High-water mark
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2056 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
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- 2019-06-21
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2056 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.
913 BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 27 of their 30 shared contests.
Ahead in 88% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 14 of their 16 shared contests.
913 BBQ ahead 70% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 21 of 30 shared chicken entries.
Big Bang BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Something about June: average finish in the top 38% across 13 contests, versus top 51% the rest of the year.
They've cooked The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
47 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO has cooked, 20 to 40, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 913 BBQ | 30 | 3 | 27 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH i QUE | 25 | 1 | 24 | 4% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 24 | 3 | 21 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 23 | 8 | 15 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 23 | 2 | 21 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN FIRE BBQ | 22 | 2 | 20 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Meat Sweats | 21 | 8 | 13 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 21 | 6 | 15 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE | 21 | 4 | 17 | 19% | ⚔ compare |
| Hawg Wild | 20 | 13 | 7 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| LOVE 2 Q | 20 | 4 | 16 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MAD MUTT'S BBQ | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% | ⚔ compare |
| Sons of a Brisket | 19 | 4 | 15 | 21% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' SAUCED | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 18 | 5 | 13 | 28% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 178.8800 | 146.7772 | 166.43 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 144.5144 | 163.29 | top 55% |
| Pork | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 143.4168 | 162.81 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 145.1544 | 164.27 | top 46% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 30 | 0 | top 48% |
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 71% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 31 | 0 | top 50% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 6 | 5 | 0 | top 21% | 2026-06-26 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 33 | 0 | top 41% | 2023-09-27 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 3 | 121 | 0 | top 71% | 2016-06-24 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 261 | 0 | top 67% | 2025-11-05 |
| Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 55% | 2019-04-26 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| +14.4 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge | 2019-06-07 |
| +13.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| +12.1 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| +11.7 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -9.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -8.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -7.4 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -5.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 25% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 94.6% | 93.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 55% | 92% | 91.6% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 44% | 93.8% | 92.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 14% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 42% | 94.6% | 94.2% |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30% | top 51% | 95.3% | 92% |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 92.1% | 90.2% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 80% | 92.8% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.3% | 86% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 39 / 157 (675.3144) | 20 (174.2744) | 44 (170.8228) | 105 (160.5372) | 42 (169.6800) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 261 / 401 (667.8624) | 150 (171.9884) | 251 (166.8456) | 338 (161.6456) | 216 (167.3828) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 28 / 159 (681.0400) | 45 (169.6684) | 31 (173.7260) | 86 (164.5372) | 20 (173.1084) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 302 / 444 (662.1712) | 200 (170.2628) | 360 (161.7028) | 278 (166.2400) | 288 (163.9656) |
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 71 / 172 (657.5660) | 9 (177.1544) | 65 (166.2400) | 85 (164.5372) | 143 (149.6344) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 337 / 487 (655.8740) | 351 (163.9656) | 429 (157.0628) | 269 (166.8456) | 211 (168.0000) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 32 / 167 (675.3600) | 2 (178.8800) | 56 (168.5372) | 110 (161.1200) | 47 (166.8228) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 243 / 505 (669.0516) | 13 (178.8572) | 181 (169.7144) | 377 (161.1200) | 377 (159.3600) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 36 / 164 (668.5600) | 70 (164.5828) | 28 (170.2744) | 74 (166.2628) | 40 (167.4400) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 33 / 467 (504.0116) | 90 (172.5484) | 279 (163.9772) | 175 (167.3944) | 184 (166.8456) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 30 / 145 (670.1368) | 5 (176.0000) | 112 (154.2056) | 22 (171.9656) | 33 (167.9656) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 30 / 93 (681.0632) | 36 (170.8344) | 28 (170.8344) | 55 (166.8344) | 21 (172.5600) |
| 2020-08-14 | BBQ & Fly in on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 37 / 55 (673.5888) | 27 (170.2744) | 24 (170.8344) | 44 (165.0972) | 29 (167.3828) |
| 2020-07-05 | Front Porch Rib Fest Kansas City, MO | — | — | 13 (161.1084) | — | — |
| 2020-03-13 | 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 17 / 68 (680.5260) | 3 (176.5828) | 27 (170.2860) | 26 (170.2744) | 41 (163.3828) |
| 2019-09-28 | West Bottoms BBQ Contest 🏅 Kansas City, MO | 19 / 29 (669.5312) | 13 (171.9772) | 26 (159.3600) | 21 (165.0856) | 12 (173.1084) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 57 / 468 (496.5256) | 286 (162.8456) | 52 (173.7256) | 89 (171.4172) | 64 (173.1656) |
| 2019-08-30 | Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off 🏅 Nevada, MO | 17 / 22 (650.6972) | 20 (146.7772) | 11 (167.9772) | 18 (161.6456) | 6 (174.2972) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 51 / 68 (653.5084) | 58 (160.5028) | 44 (163.9428) | 42 (164.5256) | 35 (164.5372) |
| 2019-07-26 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ 🏅 Iola, KS | 31 / 41 (651.8744) | 31 (162.8000) | 35 (160.5372) | 28 (162.8000) | 25 (165.7372) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 5 / 183 (686.2056) | 8 (174.2628) | 22 (170.8572) | 4 (176.0000) | 59 (165.0856) |
| 2019-06-07 | Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 9 / 46 (683.3716) | 8 (173.7144) | 13 (172.5600) | 27 (164.5372) | 6 (172.5600) |
| 2019-05-10 | Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS | 44 / 53 (644.4684) | 52 (154.8000) | 44 (156.5484) | 44 (160.5600) | 15 (172.5600) |
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS | 18 / 38 (659.3484) | 22 (164.0000) | 15 (167.3828) | 25 (160.5600) | 14 (167.4056) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS | 53 / 104 (665.5772) | 60 (166.2744) | 39 (167.9772) | 71 (163.9428) | 46 (167.3828) |
| 2018-10-12 | *15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest Desoto, KS | 46 / 69 (662.8004) | 28 (169.7144) | 57 (157.6916) | 47 (165.6800) | 32 (169.7144) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 39 / 185 (655.9200) | 108 (157.6800) | 30 (168.5828) | 75 (162.8344) | 32 (166.8228) |
| 2018-05-18 | 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 26 / 37 (634.6860) | 24 (167.3944) | 35 (151.3716) | 25 (160.5028) | 24 (155.4172) |
| 2018-05-04 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 26 / 41 (643.2116) | 31 (158.8000) | 32 (155.9316) | 18 (164.5372) | 20 (163.9428) |
| 2017-10-13 | 14th Annual Cookin on the Kaw Desoto, KS | 34 / 55 (668.5028) | 34 (168.0000) | 7 (175.4056) | 31 (168.5600) | 48 (156.5372) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 357 / 407 (618.2856) | 254 (162.8800) | 362 (151.4284) | 360 (153.1544) | 347 (150.8228) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 164 / 184 (601.0168) | 167 (147.3828) | 145 (149.6456) | 131 (154.8684) | 136 (149.1200) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 487 / 557 (617.0628) | 495 (151.4172) | 448 (154.8572) | 372 (161.1084) | 476 (149.6800) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 121 / 183 (621.7032) | 79 (160.5488) | 136 (153.1656) | 162 (146.2972) | 68 (161.6916) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 121 / 183 (623.9080) | 90 (160.5028) | 96 (158.8684) | 173 (143.4168) | 66 (161.1200) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 147 / 184 (608.4572) | 40 (166.8228) | 162 (144.5144) | 130 (151.9656) | 148 (145.1544) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #949 (85 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #960 (120 pts) | #1020 (120 pts) | #935 (120 pts) | #858 (145 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #764 (205 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #589 (320 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #917 (120 pts) | #673 (245 pts) | #1023 (120 pts) | #913 (135 pts) | #957 (120 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #475 (220 pts) | #346 (355 pts) | #424 (286 pts) | #553 (180 pts) | #535 (200 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #353 (896 pts) | #365 (871 pts) | #442 (776 pts) | #434 (786 pts) | #326 (981 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1266 (180 pts) | #1300 (185 pts) | #1354 (180 pts) | #1232 (215 pts) | #1253 (210 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |