Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 27 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Boogie & Blues (Sep 24, 2021).
- Sep 24, 2021
- 27-team field
Raise the Steaks
Raise the Steaks is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 27 at the BBQ Boogie & Blues (2021). They finished #1065 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 24, 2021
latest Aug 11, 2023 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.41 · weakest Brisket (155.70)
Road miles
22,404
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 11,228 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
633.70 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
499.29 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1065 (115 pts) | #958 (145 pts) | #1240 (100 pts) | #996 (135 pts) | #1001 (125 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172.5828 | 162.7884 | 167.41 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 154.8572 | 160.68 | top 60% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 145.6572 | 160.55 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 150.2856 | 155.70 | top 65% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
1 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
102
finished ahead 58 times, behind 57
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
20221 milestone
- Career-best overall score642.3316 Brew N Que - LITE EDITION
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First call BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall top-10 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score506.7312 BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Peak power rating (1512) BBQ Boogie & Blues
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5828 Brew N Que Perth 2021
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | Sep 24, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 |
| -4.8 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION | Oct 21, 2022 |
| -4.4 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Aug 11, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 93.8% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 26 / 35 (491.8400) | 19 (168.5372) | 28 (159.3600) | 22 (163.9428) | — |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon | 10 / 15 (642.3316) | 7 (165.7372) | 13 (154.8572) | 8 (160.6172) | 9 (161.1200) |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont | 16 / 23 (625.0744) | 3 (172.5828) | 12 (156.5488) | 22 (145.6572) | 16 (150.2856) |
| Sep 24, 2021 | BBQ Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 5 / 27 (506.7312) | 11 (162.7884) | 6 (171.9656) | 4 (171.9772) | — |