S & G BBQ

S & G BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 39 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 4th of 22 at the Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (). They are ranked #5191 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “S&G BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,191

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1458

peak 1458 · rated over 35 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 29, 2016

latest Sep 15, 2023 · 7.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#311

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 39 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0744 / 720

Master · Honor-Q

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.84 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 646.56 (+12.28)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Honor-Q

Consistency

±32.00

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.60 · weakest Brisket (160.90)

Road miles

7,445

across 38 mapped stops · furthest 449 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$111K

listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.56 / 720

35 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 39 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 39 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

685.0744 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.0744 at Honor-Q — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 10, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RAMSHACKLE BBQ has finished one call ahead of S & G BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

28–0 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 28 of their 28 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LICENSE TO GRILL in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

21 of 28 shared pork entries lost

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has out-cooked them in 21 of 28 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) ().

22-team field

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BAD WOLF BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 53% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 53% across 7 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

7 October contests
top 66% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,445 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,445 miles across 38 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 449 miles to Reuniting After War BBQ Competition.

38 mapped stops
furthest 449 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked All American BBQ Throwdown every year from 2020 to 2023 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 24th

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#566 (410 pts)	#1220 (95 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#542 (314 pts)	#424 (474 pts)	#689 (242 pts)	#386 (504 pts)	#411 (489 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#311 (365 pts)	#319 (390 pts)	#185 (620 pts)	#307 (405 pts)	#267 (445 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1146 (208 pts)	#1353 (173 pts)	#856 (368 pts)	#941 (313 pts)	#945 (313 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#582 (602 pts)	#594 (627 pts)	#526 (717 pts)	#399 (892 pts)	#580 (627 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#916 (381 pts)	#1012 (371 pts)	#866 (451 pts)	#525 (746 pts)	#1024 (341 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to S & G BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

116 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE

#5,176 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1519

4–7 in 11 shared contests (36% to S & G BBQ)

These two have cooked 11 of the same contests — DETROIT PIGSKIN BARBEQUE ahead 7–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2024

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Bar-B-Que-Skis

#5,184 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1516

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to S & G BBQ)

They've been 1516 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2022

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Black Swamp BBQ

#5,187 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1459

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to S & G BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before S & G BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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END OF THE ROAD BBQ

#5,189 of the rated field

1459 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Careers of much the same size, 34 contests to 39, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ

#5,197 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1527

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

rated over 29 contests
last seen May 2, 2026

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Rocks Famous BBQ

#5,190 of the rated field

1458 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1533

Level with S & G BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	28	2	26	7%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	28	0	28	0%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	26	2	24	8%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
TWO CRACKERS Q-ING	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
QUEFELLAS BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	37	4	0	1	178.2972	135.3372	161.81	top 70%
Pork Ribs	37	12	0	1	177.1428	141.5544	164.46	top 50%
Pork	35	11	1	4	178.8572	150.8916	164.60	top 53%
Brisket	35	4	1	1	179.4400	139.4172	160.90	top 63%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 69%
Large (40+)	11	top 64%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MI	23	top 71%
KY	4	top 60%
IL	3	top 31%
IN	3	top 74%
WI	2	top 74%
OH	2	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
All American BBQ Throwdown	4	24	top 69%	Aug 4, 2023
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	3	21	top 96%	Jul 16, 2021
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	3	22	top 57%	Oct 4, 2019
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	15	top 59%	Sep 25, 2020
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	15	top 48%	Oct 12, 2018
The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	18	top 80%	Sep 21, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	17	top 52%	Sep 14, 2018
The Masters In May (DAY 2)	2	31	top 74%	May 5, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 8 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 25 of 39 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 25 8 of them more than once

Opponents faced 428 finished ahead 431 times, behind 828

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

20231 milestone

Sep 15 Most recent contest Reuniting After War BBQ Competition

20212 milestones

Sep 10 Career-best overall score685.0744 Honor-Q
Sep 10 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Honor-Q

20201 milestone

Jul 17 25th tracked contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl

20171 milestone

Oct 6 10th tracked contest Jim Beam BBQ Classic

20162 milestones

Oct 14 First category win (Pork) Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1498) Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

—4 milestones

First tracked contest Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First call Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First overall top-10 Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.9656 Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.4	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	Oct 14, 2016
+8	Honor-Q	Sep 10, 2021
+7.6	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 14, 2018
+5.7	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 25, 2020
+5.3	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 6, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 16, 2021
-11.2	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 17, 2020
-9.4	Blues.Brews & Barbecue	Jul 29, 2016
-8.8	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 22, 2017
-8.8	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival	Sep 13, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	1	0	100%	top 18%	95%	95%
2023	3	0	0	33%	top 75%	90.7%	90.7%
2022	2	0	0	100%	top 56%	91.9%	91.9%
2021	5	2	1	60%	top 68%	95.1%	87%
2020	5	0	0	80%	top 73%	92.9%	90.3%
2019	5	0	0	40%	top 70%	92.7%	90.9%
2018	8	0	0	50%	top 63%	92.4%	90.6%
2017	6	0	0	67%	top 68%	94.1%	89.7%
2016	4	0	1	75%	top 63%	93.9%	89.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 15, 2023	Reuniting After War BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY	19 / 28 (652.4344)	22 (162.8000)	20 (161.0972)	23 (157.6800)	9 (170.8572)
Aug 4, 2023	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	36 / 44 (652.9944)	34 (165.1200)	31 (165.6800)	29 (162.8344)	36 (159.3600)
Aug 4, 2023	All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	—	—	—
Aug 5, 2022	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	28 / 50 (661.6344)	43 (158.2744)	6 (172.5600)	18 (168.5372)	35 (162.2628)
Aug 5, 2022	All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI	—	—	3 (177.1428)	—	—
Nov 5, 2021	Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	6 / 18 (669.6572)	6 (165.7256)	14 (156.5144)	—	—
Sep 24, 2021	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	25 / 28 (642.0800)	19 (165.1084)	27 (141.5544)	3 (173.7028)	22 (161.7144)
Sep 10, 2021	Honor-Q 🏅 Yorkville, IL	7 / 17 (685.0744)	2 (178.2972)	13 (162.2400)	10 (165.0972)	1 (179.4400)
Aug 6, 2021	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	24 / 32 (644.4456)	29 (157.0856)	19 (161.1200)	22 (163.3944)	20 (162.8456)
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	27 / 27 (489.0972)	17 (167.4400)	—	18 (162.2744)	21 (159.3828)
Sep 25, 2020	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	15 / 28 (669.0628)	13 (170.8228)	4 (172.5828)	24 (159.9544)	16 (165.7028)
Sep 12, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	18 / 26 (669.0512)	25 (161.6916)	8 (171.4172)	18 (167.3712)	13 (168.5712)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	28 / 36 (659.3944)	15 (169.1200)	8 (170.2972)	27 (162.8344)	30 (157.1428)
Aug 7, 2020	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	27 / 42 (650.8684)	42 (154.8344)	28 (162.9256)	26 (164.5484)	13 (168.5600)
Jul 17, 2020	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	31 / 31 (603.8400)	31 (135.3372)	28 (155.4056)	9 (169.1544)	31 (143.9428)
Oct 4, 2019	Jim Beam BBQ Classic 🏅 Springfield, KY	27 / 42 (658.1140)	25 (166.8112)	26 (164.5140)	30 (161.6572)	24 (165.1316)
Sep 20, 2019	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	18 / 28 (667.3828)	26 (163.3944)	11 (169.7028)	22 (162.2856)	10 (172)
Sep 13, 2019	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI	27 / 35 (637.0400)	32 (147.3716)	21 (163.9656)	28 (157.1200)	12 (168.5828)
Aug 2, 2019	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	28 / 40 (647.4292)	20 (166.2744)	22 (164.5716)	36 (154.8688)	22 (161.7144)
Apr 5, 2019	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	30 / 40 (663.8856)	39 (154.2400)	7 (173.1200)	5 (172.5716)	30 (163.9540)
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	19 / 38 (657.1544)	24 (162.8456)	9 (167.4400)	15 (164.0116)	17 (162.8572)
Oct 5, 2018	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	24 / 42 (665.0972)	23 (167.4400)	25 (166.2628)	34 (160.5144)	8 (170.8800)
Sep 21, 2018	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	18 / 28 (654.1824)	26 (160.5256)	8 (170.2856)	5 (169.6684)	27 (153.7028)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	17 / 48 (662.2744)	10 (169.7028)	23 (160.5600)	2 (174.3200)	25 (157.6916)
Aug 17, 2018	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	21 / 24 (647.3488)	22 (161.6800)	16 (161.6916)	16 (164.0116)	19 (159.9656)
Aug 3, 2018	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	23 / 39 (649.6116)	13 (170.8228)	27 (161.1088)	23 (158.8456)	26 (158.8344)
May 5, 2018	The Masters In May (DAY 2) Appleton, WI	31 / 54 (659.2916)	33 (166.2400)	21 (167.9888)	28 (162.7884)	35 (162.2744)
May 4, 2018	The Masters In May ( DAY 1) Appleton, WI	49 / 54 (623.8860)	48 (157.6572)	44 (156.5716)	38 (158.8000)	49 (150.8572)
Oct 13, 2017	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	15 / 32 (656)	17 (161.0972)	16 (160.5828)	3 (177.7028)	19 (156.6172)
Oct 6, 2017	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	22 / 44 (677.6000)	37 (162.2400)	10 (173.7028)	9 (174.2744)	25 (167.3828)
Sep 22, 2017	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	23 / 24 (639.2912)	23 (153.6800)	18 (166.2740)	20 (163.9772)	22 (155.3600)
Sep 8, 2017	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	19 / 28 (645.0968)	23 (159.3828)	20 (159.4628)	7 (170.2628)	23 (155.9884)
Sep 1, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	21 / 27 (630.7428)	17 (160.5600)	24 (150.8000)	12 (165.1084)	22 (154.2744)
Jul 21, 2017	BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	25 / 37 (626.2628)	37 (154.2856)	11 (164.5828)	7 (167.9772)	33 (139.4172)
Oct 14, 2016	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	12 / 37 (675.9428)	26 (166.8228)	15 (167.4172)	1 (178.8572)	22 (162.8456)
Oct 7, 2016	Pig Mania Marion Marion, OH	19 / 26 (654.7428)	13 (169.7028)	9 (169.1200)	19 (161.6800)	20 (154.2400)
Aug 26, 2016	Ribstock Marne, MI	18 / 32 (636.4572)	25 (156.5144)	9 (163.4172)	24 (151.3600)	13 (165.1656)
Jul 29, 2016	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	35 / 39 (614.8800)	36 (151.4056)	25 (160.5944)	31 (150.8916)	30 (151.9884)
—	Saluting with Smoke-Yorkville (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL	4 / 22 (683.9656)	8 (164.5600)	4 (170.8800)	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

S & G BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)