They almost always walk
82%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 9 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 82% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Money$hot BBQ
Money$hot BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (2024). They are ranked #1440 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1569
peak 1569 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Mar 31, 2023
latest Oct 4, 2024 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
82% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
342.83 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 341.54 (+1.29)
Walk rate
82%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.77
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.59 · weakest Brisket (168.53)
Road miles
915
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$103K
listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.01 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
341.54 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 1 GC
Backyard (3-meat) avg
501.63 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Money$hot BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
51 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,435 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1569
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,438 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 69%
- Peak
- 1573
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1570
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 44% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1573
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Money$hot BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1571
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Money$hot BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1569
Level with Money$hot BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Smokin Goat | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLLOW Q | 7 | 5 | 1 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| WOOD HOOK BBQ | 7 | 3 | 3 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| B Team BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNIN' SANDS BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BULL IN THE RING | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| SUPER SWINE | 6 | 3 | 2 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Love BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK | 6 | 2 | 2 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CEO BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| O' Town Que | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoked & Furious | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Fine As* Swine BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 154.7884 | 168.89 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 154.7888 | 169.59 | top 31% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 164.5828 | 169.15 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 168.5256 | 168.53 | top 63% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 1 | top 28% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Route | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 48% | Jul 26, 2024 |
| Lake Views & BBQ | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 26% | Apr 5, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
6 contests
Contests a season
5.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
10 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls
First title
Sep 20, 2024
Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 224 times, behind 102
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20248 milestones
- Career-best overall score653.0052 Smokin on the Route
- First overall podium Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- First Grand Championship Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- First state championship Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- 10th tracked contest Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1569) Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY)
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)
- First call Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)
- First overall top-10 Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1200 Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Que' For a Cause | Aug 4, 2023 |
| +14.9 | Smokin on the Route | Jul 28, 2023 |
| +14.3 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | Sep 20, 2024 |
| +10.5 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) | Mar 31, 2023 |
| +6.9 | Lake Views & BBQ | Apr 5, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Smokin on the Route | Jul 26, 2024 |
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 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 80% | top 37% | 97.1% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 83% | top 26% | 97.8% | 94.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2024 | Red White & Q (BACKYARD ONLY) Henryetta, OK | 3 / 9 (346.8572) | 4 (170.8572) | 2 (176) | — | — |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 1 / 26 (349.7028) | 2 (176.5828) | 2 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Grillstock BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Moore, OK | 7 / 19 (326.1944) | 5 (171.4056) | 8 (154.7888) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 22 / 27 (653.0052) | 24 (154.7884) | 21 (165.1084) | 21 (164.5828) | 17 (168.5256) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 6 / 21 (339.3828) | 13 (163.9656) | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Boats Beats & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Grove, OK | 8 / 17 (501.6344) | 14 (155.3600) | 5 (172.5600) | 4 (173.7144) | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK | 4 / 36 (352.0004) | 5 (176.5716) | 4 (175.4288) | — | — |
| Aug 4, 2023 | Que' For a Cause (ONE MEAT RIBS) Tahlequah, OK | — | — | 8 (174.2744) | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 4 / 29 (346.8228) | 4 (174.2628) | 6 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS | 10 / 28 (346.2400) | 11 (175.4056) | 11 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK | 7 / 29 (325.1200) | 4 (169.7144) | 11 (155.4056) | — | — |