High-water mark
691.9084
career-best overall
96.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.9084 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 96.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 23, 2023
D&D BBQ
D&D BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 167 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2023). They are ranked #3117 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “DD BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Jul 26, 2013
latest Jun 21, 2024 · 10.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
18% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.79 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 635.79 (+8.01)
Walk rate
18%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±38.12
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.29)
Road miles
8,284
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 1,922 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$103K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.79 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 D&D BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,112 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,122 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before D&D BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,120 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 62%
- Peak
- 1504
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 62% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#3,116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1503
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#3,106 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with D&D BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 139.4400 | 162.39 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 136.5144 | 157.29 | top 67% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 139.9656 | 158.48 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 131.9772 | 157.63 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 49% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 20% | Jun 21, 2024 |
| Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 55% | Jul 25, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 11 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
839
finished ahead 693 times, behind 371
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
Sep 15, 2017 → Jun 23, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Peak power rating (1503) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20234 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.9084 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score691.9084 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20142 milestones
- First call Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
| +11.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| +5.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 | Jun 9, 2017 |
| -8.6 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Oct 2, 2015 |
| -5.6 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -4 | Homecoming 2016 | Sep 2, 2016 |
| -2.5 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 16, 2016 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 15% | 96.1% | 95.5% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 88.1% | 82.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.7% | 87% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 63 / 172 (661.0284) | 26 (173.7028) | 159 (148.5028) | 51 (168.5372) | 29 (170.2856) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 126 / 487 (683.9428) | 128 (173.1200) | 264 (167.4288) | 75 (174.2856) | 186 (169.1084) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 6 / 167 (691.9084) | 54 (167.3828) | 20 (173.1200) | 15 (174.8456) | 6 (176.5600) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 39 / 48 (634.1944) | 23 (165.1200) | 31 (163.4172) | 45 (150.2516) | 35 (155.4056) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK | 29 / 29 (547.8972) | 29 (139.4400) | 29 (136.5144) | 29 (139.9656) | 29 (131.9772) |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival Sands Springs, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2016 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 42 / 61 (622.2176) | 24 (167.4400) | 35 (158.8804) | 56 (142.8116) | 45 (153.0856) |
| Sep 2, 2016 | Homecoming 2016 Vernon, IN | 19 / 26 (631.2916) | 17 (162.8460) | 24 (153.0744) | 20 (158.8112) | 16 (156.5600) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 33 / 41 (614.1028) | 32 (157.1544) | 32 (158.2400) | 35 (151.9200) | 39 (146.7884) |
| Jul 25, 2014 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA | 10 / 18 (639.3260) | 8 (162.8344) | 13 (150.8572) | 9 (161.0972) | 8 (164.5372) |
| Jul 26, 2013 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA | 14 / 26 (631.9428) | 16 (154.8800) | 13 (162.8344) | 11 (162.2628) | 15 (151.9656) |