High-water mark
511.9200
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 511.9200 at Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 94.8% of a perfect 540.
- Competitor Series
- Apr 25, 2025
Myke's BBQ
Myke's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 31 at the Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2025). They finished #241 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2025
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.39
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.67 · weakest Pork (164.53)
Road miles
427
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
332.07 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #241 (129 pts) | #243 (134 pts) | #248 (144 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Myke's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Myke's 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 106 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,028 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Myke's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Myke's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,033 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Myke's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,020 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Myke's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Myke's BBQ'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 162.8116 | 167.67 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0116 | 163.3828 | 165.58 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 153.6344 | 164.53 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 34% | Mar 20, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
284
finished ahead 216 times, behind 216
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1511) Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.1200 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
- First call Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score511.9200 Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9772 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 14, 2025 |
| +4.2 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | Mar 20, 2026 |
| +0.2 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 1, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 15, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.8% | 91.3% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 44% | 94.8% | 93.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 24 / 32 (495.8280) | 19 (168.5256) | 25 (165.0740) | 25 (162.2284) | — |
| May 15, 2026 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 22 / 29 (329.6112) | 21 (166.2284) | 19 (163.3828) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 45 / 125 (326.1944) | 45 (162.8116) | 41 (163.3828) | 20 (170.2628) | — |
| Aug 1, 2025 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 14 / 23 (335.3716) | 13 (167.3944) | 14 (167.9772) | 7 (171.9772) | — |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 12 / 31 (511.9200) | 9 (171.9772) | 19 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 31 / 100 (337.1200) | 26 (169.1084) | 31 (168.0116) | 45 (153.6344) | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.