High-water mark
680.4800
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.4800 at European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 17, 2026
No Name BBQ Team
No Name BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 10 at the BBQ Festival 2018 (2018). They are ranked #5078 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2015
latest Aug 14, 2026 · 10.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.13 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 628.77 (+7.36)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.14 · weakest Brisket (148.62)
Road miles
3,480
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
628.77 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to No Name BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before No Name BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,092 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Level with No Name BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before No Name BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before No Name BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,088 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before No Name BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 173.1656 | 154.2628 | 165.14 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 141.6800 | 154.55 | top 84% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5828 | 153.7144 | 160.46 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 133.0628 | 148.62 | top 76% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
65
finished ahead 16 times, behind 65
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Aug 17, 2018 → Aug 18, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.4800 European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score680.4800 European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5828 European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
20181 milestone
- First overall top-10 BBQ Festival 2018
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ
- First call Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1486) Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14 | Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ | Sep 12, 2015 |
| -9.1 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 | Sep 9, 2017 |
| -7 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -4.9 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| -4.2 | BBQ Festival 2018 | Aug 17, 2018 |
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 | 100% | top 76% | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 80% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 82.8% | 82.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 Tallinn | 13 / 17 (669.5656) | 10 (170.2628) | 11 (169.6800) | 17 (160.5028) | 10 (169.1200) |
| Jul 17, 2026 | European Invitational Championship (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Wilhering | 13 / 17 (680.4800) | 14 (169.6800) | 13 (167.3944) | 5 (176.5828) | 9 (166.8228) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish | 12 / 15 (627.2912) | 2 (173.1656) | 14 (148.5256) | 9 (158.2400) | 14 (147.3600) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | BBQ Festival 2018 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish | 7 / 10 (607.3716) | 2 (166.2972) | 9 (141.6800) | 2 (158.8572) | 6 (140.5372) |
| Sep 9, 2017 | Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 Perugia | 13 / 15 (595.9316) | 15 (154.2628) | 13 (153.7716) | 13 (154.8344) | 14 (133.0628) |
| Sep 12, 2015 | Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ Naplavka, Prague | 13 / 13 (591.9544) | 9 (157.1428) | 12 (146.2628) | 10 (153.7144) | 13 (134.8344) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.