SHB Customs

SHB Customs is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 35 at the BBBrew For Hope (2018). They are ranked #2029 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,029

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1578 · rated over 30 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 9, 2015

latest Jul 29, 2023 · 8.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#645

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

16% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0628 / 720

Master · 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.63 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.05 (+5.58)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Colorado BBQ Challenge

Consistency

±17.46

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.63 · weakest Chicken (161.95)

Road miles

5,319

across 31 mapped stops · furthest 588 mi

Schedule strength

68%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Purse competed for

$133K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.05 / 720

30 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

689.0628 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0628 at 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 17, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BELLY RUB'N BBQ has finished one call ahead of SHB Customs 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 35%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 35%

A tough matchup

18–7 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 72% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.68 points below their pork, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 37%.

Chicken avg 161.95
Pork avg 167.63
3 calls in 30 entries

A strong matchup

11–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Q LIVE CREW in 11 of their 15 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST (Sep 29, 2022).

last seen Oct 3, 2020
back Sep 29, 2022

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Pork nemesis

14 of 20 shared pork entries lost

WILD HOGS BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WILD HOGS BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 20 shared pork entries.

A June team

Top 32% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 32% across 7 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

7 June contests
top 53% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,319 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,319 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 588 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES.

31 mapped stops
furthest 588 mi

The metronome

±2.42% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.42% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.4% of a perfect score
31 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked National Western BBQ Throwdown every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 13th

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
2023 ↗	Master	#645 (242 pts)	#831 (182 pts)	#841 (212 pts)	#545 (352 pts)	#444 (452 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#914 (300 pts)	#1010 (275 pts)	#979 (300 pts)	#819 (385 pts)	#859 (360 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SHB Customs, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Camp House BBQ

#2,018 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1552

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SHB Customs)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SHB Customs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2023

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Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q

#2,037 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1585

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SHB Customs)

They've been 1585 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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SMOKE SHOW

#2,039 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1627

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 45 contests to 31.

rated over 43 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Red Rock Cafe

#2,032 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1555

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 17 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

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KNOW BULL

#2,033 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1539

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before SHB Customs's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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DAD'S SMOKIN' BUTT BBQ

#2,017 of the rated field

1538 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1544

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
303 BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
PORKY'S PIT CREW	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	3	0	0	174.8572	147.4172	161.95	top 65%
Pork Ribs	30	7	0	1	176.5600	145.6344	164.92	top 50%
Pork	30	11	1	3	175.4056	149.0856	167.63	top 42%
Brisket	30	5	1	1	176.5600	141.0856	163.55	top 48%

“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)	1	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 55%
Large (40+)	13	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
CO	22	top 46%
KS	5	top 76%
WY	2	top 80%
UT	1	top 31%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
National Western BBQ Throwdown	4	13	top 53%	Jan 5, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	13	top 69%	Apr 14, 2017
The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	21	top 86%	Jul 29, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 7 contests

Contests a season 3.9 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 22 of 31 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 24 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,061 finished ahead 800 times, behind 1,226

Longest layoff 2 yrs Oct 3, 2020 → Sep 29, 2022

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

20232 milestones

Jun 16 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jul 29 Most recent contest The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2)

20201 milestone

Oct 2 25th tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1

20182 milestones

Jul 27 First category win (Pork) BBBrew For Hope
Jul 27 Peak power rating (1578) BBBrew For Hope

20171 milestone

Apr 7 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20164 milestones

Jan 8 First call National Western BBQ Throwdown
Jan 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1604 National Western BBQ Throwdown
Jun 17 First overall top-10 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
Jun 17 Career-best overall score689.0628 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge

20151 milestone

Jan 9 First tracked contest National Western BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.1	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 17, 2016
+11.8	BBBrew For Hope	Jul 27, 2018
+11.8	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	Sep 9, 2016
+10	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	Jun 15, 2018
+9.3	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	Jun 22, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 17, 2015
-11.4	Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition	Jul 26, 2019
-8.2	Rock'N Western Rendezvous	May 30, 2015
-8.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
-8	The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2)	Jul 29, 2023

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)
2023	3	0	1	33%	top 69%	93.6%	93.4%
2022	2	0	0	0%	top 80%	89%	89%
2020	3	1	0	67%	top 69%	94%	92.1%
2019	4	0	0	25%	top 57%	92%	91%
2018	7	2	1	71%	top 35%	94.2%	92.3%
2017	4	1	0	75%	top 43%	93.9%	91.6%
2016	5	1	0	80%	top 37%	95.7%	92.2%
2015	3	0	0	0%	top 88%	88.5%	86.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 29, 2023	The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Dodge City, KS	24 / 27 (670.1140)	22 (168.5140)	23 (168.5372)	12 (171.9772)	25 (161.0856)
Jul 28, 2023	The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS	21 / 25 (673.0284)	24 (165.6800)	22 (166.2400)	17 (170.8456)	12 (170.2628)
Jun 16, 2023	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	14 / 42 (673.6572)	35 (155.9888)	20 (168.5600)	9 (172.5484)	1 (176.5600)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	404 / 505 (640.9140)	451 (155.9428)	353 (163.3828)	311 (164.5256)	407 (157.0628)
Oct 3, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	32 / 41 (660.4224)	17 (170.8456)	32 (163.9428)	33 (163.9656)	33 (161.6684)
Oct 2, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	34 / 41 (652.4800)	41 (150.8112)	35 (158.8344)	14 (170.8344)	9 (172)
Sep 5, 2020	S.T.A.R Brews & Q 🏅 Lake City, CO	9 / 19 (677.0856)	15 (162.8228)	12 (166.2628)	4 (173.7028)	6 (174.2972)
Sep 20, 2019	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO	11 / 25 (656.4344)	16 (163.4172)	11 (168.5372)	17 (161.6572)	12 (162.8228)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	216 / 468 (662.7200)	215 (166.8228)	154 (168)	334 (160.5144)	176 (167.3828)
Jul 26, 2019	Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition 🏅 Dodge City, KS	31 / 39 (649.5884)	33 (154.8228)	25 (166.2628)	6 (175.4056)	30 (153.0972)
Jun 14, 2019	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	31 / 55 (651.8860)	40 (157.6800)	26 (164.5372)	34 (160.5144)	12 (169.1544)
Oct 19, 2018	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	28 / 48 (648.9600)	46 (150.2400)	18 (166.2400)	9 (174.2744)	29 (158.2056)
Jul 27, 2018	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	5 / 35 (678.2288)	14 (167.9772)	6 (172.5600)	1 (174.8572)	18 (162.8344)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	6 / 31 (671.3260)	4 (170.8344)	7 (165.6916)	7 (170.8228)	15 (163.9772)
Jun 15, 2018	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	14 / 62 (667.3944)	14 (168.5828)	25 (163.9772)	10 (172.5828)	21 (162.2516)
Jun 8, 2018	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	13 / 31 (665.5656)	13 (168.5372)	12 (167.4172)	14 (166.8228)	13 (162.7884)
Apr 28, 2018	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	21 / 40 (653.6344)	36 (151.9772)	23 (162.2628)	11 (171.4288)	12 (167.9656)
Jan 5, 2018	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	13 / 39 (667.8628)	20 (164.5600)	9 (170.8344)	9 (171.9656)	26 (160.5028)
Jun 16, 2017	24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	24 / 59 (649.5548)	35 (161.6456)	16 (166.2516)	13 (171.4172)	42 (150.2404)
Apr 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	13 / 30 (660.4796)	25 (158.8112)	16 (165.1200)	3 (172.0228)	12 (164.5256)
Apr 7, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	9 / 29 (675.9084)	18 (166.2628)	10 (167.9656)	2 (174.2628)	12 (167.4172)
Jan 6, 2017	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	21 / 38 (650.7200)	10 (169.7028)	32 (154.2400)	26 (161.6800)	14 (165.0972)
Sep 9, 2016	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	11 / 49 (673.6000)	30 (163.3944)	12 (170.2628)	15 (170.8112)	9 (169.1316)
Jul 22, 2016	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	15 / 35 (664.5028)	19 (166.2400)	7 (169.1544)	27 (163.3828)	17 (165.7256)
Jun 17, 2016	23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	5 / 58 (689.0628)	6 (174.8572)	3 (176.5600)	22 (168.5256)	8 (169.1200)
Apr 15, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	19 / 28 (637.5088)	20 (161.0856)	15 (159.9544)	24 (155.9316)	15 (160.5372)
Jan 8, 2016	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	16 / 36 (654.1604)	25 (159.9428)	4 (170.8688)	9 (166.2744)	24 (157.0744)
May 30, 2015	Rock'N Western Rendezvous Loveland, CO	34 / 38 (624.9368)	37 (149.0744)	23 (159.3712)	37 (149.0856)	15 (167.4056)
Apr 17, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	29 / 30 (602.1140)	28 (147.4172)	27 (150.2400)	11 (163.3712)	29 (141.0856)
Jan 9, 2015	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	31 / 40 (637.5544)	25 (163.9772)	38 (145.6344)	23 (162.8000)	15 (165.1428)

SHB Customs

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

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)