Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1712 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.45 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of All Fired Up in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
913 BBQ ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork entries.
Their overall lands within ±2.04% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
148 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JPIG Picture Perfect BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before JPIG Picture Perfect BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than JPIG Picture Perfect BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with JPIG Picture Perfect BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&D BBQ | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Broken Bottle BBQ | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| POWER I BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Knights of the Holy Grill | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Brothers Different Mothers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| All Fired Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Jonesy's Smoke Rangers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 152.5028 | 163.41 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 149.6800 | 159.52 | top 67% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 157.6572 | 164.35 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 142.8116 | 155.90 | top 71% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 58 | 0 | top 55% | 2026-06-26 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
| +5.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
| +0.8 | 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2018-04-20 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2017-04-21 |
| -6.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
| -4.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| -3.3 | VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits | 2019-04-05 |
| -2.4 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2016-04-22 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 58 / 157 (663.8744) | 55 (167.4172) | 65 (167.3828) | 66 (167.9772) | 84 (161.0972) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 63 / 159 (666.1712) | 51 (169.1084) | 105 (161.6800) | 28 (173.1200) | 87 (162.2628) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 131 / 172 (627.2688) | 120 (158.2628) | 141 (154.2288) | 30 (171.9656) | 161 (142.8116) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 103 / 164 (642.7204) | 93 (161.6800) | 68 (164.5600) | 91 (164.5372) | 142 (151.9432) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 98 / 145 (630.7772) | 78 (161.1544) | 120 (151.9888) | 41 (167.4056) | 112 (150.2284) |
| 2019-04-05 | VFW Post 846 Battle of the Pits 🏅 Overland Park, KS | 38 / 53 (634.6624) | 48 (152.5028) | 26 (166.2284) | 42 (158.2512) | 40 (157.6800) |
| 2018-04-20 | 10th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 28 / 46 (653.0972) | 16 (169.7144) | 32 (161.6800) | 31 (159.9656) | 28 (161.7372) |
| 2017-04-21 | 9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 57 / 64 (623.2572) | 40 (162.8460) | 58 (149.6800) | 51 (158.2284) | 54 (152.5028) |
| 2016-04-22 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 40 / 60 (646.7088) | 26 (168.0000) | 50 (158.2400) | 47 (157.6572) | 29 (162.8116) |