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HOME COOKIN' BBQ

HOME COOKIN' BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Didsbury Lions BBQ (2024). They are ranked #1590 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,590
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1559
peak 1577 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

27
in the data

First seen

Sep 29, 2017
latest May 30, 2026 · 8.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#301
Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

2
18 podiums

Overall top-10s

18
67% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

8
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%
overall standings

Best overall

697.6916 / 720
Master · Nile Beer-B-Q

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

668.06 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 666.99 (+1.07)

Walk rate

96%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972
Chicken · Small Town Smoke Down

Consistency

±15.30
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 168.42 · weakest Pork (165.09)

Road miles

4,893
across 27 mapped stops · furthest 503 mi

Schedule strength

27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Purse competed for

$4,750
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

666.99 / 720
27 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Didsbury Lions BBQ (Jul 27, 2024) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMELLAQUE.

Giant slayer

43 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at BBQ on the Bow.

  • Sep 1, 2018

They almost always walk

96% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 26 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 96% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.6916 career-best overall

96.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.6916 at Nile Beer-B-Q — 96.9% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Oct 14, 2017

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

MOTLEY QUE has finished one call ahead of HOME COOKIN' BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

19–3 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 86% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 19 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

16–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Mark's Meats and Treats in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

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The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Smoke, Wind & Fire (Jul 10, 2021).

  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
  • back Jul 10, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

17 of 22 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 17 of 22 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

KillerbunnyBBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,893 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,893 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 503 miles to BBQ in the Badlands.

  • 27 mapped stops
  • furthest 503 mi

The metronome

±2.41% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.41% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.4% of a perfect score
  • 27 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Didsbury Lions BBQ every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 1st

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #744 (144 pts) #715 (199 pts) #883 (144 pts) #689 (199 pts) #973 (89 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #555 (304 pts) #646 (279 pts) #630 (304 pts) #540 (344 pts) #551 (329 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #369 (594 pts) #357 (649 pts) #506 (469 pts) #518 (384 pts) #321 (714 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #352 (590 pts) #325 (705 pts) #332 (775 pts) #336 (625 pts) #425 (475 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #345 (668 pts) #295 (808 pts) #283 (883 pts) #365 (648 pts) #333 (718 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #301 (646 pts) #417 (481 pts) #253 (841 pts) #410 (461 pts) #361 (566 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #832 (386 pts) #967 (326 pts) #862 (401 pts) #1042 (291 pts) #825 (411 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #981 (348 pts) #1068 (333 pts) #1124 (303 pts) #1137 (298 pts) #824 (468 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HOME COOKIN' BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING
#1,591 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
42
GCs
0
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1589

They've been 1589 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Jun 15, 2018
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Rack Shack bbq
#1,589 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
2
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1576

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2026
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QUEGASM
#1,592 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
0
Top-10s
9%
Peak
1559

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before HOME COOKIN' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 43 contests
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What the Pork?
#1,588 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
47
GCs
0
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1589

47 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 32% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2025
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J-PIG PICTURE PERFECT BAR-B-QUE
#1,582 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1559

Level with HOME COOKIN' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Jun 4, 2021
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LEGION OF QUE
#1,587 of the rated field
1559 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
0
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1559

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Sep 20, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Kreiser Barbecue 22 10 12 45% ⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE 22 3 19 14% ⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 20 9 11 45% ⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE 19 12 7 63% ⚔ compare
Homestead Smoke Shack 19 6 12 32% ⚔ compare
Fire BBQ 17 14 3 82% ⚔ compare
Mark's Meats and Treats 16 16 0 100% ⚔ compare
Notorious P.I.G. 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
ROKER Q 15 10 5 67% ⚔ compare
Bad to the Brisket 15 9 6 60% ⚔ compare
Brisket Butts 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
Rack Addicts BBQ Team 12 11 1 92% ⚔ compare
DIDY SMOKE IT 12 9 3 75% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 27 19 0 4 178.2972 151.9884 168.01 top 40%
Pork Ribs 27 17 2 7 176.5944 149.0856 168.42 top 37%
Pork 27 11 0 2 177.7144 156.5256 165.09 top 50%
Brisket 27 12 0 5 177.1428 152.5372 165.48 top 43%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)60top 48%
Medium (20–39)191top 38%
Large (40+)21top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AB181top 39%
MT30top 36%
SK20top 46%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Didsbury Lions BBQ 4 1 1 top 30% Jul 27, 2024
Small Town Smoke Down 4 8 0 top 42% May 30, 2026
Barbeque on the Bow Festival 3 10 0 top 46% Aug 30, 2025
Smoke, Wind & Fire 2 6 0 top 46% Jul 23, 2022
BBQ in the Badlands 2 7 0 top 42% Sep 28, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 6 contests
Contests a season 3.4 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AB 18 of 27 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 17 5 of them more than once
First title Sep 1, 2018 BBQ on the Bow
Opponents faced 240 finished ahead 430 times, behind 299
Longest layoff 2.8 yrs Sep 28, 2018 → Jul 10, 2021

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

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Small Town Smoke Down
20251 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Small Town Smoke Down
20241 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1577) Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20231 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 Small Town Smoke Down
20221 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Columbia Valley Smokeshow
20184 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ on the Bow
  2. First overall podium BBQ on the Bow
  3. First Grand Championship BBQ on the Bow
  4. Biggest field won (43 teams) BBQ on the Bow
20175 milestones
  1. First tracked contest BBQ in the Badlands
  2. First call BBQ in the Badlands
  3. First overall top-10 BBQ in the Badlands
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.4060 BBQ in the Badlands
  5. Career-best overall score697.6916 Nile Beer-B-Q

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.1BBQ on the BowSep 1, 2018
+14.7Didsbury Lions BBQJul 27, 2024
+12.9Nile Beer-B-QOct 14, 2017
+12.2Didsbury Lions BBQSep 3, 2021
+10.9BBQ in the BadlandsSep 29, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-8.8Smoke, Wind & FireJul 10, 2021
-8.4Small Town Smoke DownMay 31, 2025
-6.9Prairie Dog on the BowAug 31, 2024
-6.9Barbeque on the Bow FestivalAug 30, 2025
-5.9Barbeque on the Bow FestivalSep 2, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20261010 100% top 33% 94.5% 94.5%
20253000 67% top 49% 93.3% 92.5%
20244130 100% top 34% 96.3% 93.9%
20235020 100% top 47% 94.6% 93.1%
20226051 100% top 44% 93.6% 92.5%
20214040 100% top 32% 90.6% 89.1%
20182111 100% top 30% 94.1% 93.1%
20172020 100% top 25% 96.9% 95.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 30, 2026 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 8 / 24 (680.5144) 4 (174.2744) 8 (173.1544) 4 (176) 17 (157.0856)
Aug 30, 2025 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 23 / 38 (662.7540) 30 (163.4056) 32 (161.6800) 14 (170.2972) 15 (167.3712)
May 31, 2025 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 12 / 25 (671.9888) 7 (172.5600) 13 (169.7372) 14 (167.4172) 16 (162.2744)
May 24, 2025 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB 13 / 34 (663.3604) 24 (160.5372) 10 (167.9772) 12 (166.8460) 12 (168)
Aug 31, 2024 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 10 / 35 (681.6344) 4 (175.4172) 23 (164.5488) 25 (164.5256) 2 (177.1428)
Aug 31, 2024 Prairie Dog on the Bow Calgary, AB 17 / 24 (661.6800) 9 (171.4172) 15 (165.1428) 22 (157.7028) 7 (167.4172)
Jul 27, 2024 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 1 / 28 (693.6684) 6 (171.9656) 4 (174.8572) 7 (170.8456) 4 (176)
Jun 8, 2024 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 9 / 27 (166.8684) 9 (168.5256) 16 (161.1544) 15 (166.8344) 16 (164.5256)
Sep 23, 2023 Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK 14 / 26 (671.4176) 13 (170.2972) 4 (175.4288) 17 (165.6800) 18 (160.0116)
Sep 16, 2023 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB 7 / 29 (681.1084) 5 (171.4056) 10 (172.5600) 9 (171.9884) 17 (165.1544)
Sep 2, 2023 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 20 / 40 (660.9824) 39 (155.3484) 8 (172.5600) 14 (169.6684) 17 (163.4056)
Aug 5, 2023 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 9 / 17 (665.6116) 12 (167.9772) 6 (168.5600) 4 (172) 13 (157.0744)
Jun 3, 2023 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 12 / 23 (671.3256) 2 (178.2972) 9 (169.7028) 17 (160.5256) 16 (162.8000)
Sep 10, 2022 Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK 7 / 18 (663.9888) 6 (166.8456) 16 (151.3716) 3 (170.3316) 2 (175.4400)
Sep 3, 2022 Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB 19 / 36 (656.5028) 10 (168.5372) 18 (164.0344) 28 (158.2284) 14 (165.7028)
Aug 27, 2022 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 10 / 19 (660.5372) 2 (172) 3 (173.1084) 16 (158.2972) 16 (157.1316)
Jul 23, 2022 Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge 6 / 20 (674.1944) 10 (164.5488) 1 (176.5944) 8 (166.2400) 8 (166.8112)
Jun 24, 2022 Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere 6 / 11 (674.2284) 6 (168.5828) 3 (173.7028) 7 (167.4172) 8 (164.5256)
Jun 3, 2022 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB 10 / 31 (664.5484) 3 (173.7256) 16 (166.2628) 22 (162.8800) 17 (161.6800)
Sep 4, 2021 BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB 8 / 29 (652) 10 (164.5944) 2 (174.8916) 19 (156.5256) 21 (155.9884)
Sep 3, 2021 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 3 / 26 (649.1084) 5 (165.7256) 2 (172.0228) 8 (158.8228) 15 (152.5372)
Aug 14, 2021 Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB 7 / 25 (643.4172) 19 (154.2856) 3 (169.1428) 14 (157.1316) 4 (162.8572)
Jul 10, 2021 Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge 10 / 16 (621.0968) 14 (151.9884) 11 (149.0856) 9 (157.1772) 4 (162.8456)
Sep 28, 2018 BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT 15 / 26 (663.3256) 17 (165.7028) 12 (166.8228) 19 (159.9772) 5 (170.8228)
Sep 1, 2018 BBQ on the Bow Calgary 1 / 43 (677.7140) 3 (169.7256) 1 (169.7028) 4 (168.5600) 3 (169.7256)
Oct 14, 2017 Nile Beer-B-Q Billings, MT 4 / 17 (697.6916) 5 (175.4172) 9 (167.4172) 3 (177.7144) 3 (177.1428)
Sep 29, 2017 BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT 7 / 26 (683.4060) 6 (173.1428) 5 (176.0344) 19 (157.6688) 2 (176.5600)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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