Double D's BBQ

Double D's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 36 at the Up In Smoke on the Square (2019). They are ranked #5961 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “DOUBLE D'S BBQ - MO”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,961

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1436

peak 1436 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Oct 11, 2024 · 11.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1954

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

12% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

660.9944 / 720

Master · Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

Perfect 180s

Current form

626.07 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 621.20 (+4.88)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172

Brisket · 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest

Consistency

±29.32

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 158.52 · weakest Brisket (152.55)

Road miles

4,947

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,269 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

621.20 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

308.68 / 360

3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.97 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 152.55
Chicken avg 158.52
2 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SCHAEFER BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

5.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.1 years, then back at Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) (Oct 11, 2024).

last seen Sep 20, 2019
back Oct 11, 2024

Chicken nemesis

9 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

4,947 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,947 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,269 miles to Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge.

16 mapped stops
furthest 1,269 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	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2019 (86 pts)	#2537 (71 pts)	#2537 (71 pts)	#2549 (71 pts)	#1593 (166 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Double D's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

CLIFFS SMOKIN BBQ

#5,965 of the rated field

1436 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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Wicked Pig BBQ

#5,963 of the rated field

1436 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1436

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 24 contests to 17.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Big JT and the pork pistols

#5,959 of the rated field

1436 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

They turned up 5 years after Double D's BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 5, 2025

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ROOT'N TOOT'N BBQ

#5,958 of the rated field

1436 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Double D's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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BBQ McLovin'

#5,955 of the rated field

1437 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1437

Level with Double D's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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Offshore BBQ

#5,966 of the rated field

1436 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

Fewer contests behind them than Double D's BBQ has cooked, 7 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Oct 21, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Big Wigs BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MOKAN MEATHEADS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
LION 'BOUT THE Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN RIBS AGO BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
OINK-A-DOODLE-MOO 1559	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SCHAEFER BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	2	1	1	168	143.9884	158.52	top 66%
Pork Ribs	16	1	0	0	168.5944	142.2632	153.01	top 75%
Pork	13	1	0	0	170.8572	140.5144	156.46	top 65%
Brisket	13	2	0	0	172	131.3372	152.55	top 69%

“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
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 76%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	10	top 76%
IL	3	top 57%
AL	1	top 89%
AZ	1	top 90%
CA	1	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	2	17	top 74%	Sep 20, 2019
Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2	31	top 85%	Apr 20, 2018
Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2	46	top 91%	Apr 15, 2016
Knights of Columbus	2	17	top 76%	Jun 20, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 10 of 17 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 847 finished ahead 476 times, behind 611

Longest layoff 5.1 yrs Sep 20, 2019 → Oct 11, 2024

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

20241 milestone

Oct 11 Most recent contest Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)

20191 milestone

May 31 First category win (Chicken) Up In Smoke on the Square

20162 milestones

Sep 16 10th tracked contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Sep 16 Career-best overall score660.9944 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

20142 milestones

Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1316 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 11 Career-best single call (Brisket)172 6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest

20131 milestone

Apr 19 Peak power rating (1486) Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest

—3 milestones

First tracked contest Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
First overall top-10 Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13	Up In Smoke on the Square	May 31, 2019
+6.2	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013
+4.9	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	Sep 16, 2016
+3.4	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.5	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 19, 2013
-12.1	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	Apr 17, 2015
-11.2	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	Sep 20, 2019
-11	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge	Oct 9, 2015
-10	Knights of Columbus	Jun 21, 2013

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	1	0	100%	top 45%	87%	87%
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 89%	84.1%	84.1%
2019	3	1	1	33%	top 65%	88.6%	85.4%
2018	2	0	0	0%	top 93%	83.3%	83.3%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 78%	89.7%	89.7%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 68%	91.8%	89.2%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 93%	83.2%	83%
2014	2	0	0	100%	top 58%	91.5%	91.1%
2013	3	0	0	0%	top 73%	89.9%	84%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 11, 2024	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL	34 / 38 (302.7316)	34 (154.8344)	36 (147.8972)	—	—
Sep 20, 2019	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO	31 / 31 (586.1372)	20 (164.5828)	30 (148.5716)	31 (141.6456)	31 (131.3372)
May 31, 2019	Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL	7 / 36 (310.2632)	1 (168)	12 (142.2632)	—	—
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ, Bikes and Blues 🏅 Washington, MO	30 / 39 (637.6344)	26 (163.4172)	32 (157.6800)	27 (162.8456)	32 (153.6916)
Jun 1, 2018	Up In smoke on the Square ( WAIT LIST ONLY FOR JUDGES) Lincoln, IL	—	—	—	—	—
Apr 20, 2018	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	37 / 40 (599.9088)	39 (143.9884)	30 (156.5600)	40 (140.5144)	26 (158.8460)
Apr 21, 2017	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	31 / 40 (645.6920)	31 (159.9660)	14 (168.5944)	12 (170.8572)	38 (146.2744)
Sep 16, 2016	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	17 / 35 (660.9944)	18 (161.1084)	27 (159.3716)	13 (169.6800)	8 (170.8344)
Apr 15, 2016	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	46 / 53 (622.8228)	18 (168)	50 (146.2856)	41 (156.5372)	42 (152)
Oct 9, 2015	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	18 / 20 (599.2452)	17 (155.9656)	20 (148.5256)	18 (144.5256)	16 (150.2284)
Apr 17, 2015	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	47 / 49 (596.4116)	48 (148.5600)	41 (151.3944)	37 (154.8228)	49 (141.6344)
Jun 20, 2014	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	17 / 25 (658.9028)	15 (166.3084)	20 (159.4172)	5 (169.1428)	12 (164.0344)
Apr 11, 2014	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	22 / 46 (653.1316)	36 (157.1200)	26 (161.1544)	25 (162.8572)	8 (172)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	200 / 535 (647.2568)	301 (159.9540)	425 (150.7888)	78 (169.1428)	97 (167.3712)
Jun 21, 2013	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	27 / 32 (585.7140)	19 (154.2856)	21 (149.7144)	29 (142.8570)	28 (138.8570)
Apr 19, 2013	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	48 / 50 (581.7138)	40 (151.4286)	45 (145.7138)	42 (148.5714)	49 (136)
—	Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Spring Valley, CA	9 / 20 (313.0400)	10 (158.7884)	10 (154.2516)	—	—

Double D's BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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

Backyard avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

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)