High-water mark
682.1716
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1716 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 17, 2026
Lucky Three BBQ PTY
Lucky Three BBQ PTY is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 16 at the Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 (2025). They are ranked #3159 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1508 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2025
latest Jun 26, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.68 · weakest Chicken (158.26)
Road miles
3,165
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,441 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
655.29 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Lucky Three BBQ PTY, each with one reason worth a look.
111 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,146 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1502
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Lucky Three BBQ PTY)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Sibo Smokers ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,153 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Lucky Three BBQ PTY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Lucky Three BBQ PTY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before Lucky Three BBQ PTY's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,152 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Lucky Three BBQ PTY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bros & Fire PTY | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 140.5028 | 158.26 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.6172 | 152.5944 | 162.19 | top 57% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 148.5256 | 166.16 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 173.1200 | 160.0228 | 168.68 | top 17% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
By state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJ | 2 | 0 | top 56% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 56% | Jun 26, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SJ
2 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 58 times, behind 67
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Peak power rating (1508) BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best overall score682.1716 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First call Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First category win (Pork) Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First overall top-10 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8340 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.7 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| +2.9 | BBQ Fest Panama | Mar 21, 2026 |
| +1.8 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | Jan 24, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.8 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| -2.2 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 94.7% | 90.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 44% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 13 / 19 (673.0968) | 2 (174.8456) | 4 (176.6172) | 19 (148.5256) | 4 (173.1084) |
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 27 / 41 (682.1716) | 35 (165.0972) | 26 (169.6800) | 14 (174.2744) | 10 (173.1200) |
| Mar 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 10 / 23 (622.8344) | 21 (140.5028) | 12 (152.5944) | 5 (169.7144) | 4 (160.0228) |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui | 15 / 31 (635.5200) | 22 (153.7372) | 22 (156.0572) | 17 (159.4172) | 3 (166.3084) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 7 / 16 (662.8340) | 15 (157.1084) | 12 (156.0228) | 1 (178.8572) | 2 (170.8456) |