High-water mark
679.3256
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3256 at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 13, 2022
POSSE BBQ
POSSE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 20th of 42 at the Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (2022). They are ranked #4347 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 13, 2022
latest Oct 4, 2024 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.77
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.29 · weakest Brisket (164.29)
Road miles
467
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 237 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$120K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.67 / 720
5 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 | #946 (116 pts) | #1032 (116 pts) | #1099 (116 pts) | #994 (116 pts) | #985 (116 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #1063 (135 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #899 (155 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1207 (85 pts) | #1034 (125 pts) | #1240 (100 pts) | #914 (165 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to POSSE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to POSSE BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team POSSE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1531
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to POSSE BBQ)
They've been 1531 at their best, 56 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1528
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to POSSE BBQ)
29 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where POSSE BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,333 of the rated field
- Contests
- 63
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1535
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to POSSE BBQ)
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 63 contests, alongside a 8% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with POSSE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before POSSE BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 162.8460 | 167.29 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 159.9428 | 166.26 | top 63% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 163.9428 | 166.83 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 159.9428 | 164.29 | top 71% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 68% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 81% | Oct 4, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
248
finished ahead 79 times, behind 300
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- First call Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.3256 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score679.3256 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1503) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | May 13, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2024 |
| -8.3 | Poosa Q | Oct 4, 2024 |
| -5.1 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
| -2.6 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | May 12, 2023 |
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 92% | 90.9% | 90.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92.9% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 53 / 59 (654.6856) | 39 (168.5484) | 57 (159.9428) | 39 (166.2516) | 52 (159.9428) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 29 / 31 (652.9604) | 26 (163.9544) | 26 (163.3944) | 28 (163.9428) | 27 (161.6688) |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 52 / 73 (667.3492) | 63 (162.8460) | 22 (171.9888) | 48 (166.2744) | 49 (166.2400) |
| May 12, 2023 | 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 26 / 40 (669.0176) | 27 (167.3944) | 25 (167.4060) | 29 (164.5372) | 18 (169.6800) |
| May 13, 2022 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 20 / 42 (679.3256) | 12 (173.7028) | 17 (168.5600) | 7 (173.1200) | 29 (163.9428) |