IMAT BBQ

IMAT BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 37 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 32 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2023). They are ranked #1157 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,157

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1590

peak 1612 · rated over 35 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 16, 2015

latest Jun 7, 2024 · 8.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#457

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 37 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6228 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

677.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.14 (+8.22)

Walk rate

54%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Consistency

±12.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.83 · weakest Pork (164.78)

Road miles

4,295

across 37 mapped stops · furthest 210 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$272K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.14 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

689.6228 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6228 at Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 9, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BARREL BOYS BBQ has finished one call ahead of IMAT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 34%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 34%

A tough matchup

17–2 behind in the head-to-head

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.05 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 34%.

Pork avg 164.78
Chicken avg 169.83
3 calls in 35 entries

A strong matchup

10–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ALWAYS SAUCED in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CLARK CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 12 of 19 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 30% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 30% across 8 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

8 September contests
top 44% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,295 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,295 miles across 37 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 210 miles to Smoke EM IF You Got EM.

37 mapped stops
furthest 210 mi

The metronome

±1.74% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.74% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.0% of a perfect score
37 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Harper County Bullseye BBQ every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 7th

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	#1182 (60 pts)	#1211 (70 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#722 (207 pts)	#922 (152 pts)	#1094 (127 pts)	#1203 (82 pts)	#616 (282 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#825 (179 pts)	#971 (144 pts)	#787 (239 pts)	#925 (164 pts)	#867 (174 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#457 (399 pts)	#474 (409 pts)	#399 (514 pts)	#492 (379 pts)	#501 (384 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#524 (629 pts)	#527 (659 pts)	#448 (764 pts)	#681 (494 pts)	#478 (709 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#590 (583 pts)	#385 (918 pts)	#697 (513 pts)	#690 (533 pts)	#604 (608 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#526 (732 pts)	#437 (877 pts)	#528 (757 pts)	#550 (717 pts)	#604 (652 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#719 (526 pts)	#653 (631 pts)	#667 (611 pts)	#1026 (356 pts)	#688 (581 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Scorched Deck BBQ

#1,159 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1590

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to IMAT BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — IMAT BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Oct 28, 2023

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BEHIND BBQ

#1,156 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1603

Careers of much the same size, 44 contests to 37, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 44 contests
last seen May 25, 2024

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Woodquarter Smokerheads

#1,154 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 82%
Peak: 1612

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 28 contests, alongside a 82% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026

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Sermerstout BBQ

#1,153 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1590

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 25 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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NOTHING COMPARES 2 Q

#1,162 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1614

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

rated over 58 contests
last seen Aug 12, 2022

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NO LOOKIN' COOKIN'

#1,158 of the rated field

1590 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1608

They turned up 6 years after IMAT BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Three Hog Night Smokers	23	9	14	39%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	20	12	8	60%	⚔ compare
BARREL BOYS BBQ	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
SIPPIN ON SMOKE	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
Fergolicious BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
56 SMOKEHOUSE	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	35	12	0	2	178.8572	150.8572	169.83	top 40%
Pork Ribs	36	11	0	3	177.1772	158.2056	168.08	top 41%
Pork	35	3	0	0	177.1544	151.9772	164.78	top 59%
Brisket	35	10	1	2	176.5600	152.5256	166.49	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 43%
Large (40+)	16	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	31	top 41%
OK	3	top 72%
MO	1	top 50%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	6	7	top 47%	Oct 15, 2021
Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	4	4	top 35%	Jun 9, 2023
Smoke in the Spring	3	39	top 59%	Apr 9, 2021
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2	28	top 22%	Sep 29, 2022
Derby BBQ Festival	2	10	top 41%	Jun 8, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 33 of 37 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 23 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 36 entries · 0 wins · 11 calls

Opponents faced 1,554 finished ahead 2,397 times, behind 1,222

Longest layoff 1 yrs Oct 19, 2019 → Oct 30, 2020

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

20241 milestone

Jun 7 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest

20232 milestones

Jun 9 First category win (Brisket) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 9 Career-best overall score689.6228 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest

20192 milestones

Oct 18 Peak power rating (1612) Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 19 25th tracked contest Rock-N-Q on the planes

20181 milestone

Oct 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20171 milestone

Jul 28 10th tracked contest Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest

20162 milestones

Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2628 Eureka BBQ Bash
Jul 1 First overall top-10 Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off

20152 milestones

Oct 16 First tracked contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 16 First call Harper County Bullseye BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off	Apr 28, 2017
+12.9	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off	Jul 1, 2016
+12.5	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
+12.1	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 19, 2018
+12	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 1, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.4	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 7, 2024
-8.5	Smoke in the Spring	Oct 30, 2020
-7.9	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 16, 2015
-7.5	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	Apr 23, 2021
-5.6	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 9, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	1	0	0	0%	top 65%	93.5%	93.5%
2023	1	1	1	100%	top 13%	95.8%	95.8%
2022	3	0	0	33%	top 39%	93.8%	93.6%
2021	6	0	0	50%	top 53%	94.7%	93.3%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 80%	91.1%	91.1%
2019	6	1	0	50%	top 42%	94.2%	92.5%
2018	6	2	0	50%	top 43%	95.7%	93.5%
2017	7	2	0	57%	top 34%	94.9%	93.7%
2016	5	1	0	80%	top 44%	95%	92.5%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 82%	87.9%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 7, 2024	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	28 / 43 (673.5424)	23 (170.8228)	31 (165.0972)	28 (170.2512)	25 (167.3712)
Jun 9, 2023	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	4 / 32 (689.6228)	8 (174.2628)	11 (170.2628)	20 (168.5372)	1 (176.5600)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	188 / 505 (675.3256)	323 (164.5372)	136 (171.9656)	191 (169.1428)	152 (169.6800)
Jun 10, 2022	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	12 / 29 (672.4912)	19 (166.8228)	5 (173.1316)	15 (165.6912)	13 (166.8456)
Oct 15, 2021	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	11 / 16 (675.8396)	9 (171.4056)	16 (165.0856)	11 (168.5256)	9 (170.8228)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	28 / 467 (506.3316)	147 (169.6800)	126 (170.8228)	214 (166.2400)	273 (161.6800)
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	14 / 28 (681.7144)	15 (172)	4 (175.4400)	18 (166.8688)	20 (167.4056)
Jun 11, 2021	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest - One Meat Contest - Ribs Derby, KS	—	—	3 (169.1200)	—	—
Apr 23, 2021	16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	33 / 41 (652.9484)	26 (167.3944)	16 (168.5600)	35 (154.7656)	30 (162.2284)
Apr 9, 2021	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	61 / 105 (673.5768)	34 (173.7028)	96 (158.2056)	45 (170.8228)	35 (170.8456)
Oct 30, 2020	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	74 / 93 (655.9312)	68 (165.6800)	40 (169.1428)	89 (151.9772)	39 (169.1312)
Oct 19, 2019	Rock-N-Q on the planes 🏅 Great Bend, KS	19 / 28 (646.7196)	21 (161.6800)	19 (161.6684)	24 (158.8456)	15 (164.5256)
Oct 18, 2019	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	11 / 25 (678.1712)	5 (173.7144)	3 (175.4056)	11 (168.5256)	19 (160.5256)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	26 / 468 (508.5256)	120 (170.2628)	215 (166.2628)	340 (159.4056)	253 (162.7884)
Sep 6, 2019	Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff 🏅 Wichita, KS	4 / 16 (677.0628)	4 (173.7144)	7 (162.8228)	8 (166.8228)	2 (173.7028)
Jun 7, 2019	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	14 / 39 (664.5024)	17 (166.8228)	10 (168)	29 (159.9540)	7 (169.7256)
Apr 26, 2019	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	28 / 39 (649.5772)	29 (161.1316)	14 (166.8228)	30 (160.5372)	26 (161.0856)
Nov 9, 2018	Smoke EM IF You Got EM Springfield, MO	15 / 30 (667.9656)	9 (171.4056)	18 (163.4400)	20 (163.4056)	9 (169.7144)
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	7 / 33 (689.1316)	2 (178.8572)	5 (173.1200)	19 (165.1316)	9 (172.0228)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	197 / 467 (666.1828)	178 (168.5600)	191 (167.9772)	156 (168.5484)	291 (161.0972)
Jun 8, 2018	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	10 / 40 (677.0856)	2 (177.1544)	26 (161.0856)	9 (169.7028)	9 (169.1428)
Mar 3, 2018	Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2 Cheney, KS	27 / 42 (671.3140)	15 (173.1084)	32 (162.8228)	27 (166.8456)	26 (168.5372)
Mar 2, 2018	Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Cheney, KS	26 / 47 (669.5996)	19 (169.6684)	25 (167.4400)	17 (172.5600)	37 (159.9312)
Oct 20, 2017	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	15 / 47 (682.2284)	15 (173.1772)	29 (166.2284)	5 (174.2628)	18 (168.5600)
Sep 8, 2017	Derby BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Derby, KS	14 / 29 (667.3944)	10 (169.6800)	18 (163.4172)	15 (164.5600)	9 (169.7372)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	66 / 407 (683.3600)	166 (168.5372)	47 (173.7028)	16 (177.1544)	208 (163.9656)
Jul 28, 2017	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	20 / 43 (673.7144)	18 (169.1544)	13 (173.1200)	29 (164)	20 (167.4400)
Jul 14, 2017	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS	10 / 26 (660.4912)	7 (170.8228)	13 (162.8228)	15 (165.7256)	12 (161.1200)
Apr 28, 2017	Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS	5 / 32 (683.5088)	4 (174.8572)	2 (177.1772)	16 (167.4516)	17 (164.0228)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	39 / 100 (669.6800)	13 (173.7144)	28 (169.7028)	65 (162.8800)	53 (163.3828)
Oct 14, 2016	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	12 / 38 (683.9544)	19 (171.4056)	5 (176.5944)	30 (163.9428)	9 (172.0116)
Sep 9, 2016	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	22 / 38 (660.5140)	4 (174.8572)	28 (161.1084)	36 (151.9884)	16 (172.5600)
Jul 1, 2016	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off Hutchinson, KS	9 / 38 (675.9432)	16 (169.6800)	8 (170.8688)	26 (162.8228)	8 (172.5716)
Jun 17, 2016	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	11 / 26 (666.2628)	6 (171.9656)	11 (166.8916)	12 (163.9884)	12 (163.4172)
Apr 15, 2016	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	40 / 63 (644.4572)	37 (162.8572)	19 (165.6916)	51 (155.3828)	39 (160.5256)
Oct 16, 2015	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	28 / 34 (633.0624)	32 (150.8572)	10 (169.7028)	29 (159.9768)	27 (152.5256)

IMAT 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 (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)