Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Animal House BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1511 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#1236
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 13 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
657.01 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 641.72 (+15.29)
Walk rate
15%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.17 · weakest Brisket (159.57)
Road miles
16
mi across 13 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Purse competed for
$103K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 12 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.72 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
High-water mark
673.6912
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.6912 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-06-21
A tough matchup
13–0
behind in the head-to-head
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.
A strong matchup
12–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 92% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Nice Rack in 12 of their 13 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
- last seen 2019-06-21
- back 2021-06-25
Pork Ribs nemesis
11 of 13
shared pork ribs entries lost
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead 85% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has out-cooked them in 11 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 6 visits in all
- best finish 36th
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.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1549
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Animal House BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with Animal House BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 13% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2767 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Animal House BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice Rack | 13 | 12 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 13 | 12 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 13 | 11 | 2 | 85% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 13 | 10 | 3 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 13 | 9 | 4 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| Grill on Grill Action | 13 | 8 | 5 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% | ⚔ compare |
| Beware of the Hog BBQ | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 13 | 5 | 8 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 148.5144 | 160.20 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 149.1430 | 161.17 | top 50% |
| Pork | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 142.8228 | 160.77 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 141.0856 | 159.57 | top 48% |
“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 | 6 | 36 | 0 | top 45% | 2026-06-26 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 68 | 0 | top 57% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
13 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 13 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
13 of 13 contests
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
13 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.17 · weakest Brisket (159.57)
Walk rate
15%
a top-10 call in 2 of 13 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 13 contests
Master average
641.72
out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
594
1,129–1,107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
13 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$103,350
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 12 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2021-06-25
Power rating
1511
peak 1511 · #2773 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6112 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- 2023
- First call The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First category win (Pork) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First perfect 180 (Pork) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2024
- Career-best overall score673.6912 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1511) 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)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
| +7.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2026-06-26 |
| +7.3 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| +5.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| +4.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
| -7.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| -6.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| -3.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 30% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 92% | 92% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 21% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 43% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 89% | 89% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 89% | 89% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
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 | 47 / 157 (668.9828) | 85 (163.9428) | 90 (163.3944) | 71 (167.3828) | 14 (174.2628) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 69 / 159 (662.7084) | 134 (157.0856) | 10 (177.7028) | 97 (162.8228) | 74 (165.0972) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 36 / 172 (673.6912) | 11 (176.5828) | 45 (168.5600) | 53 (168.0228) | 88 (160.5256) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 71 / 167 (656.9832) | 98 (161.6572) | 124 (158.2172) | 1 (180.0000) | 106 (157.1088) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 134 / 164 (622.6856) | 153 (148.5144) | 15 (172.0000) | 160 (142.8228) | 104 (159.3484) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 93 / 145 (633.0400) | 104 (158.2856) | 18 (171.9772) | 127 (150.2172) | 104 (152.5600) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 123 / 183 (630.7996) | 46 (166.3428) | 119 (155.9656) | 50 (167.4056) | 168 (141.0856) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 54 / 185 (649.6112) | 42 (164.5828) | 58 (164.5256) | 151 (149.6800) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 72 / 184 (640.5824) | 117 (155.4400) | 120 (155.9884) | 46 (165.7140) | 52 (163.4400) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 68 / 183 (641.1428) | 59 (163.4288) | 144 (151.4400) | 110 (157.7140) | 29 (168.5600) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 137 / 183 (617.0400) | 112 (158.2172) | 108 (157.1428) | 125 (156.0228) | 156 (145.6572) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 131 / 184 (613.0400) | 122 (157.1316) | 147 (149.1544) | 81 (159.3712) | 138 (147.3828) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 85 / 183 (631.9996) | 135 (151.4284) | 146 (149.1430) | 68 (162.8570) | 21 (168.5712) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #619 (285 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1207 (110 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1182 (95 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #1912 (95 pts) |