.5484) | 7 (174.2972) | 66 (155.9428) |
| 2013-09-20 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 10 / 49 (683.9888) | 9 (176.0000) | 10 (173.1428) | 10 (171.4516) | 21 (163.3944) |
| 2013-08-30 | Four State BBQ Championship Presented by Downstream Casino Quapaw, OK | 14 / 36 (672.5488) | 23 (166.8572) | 5 (173.1316) | 18 (168.5600) | 19 (164.0000) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 9 / 183 (669.1424) | 107 (157.1428) | 22 (168.5712) | 6 (173.1428) | 13 (170.2856) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 5 / 49 (678.2856) | 4 (174.2858) | 19 (161.1428) | 6 (170.8572) | 7 (171.9998) |
| 2013-05-03 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 4 / 31 (672.5712) | 21 (158.2856) | 5 (167.4284) | 7 (168.0000) | 1 (178.8572) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #634 (179 pts) | #468 (374 pts) | #642 (239 pts) | #621 (209 pts) | #740 (139 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #735 (190 pts) | #879 (155 pts) | #868 (175 pts) | #584 (320 pts) | #873 (140 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #869 (170 pts) | #877 (195 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #986 (120 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #702 (260 pts) | #784 (210 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #935 (145 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1400 (135 pts) | #1261 (190 pts) | #828 (385 pts) | #1578 (120 pts) | #1219 (200 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #917 (325 pts) | #872 (375 pts) | #916 (360 pts) | #1028 (295 pts) | #945 (335 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1890 (115 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #1139 (285 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1248 (233 pts) | #1479 (193 pts) | #1469 (198 pts) | #1137 (303 pts) | #1007 (348 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #476 (810 pts) | #586 (665 pts) | #632 (605 pts) | #570 (690 pts) | #556 (665 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1168 (229 pts) | #797 (409 pts) | #1281 (224 pts) | #962 (329 pts) | #1447 (169 pts) |