Barbecue Mantua Gang

Barbecue Mantua Gang is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 6th of 15 at The War of Barbeque (2023).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1507

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 17, 2022

latest Sep 16, 2023 · 1 year on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

57% of 7 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

670.2972 / 720

Master · The War of Barbeque

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.9144

Pork Ribs · The War of Barbeque

Consistency

±15.09

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.13 · weakest Brisket (162.69)

Road miles

588

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

38%

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

Master avg

658.80 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

High-water mark

670.2972 career-best overall

93.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.2972 at The War of Barbeque — 93.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 1, 2023

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

COOKLOUNGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

COOKLOUNGE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SOUTH BRIXIA in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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Barbecue Mantua Gang has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it.

Salt and Pepper BBQ

#2,939 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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FOUR GUYS PORKIN

#2,962 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

Level with Barbecue Mantua Gang on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 7, 2025

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MOKAN BBQ MOB

#2,968 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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BOSSMAN BAR-B-QUE

#2,970 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2022

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SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ

#2,946 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Twin Oaks Smokin Crew

#2,945 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Barbecue Mantua Gang's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	0	0	170.2628	161.7028	166.13	top 66%
Pork Ribs	7	5	1	1	174.9144	158.8344	165.22	top 51%
Pork	4	3	0	0	165.6800	160.5600	163.55	top 68%
Brisket	4	4	0	1	170.8800	149.6572	162.69	top 49%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
FO.G & Smoke 2023	2	7	0	top 56%	Sep 16, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 7 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Opponents faced 32 finished ahead 25 times, behind 25

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

20241 milestone

Apr 6 Most recent contest "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1

20234 milestones

Jul 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) The War of Barbeque
Jul 1 Career-best overall score670.2972 The War of Barbeque
Jul 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.9144 The War of Barbeque
Jul 1 Peak power rating (1507) The War of Barbeque

20224 milestones

Sep 17 First tracked contest FO.G & SMOKE
Sep 17 First call FO.G & SMOKE
Sep 17 First overall top-10 FO.G & SMOKE
Sep 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 FO.G & SMOKE

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.5	The War of Barbeque	Jul 1, 2023
+2.3	FO.G & Smoke 2023	Sep 16, 2023
+0.4	FO.G & SMOKE	Sep 17, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.4	Wild West Fest on Fire	Aug 12, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	2	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2023	4	3	1	100%	top 53%	93.1%	91.3%
2022	1	1	0	100%	top 58%	92.1%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 6, 2024	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia	—	—	26 (158.8344)	—	—
Apr 6, 2024	"Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia	—	—	15 (162.8228)	—	—
Oct 7, 2023	Country Road & BBQ Contest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cartigliano	—	—	5 (169.1544)	—	—
Sep 16, 2023	FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It	8 / 15 (668.5256)	10 (163.4284)	6 (168.5372)	10 (165.6800)	2 (170.8800)
Aug 12, 2023	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode	8 / 12 (633.0520)	9 (161.7028)	8 (158.8688)	7 (162.8232)	10 (149.6572)
Jul 1, 2023	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR)	6 / 15 (670.2972)	11 (169.1200)	1 (174.9144)	12 (160.5600)	5 (165.7028)
Sep 17, 2022	FO.G & SMOKE Spilamberto, Mo	7 / 12 (663.3372)	6 (170.2628)	8 (163.4172)	8 (165.1200)	8 (164.5372)

Barbecue Mantua Gang

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

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 — 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)