High-water mark
669.0396
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0396 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 21, 2026
GOT WOOD
GOT WOOD is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 25 at the North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival (2014). They are ranked #4397 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1502 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2013
latest Aug 21, 2026 · 13.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.46 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 637.68 (+7.78)
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.36
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.89 · weakest Pork (154.38)
Road miles
712
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 519 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.68 / 720
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1444 (155 pts) | #1261 (220 pts) | #1556 (155 pts) | #1726 (135 pts) | #1046 (285 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to GOT WOOD, each with one reason worth a look.
149 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,409 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before GOT WOOD's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,413 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#4,414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with GOT WOOD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They've been 1510 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 153.7142 | 161.89 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 156.5712 | 160.68 | top 62% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 144.5256 | 154.38 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1430 | 141.1428 | 160.74 | top 55% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 81% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 57% | Aug 16, 2024 |
| Pony Express BBQ Challenge | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 65% | Apr 25, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NE
5 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
250
finished ahead 127 times, behind 210
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Sep 18, 2015 → Aug 20, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.0396 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Most recent contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3260 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Pony Express BBQ Challenge
- First call Pony Express BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1502) Pony Express BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 20, 2021 |
| +2.3 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Apr 26, 2013 |
| +1.6 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +0.8 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 21, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | Apr 25, 2014 |
| -9.6 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival | May 3, 2013 |
| -9.5 | BBQ on the Bricks | Sep 18, 2015 |
| -2.9 | North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival | May 2, 2014 |
| -0.7 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 18, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 88.8% | 87.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 88.3% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 30 / 51 (669.0396) | 9 (174.2628) | 35 (166.8456) | 39 (163.3940) | 33 (164.5372) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 22 / 41 (663.3260) | 23 (166.8344) | 19 (167.4172) | 22 (164.5488) | 21 (164.5256) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 29 / 48 (644.4224) | 19 (167.9772) | 32 (159.9656) | 42 (154.8112) | 24 (161.6684) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 23 / 43 (642.0916) | 22 (161.1088) | 22 (161.0972) | 32 (155.3484) | 18 (164.5372) |
| Sep 18, 2015 | BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE | 22 / 25 (608.4344) | 21 (154.2744) | 16 (157.0972) | 20 (151.9656) | 25 (145.0972) |
| May 2, 2014 | North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival North Platte, NE | 17 / 25 (639.3484) | 20 (154.2628) | 18 (161.7028) | 20 (153.6456) | 7 (169.7372) |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE | 24 / 28 (623.3368) | 20 (159.4284) | 20 (157.1200) | 26 (144.5256) | 16 (162.2628) |
| May 3, 2013 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE | 31 / 38 (613.1432) | 9 (165.1430) | 21 (158.2860) | 34 (148.5714) | 34 (141.1428) |
| Apr 26, 2013 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE | 21 / 47 (635.9998) | 30 (153.7142) | 28 (156.5712) | 34 (152.5714) | 4 (173.1430) |