EGGHEAD-BARBECUE

EGGHEAD-BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Wild King BBQ Competition (2018), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1639 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,639

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1556

peak 1568 · rated over 30 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 29, 2017

latest May 18, 2024 · 7.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#212

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

61% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8688 / 720

Master · The War of Barbeque

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.72 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.05 (+9.67)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)

Consistency

±29.35

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.85 · weakest Pork (162.04)

Road miles

4,878

across 31 mapped stops

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

655.05 / 720

30 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

4.4452 points from the title

Came within 4.4452 points of the Grand Championship at The War of Barbeque (Jun 22, 2019).

Against the odds

32-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 68 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Wild King BBQ Competition (Apr 14, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 32-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, White Squirrel BBQ.

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.8688 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8688 at The War of Barbeque — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 22, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

White Squirrel BBQ has finished one call ahead of EGGHEAD-BARBECUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 1 Grand Championship

2018 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 27%.

8 contests
7 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 27%

The drought

26 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Wild King BBQ Competition on Apr 14, 2018 — 26 contests and 8.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 14, 2018
8.5 years ago

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A strong matchup

13–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ4FUN in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) (Apr 22, 2022).

last seen Sep 19, 2020
back Apr 22, 2022

Chicken nemesis

18 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 25 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Feher Nyul BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,878 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,878 miles across 31 mapped stops.

31 mapped stops

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	#1000 (102 pts)	#844 (169 pts)	#1290 (67 pts)	#1036 (107 pts)	#914 (122 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#582 (287 pts)	#695 (247 pts)	#736 (267 pts)	#555 (347 pts)	#626 (277 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#481 (433 pts)	#470 (478 pts)	#540 (448 pts)	#380 (628 pts)	#531 (403 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#324 (353 pts)	#244 (498 pts)	#370 (343 pts)	#286 (428 pts)	#310 (393 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#244 (1,166 pts)	#236 (1,161 pts)	#162 (1,426 pts)	#248 (1,141 pts)	#215 (1,236 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#212 (1,369 pts)	#318 (1,034 pts)	#211 (1,319 pts)	#240 (1,224 pts)	#205 (1,399 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1110 (278 pts)	#1155 (288 pts)	#1124 (303 pts)	#941 (398 pts)	#1213 (258 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to EGGHEAD-BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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#1,641 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1574

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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PITT SMOKERS

#1,640 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1563

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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FOX RIVER BBQ

#1,635 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1593

They've been 1593 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 46 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'

#1,642 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1563

Level with EGGHEAD-BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2022

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202 BBQ

#1,638 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1556

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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Average Joe BBQ Team

#1,637 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1556

They turned up 8 years after EGGHEAD-BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	26	11	15	42%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	24	8	16	33%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	21	9	12	43%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
SAUWALD BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
OMERTA BBQ	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
BBQ4FUN	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
BALDICUE	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Roast a Piece	10	10	0	100%	⚔ compare
Feher Nyul BBQ Team	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	17	1	3	175.4056	153.1200	165.85	top 52%
Pork Ribs	30	19	2	6	174.2972	150.8688	163.46	top 49%
Pork	29	19	1	5	178.8572	20	162.04	top 45%
Brisket	30	23	1	2	173.1428	151.9888	163.05	top 45%

“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)	15	0	top 51%
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 46%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	6	top 51%	Apr 23, 2022
Wild West Fest On Fire	2	5	top 43%	Aug 10, 2019
Vienna BBQ Days	2	8	top 54%	Jul 14, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 10 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Contests visited 27 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 31 entries · 1 win · 17 calls

First title Apr 14, 2018 Wild King BBQ Competition

Opponents faced 212 finished ahead 367 times, behind 274

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs Sep 19, 2020 → Apr 22, 2022

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

20241 milestone

May 18 Most recent contest Muehlviertler BBQ Festival

20222 milestones

Apr 22 25th tracked contest 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1)
Apr 23 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2)

20193 milestones

Jun 22 First Reserve Championship The War of Barbeque
Jun 22 Career-best overall score678.8688 The War of Barbeque
Jul 20 Peak power rating (1568) 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20185 milestones

Apr 7 First category win (Pork Ribs) 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
Apr 7 First overall top-10 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
Apr 7 First overall podium 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
Apr 14 First Grand Championship Wild King BBQ Competition
Sep 29 10th tracked contest Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018

20173 milestones

Apr 29 First tracked contest 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017
Apr 29 First call 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017
Apr 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.3316 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 14, 2018
+14.1	The War of Barbeque	Jun 22, 2019
+13.2	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018	Apr 7, 2018
+11	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 2019
+10.5	Tallya BBQ Festival	Oct 13, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.3	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 13, 2019
-10.7	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest	Sep 7, 2019
-6.8	Vienna Alps BBQ Days	Jul 29, 2023
-5.6	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	Apr 5, 2019
-4.2	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	May 18, 2024

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	0	0	0	50%	top 64%	90.5%	90.5%
2023	2	0	2	0	100%	top 54%	93.6%	91.7%
2022	3	0	3	1	100%	top 49%	93.9%	92.7%
2020	3	0	2	1	100%	top 54%	92%	91.2%
2019	10	0	5	1	100%	top 55%	94.3%	89.6%
2018	8	1	7	2	100%	top 27%	94%	92%
2017	3	0	0	0	67%	top 60%	92%	90.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	14 / 22 (651.3140)	16 (166.2400)	21 (152.5256)	13 (166.8228)	10 (165.7256)
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt	—	19 (153.1200)	—	—	—
Jul 29, 2023	Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau	9 / 12 (646.7540)	8 (161.6800)	7 (163.9884)	8 (160.5372)	9 (160.5484)
Jul 1, 2023	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR)	5 / 15 (673.6684)	10 (170.2512)	9 (164.5600)	3 (173.7372)	6 (165.1200)
Aug 6, 2022	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode	5 / 11 (675.9312)	4 (170.8228)	8 (165.1428)	2 (176.5600)	7 (163.4056)
Apr 23, 2022	3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 2) Tirol	6 / 17 (675.9084)	8 (169.6684)	9 (162.8228)	1 (178.8572)	7 (164.5600)
Apr 22, 2022	3rd Wild King BBQ Contest (Day 1) Tirol	10 / 15 (649.5196)	6 (164.5256)	4 (164.5484)	9 (165.0856)	10 (155.3600)
Sep 19, 2020	6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg	10 / 19 (658.1940)	14 (162.2284)	5 (169.1428)	6 (170.8456)	13 (155.9772)
Jul 25, 2020	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna	11 / 21 (662.2400)	1 (175.4056)	18 (153.1544)	10 (167.4172)	9 (166.2628)
Jul 24, 2020	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna	10 / 18 (648.4912)	9 (163.4056)	15 (154.8116)	7 (166.3200)	6 (163.9540)
Oct 5, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande	10 / 16 (648.0116)	14 (157.7256)	1 (172.0116)	11 (161.1428)	9 (157.1316)
Sep 7, 2019	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague	11 / 13 (636.5940)	8 (160.6056)	11 (157.7028)	12 (151.4056)	5 (166.8800)
Aug 10, 2019	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	17 / 27 (655.9088)	22 (163.3944)	13 (167.4172)	6 (171.4056)	25 (153.6916)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	7 / 44 (675.4400)	9 (170.3084)	6 (169.7372)	—	10 (166.8228)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	2 / 19 (678.8688)	3 (173.7256)	3 (170.2744)	7 (168.5944)	6 (166.2744)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	14 / 23 (654.7888)	8 (168.5256)	8 (164.5600)	18 (161.1316)	12 (160.5716)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	7 / 26 (678.7540)	11 (168.5600)	7 (170.8572)	11 (168.5140)	2 (170.8228)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	28 / 28 (509.7372)	9 (170.8800)	11 (165.1316)	28 (20)	21 (153.7256)
Apr 6, 2019	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	9 / 16 (668.5372)	7 (170.3084)	10 (165.1200)	16 (159.9660)	4 (173.1428)
Apr 5, 2019	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels	11 / 16 (647.9312)	16 (158.2856)	10 (157.6800)	2 (168.5600)	8 (163.4056)
Oct 13, 2018	Tallya BBQ Festival Tallya	6 / 38 (676.5600)	20 (161.7256)	2 (174.2972)	6 (171.4172)	9 (169.1200)
Sep 29, 2018	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz	8 / 19 (665.6684)	11 (166.8228)	3 (171.4400)	12 (163.4400)	10 (163.9656)
Aug 11, 2018	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	5 / 21 (663.3488)	3 (174.8572)	8 (163.9888)	17 (158.2628)	4 (166.2400)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	16 / 48 (652.0912)	28 (162.3312)	34 (153.7028)	6 (170.8800)	9 (165.1772)
Jul 14, 2018	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	8 / 15 (649.0972)	6 (167.4400)	14 (154.8228)	7 (165.6916)	6 (161.1428)
Apr 28, 2018	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria	7 / 24 (661.7372)	5 (172.5828)	24 (150.8688)	3 (172.5828)	4 (165.7028)
Apr 14, 2018	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	1 / 23 (668)	13 (164.5372)	3 (167.4056)	7 (163.4400)	1 (172.6172)
Apr 7, 2018	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels	3 / 17 (659.9884)	10 (160.5596)	1 (168.5716)	6 (166.8572)	5 (164)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	28 / 40 (652.6172)	15 (168.6056)	23 (162.2856)	17 (169.7372)	33 (151.9888)
Jul 8, 2017	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	11 / 20 (643.3256)	16 (157.1312)	7 (162.2400)	8 (166.8228)	11 (157.1316)
Apr 29, 2017	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria	15 / 28 (662.3316)	18 (165.1656)	19 (162.8688)	7 (173.1428)	19 (161.1544)

EGGHEAD-BARBECUE

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

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Against the odds

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

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)