They almost always walk
88%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Machete BBQ
Machete BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 4th of 13 at the Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) (2019). They finished #1700 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2018
latest Sep 25, 2021 · 3.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
25% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.63
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.89 · weakest Brisket (160.26)
Road miles
562
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
661.39 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1700 (104 pts) | #1901 (84 pts) | #1388 (159 pts) | #1369 (169 pts) | #1929 (74 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Machete BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Machete BBQ 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 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Fewer contests behind them than Machete BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
Level with Machete BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Machete BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
Fewer contests behind them than Machete BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.9884 | 161.7028 | 165.02 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 174.8916 | 163.4172 | 168.89 | top 39% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 163.4400 | 167.71 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 153.6572 | 160.26 | top 70% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 53% | Sep 14, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PZ
2 of 8 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
45
finished ahead 26 times, behind 38
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
Sep 25, 2021 → Apr 6, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
20193 milestones
- First overall top-10 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)
- Career-best overall score669.0972 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)
- Peak power rating (1500) Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)
20184 milestones
- First tracked contest Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)
- First call Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4516 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8916 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.3 | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) | Sep 14, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) | Jun 9, 2018 |
| -3.2 | The War of Barbeque | Jun 22, 2019 |
| -1.1 | FO.G & SMOKE | Sep 25, 2021 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.9% | 91.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Rivergaro, PZ | — | 7 (167.4172) | — | — | — |
| May 3, 2026 | Grill Contest Rivergaro (ONE MEAT RIBS) Rivergaro, PZ | — | — | 11 (163.4172) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia | — | — | 8 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia | — | — | 4 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2021 | FO.G & SMOKE Modena | 10 / 16 (663.3716) | 8 (167.9884) | 13 (165.1316) | 8 (168.5372) | 12 (161.7144) |
| Sep 14, 2019 | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) Carugate MI | 4 / 13 (669.0972) | 7 (165.1544) | 4 (167.9772) | 4 (168.5828) | 4 (167.3828) |
| Jun 22, 2019 | The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia | 13 / 19 (653.6572) | 17 (161.7028) | 6 (168.0116) | 5 (170.2856) | 19 (153.6572) |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano | 15 / 20 (659.4516) | 17 (162.8228) | 3 (174.8916) | 13 (163.4400) | 15 (158.2972) |