Dirt Crüe BBQ

Dirt Crüe BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Central Plains Ribfest (2022). They are ranked #2396 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,396

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1541 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 13, 2021

latest Jul 19, 2024 · 2.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#309

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

14% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0512 / 720

Master · Central Plains Ribfest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 670.18 (+6.31)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship

Consistency

±15.16

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.87 · weakest Brisket (165.03)

Road miles

3,331

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi

Schedule strength

77%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)

Purse competed for

$194K

listed at 19 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.18 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

689.0512 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0512 at Central Plains Ribfest — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 17, 2022

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 42%.

8 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 42%

A tough matchup

10–2 behind in the head-to-head

TEAM CRAWFORD ahead in 83% of their meetings

TEAM CRAWFORD has come out ahead in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HELPING U BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

8 of 12 shared pork ribs entries lost

TEAM CRAWFORD ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TEAM CRAWFORD has out-cooked them in 8 of 12 shared pork ribs entries.

A June team

Top 43% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 43% across 4 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 56% the rest of the year

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The long haul

3,331 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,331 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 234 miles to Original SD BBQ Championship.

21 mapped stops
furthest 234 mi

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
21 contests

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	#607 (280 pts)	#547 (360 pts)	#695 (265 pts)	#593 (310 pts)	#564 (340 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#365 (557 pts)	#310 (737 pts)	#361 (702 pts)	#374 (572 pts)	#451 (447 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#309 (751 pts)	#263 (881 pts)	#183 (1,176 pts)	#286 (846 pts)	#322 (736 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#688 (211 pts)	#742 (211 pts)	#773 (206 pts)	#693 (226 pts)	#722 (221 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Dirt Crüe BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKERS PURGATORY

#2,402 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 130
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1703

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Dirt Crüe BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Dirt Crüe BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 128 contests
last seen Jul 31, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Bay Brothers BBQ

#2,391 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1537

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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3BBQ

#2,398 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1544

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 52% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jul 18, 2026

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FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ

#2,386 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1539

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Dirt Crüe BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 25 contests

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Panther BBQ

#2,410 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1536

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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BS PITMEISTERS

#2,388 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1565

They've been 1565 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Nov 9, 2018

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FAIRWAY SMOKERS	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SCORE ONE SMOKIN'	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
WELL SAUCED BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Damn Fine Beef & Swine	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	5	1	2	176	158.2400	168.49	top 51%
Pork Ribs	21	5	1	3	180 🔥	150.2400	168.87	top 48%
Pork	21	4	0	0	175.4172	151.3600	167.78	top 53%
Brisket	21	1	0	0	175.4056	156.5144	165.03	top 59%

“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)	11	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 55%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NE	7	top 62%
IA	6	top 63%
KS	6	top 48%
MO	1	top 54%
SD	1	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	2	60	top 65%	Apr 5, 2024
Iowa State BBQ Championship	2	32	top 78%	Mar 31, 2023
GOBS Que (DAY 2)	2	21	top 84%	Aug 14, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 8 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NE 7 of 21 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 18 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 830 finished ahead 708 times, behind 712

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

20241 milestone

Jul 19 Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ

20231 milestone

Jan 27 Peak power rating (1541) SJV Winter Rub

20227 milestones

Apr 1 First call Iowa State BBQ Championship
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5264 Iowa State BBQ Championship
Jun 17 First overall top-10 Central Plains Ribfest
Jun 17 Career-best overall score689.0512 Central Plains Ribfest
Jul 29 First category win (Pork Ribs) Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
Jul 29 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
Sep 3 10th tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge

20211 milestone

Aug 13 First tracked contest GOBS Que (DAY 1)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Central Plains Ribfest	Jun 17, 2022
+10.1	SJV Winter Rub	Jan 27, 2023
+9.7	Original SD BBQ Championship	Jun 3, 2022
+8.7	Smoke on the Water	Oct 13, 2023
+8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Iowa State BBQ Championship	Mar 31, 2023
-11.9	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge	Sep 2, 2023
-6.9	GOBS Que (DAY 2)	Aug 14, 2021
-6.4	GOBS Que (DAY 1)	Aug 13, 2021
-4.7	23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	Jun 14, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	4	0	0	25%	top 60%	94.1%	93.7%
2023	6	1	1	50%	top 60%	95.2%	93.3%
2022	8	2	1	75%	top 42%	95.7%	94.3%
2021	3	0	0	0%	top 83%	90%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 19, 2024	Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ 🏅 Shenandoah, IA	21 / 36 (677.6688)	10 (173.1200)	28 (167.4172)	18 (169.7372)	20 (167.3944)
Jun 14, 2024	23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	19 / 25 (665.5888)	14 (168.5488)	18 (166.8228)	16 (169.6800)	21 (160.5372)
Apr 5, 2024	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	60 / 97 (677.5884)	56 (169.1200)	68 (167.3828)	74 (165.6800)	18 (175.4056)
Mar 15, 2024	6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS	26 / 58 (676.4456)	42 (166.2400)	27 (170.8228)	32 (170.2744)	19 (169.1084)
Oct 13, 2023	Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS	13 / 39 (685.1548)	17 (171.4288)	20 (170.2744)	7 (174.2744)	17 (169.1772)
Sep 2, 2023	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	31 / 34 (663.2916)	14 (170.8344)	13 (169.6916)	26 (163.9656)	31 (158.8000)
Jun 16, 2023	Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	14 / 27 (675.8972)	11 (170.8228)	2 (177.7144)	22 (162.8000)	17 (164.5600)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	71 / 103 (669.5428)	68 (167.3944)	55 (169.6800)	45 (170.8228)	81 (161.6456)
Mar 31, 2023	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	42 / 47 (654.1256)	33 (165.6800)	43 (156.5372)	29 (166.8228)	36 (165.0856)
Jan 27, 2023	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	8 / 31 (680.5028)	1 (176)	11 (170.8572)	7 (173.1200)	21 (160.5256)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	169 / 505 (677.5884)	146 (171.4172)	131 (171.9656)	282 (166.2284)	187 (167.9772)
Sep 3, 2022	Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	24 / 45 (674.7656)	8 (174.2744)	37 (164.5256)	32 (165.6684)	19 (170.2972)
Aug 19, 2022	BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO	29 / 54 (679.8972)	45 (161.6572)	6 (176)	9 (175.4172)	36 (166.8228)
Jul 29, 2022	Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship 🏅 Shenandoah, IA	10 / 27 (682.7656)	13 (168.0116)	1 (180)	12 (167.3828)	11 (167.3712)
Jun 17, 2022	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	4 / 29 (689.0512)	3 (174.2628)	3 (174.2628)	18 (167.3828)	4 (173.1428)
Jun 3, 2022	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	14 / 46 (683.8740)	9 (174.2628)	4 (177.7028)	16 (170.2628)	34 (161.6456)
Apr 29, 2022	Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS	35 / 77 (674.1716)	32 (170.2744)	16 (173.1200)	14 (174.2628)	50 (156.5144)
Apr 1, 2022	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	32 / 48 (668.5264)	43 (158.2400)	26 (168.0004)	8 (174.3088)	21 (167.9772)
Sep 4, 2021	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak cook-off challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE	20 / 25 (647.8976)	23 (159.4060)	21 (160.5372)	18 (164)	19 (163.9544)
Aug 14, 2021	GOBS Que (DAY 2) 🏅 Arlington, NE	22 / 25 (628.4112)	21 (161.6800)	25 (150.2400)	19 (159.9656)	22 (156.5256)
Aug 13, 2021	GOBS Que (DAY 1) 🏅 Arlington, NE	21 / 26 (640.9600)	19 (165.6800)	18 (162.8000)	23 (151.3600)	20 (161.1200)

Dirt Crüe BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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