Happy hunting ground
Top 15%
average finish here
Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 3 visits.
- 3 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 15%
Superlins BBQ
Superlins BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 41 at the Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They are ranked #3430 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1495 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 11, 2021
latest Aug 24, 2024 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.19 · weakest Brisket (151.96)
Road miles
352
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.71 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
331.41 / 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.
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 Superlins BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
119 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,442 of the rated field
- Contests
- 88
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1613
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to Superlins BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Second Hand Smoke SLV ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,420 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Superlins BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,421 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Superlins BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,435 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Superlins BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,427 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 159.3828 | 166.19 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 154.8116 | 163.57 | top 43% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 157.0628 | 159.23 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2856 | 144.5028 | 151.96 | top 85% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 15% | Aug 24, 2024 |
| Best of the Midwest BBQ | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 80% | Oct 14, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
251
finished ahead 131 times, behind 235
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Oct 14, 2022 → Aug 24, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Peak power rating (1495) Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- First overall podium Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.9772 Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20212 milestones
- Career-best overall score646.2512 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 Best of the Midwest BBQ
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
| +12.9 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 24, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) | Jun 25, 2021 |
| -8.9 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | Oct 14, 2022 |
| -8.4 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 | Jun 11, 2021 |
| -6.6 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | Oct 22, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 44% | 93.3% | 90.9% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 89.8% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2024 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 6 / 36 (336.5600) | 11 (168) | 5 (168.5600) | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 29 / 36 (636.3544) | 23 (167.3944) | 29 (154.8116) | 31 (157.0628) | 27 (157.0856) |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 3 / 41 (335.9772) | 6 (165.1428) | 6 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 35 / 44 (642.7312) | 12 (171.4056) | 24 (163.9772) | 37 (159.3712) | 41 (147.9772) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 44 / 49 (633.5200) | 40 (159.3828) | 20 (166.8344) | 39 (162.8000) | 47 (144.5028) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 40 / 52 (646.2512) | 13 (169.7372) | 35 (160.5372) | 44 (157.6912) | 40 (158.2856) |
| — | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 8 / 38 (321.6916) | 8 (162.2744) | 11 (159.4172) | — | — |