A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Aww Shucks BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Aww Shucks BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Kansas City Smokeshow
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2024-08-09
latest 2026-06-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.62
last 3 Master vs avg 635.62 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.46 · weakest Brisket (152.12)
Road miles
27
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
Kansas City Smokeshow has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 134 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Kansas City Smokeshow)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Kansas City Smokeshow has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kansas City Smokeshow on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9540 | 151.9656 | 161.87 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 150.7772 | 155.16 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 165.1316 | 166.46 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0744 | 150.7888 | 152.12 | top 85% |
“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-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 96 | 0 | top 69% | 2026-06-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2024-08-09 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.46 · weakest Brisket (152.12)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
635.62
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
239
102–257 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,100
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Bricks
- Peak power rating (1489) Smoke on the Bricks
- 2026
- Career-best overall score646.1144 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9540 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smoke on the Bricks | 2024-08-09 |
| -7.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2025-06-27 |
| -1.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
Category scores over time
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 | 0% | top 61% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 96 / 157 (646.1144) | 54 (167.9540) | 97 (162.2400) | 78 (165.1316) | 129 (150.7888) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 121 / 159 (636.3884) | 79 (165.7028) | 145 (150.7772) | 61 (167.4056) | 131 (152.5028) |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 43 / 46 (624.3428) | 45 (151.9656) | 45 (152.4684) | 30 (166.8344) | 42 (153.0744) |