Giant slayer
30
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.
- Mar 22, 2013
LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ
LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2013. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1022 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2013
latest Oct 18, 2013
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Best overall
682.2628 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.69
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 167.07 · weakest Pork (163.65)
Road miles
1,692
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,141 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
662.93 / 720
5 Master contests · 1 GC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1022 (280 pts) | #1088 (280 pts) | #1571 (150 pts) | #1763 (130 pts) | #1054 (280 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
LUTZ'S FAMOUS 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 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1532
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — TOMBSTONE BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,532 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,535 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
They turned up 10 years after LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,536 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with LUTZ'S FAMOUS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,534 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,542 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I.A.B. 30 BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2628 | 157.6912 | 166.84 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 162.8570 | 165.38 | top 39% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8570 | 158.8228 | 163.65 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 153.6800 | 167.07 | top 35% |
“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) | 2 | 1 | top 10% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
First title
Mar 22, 2013
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Opponents faced
623
finished ahead 513 times, behind 301
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
201313 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5712 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Biggest field won (30 teams) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score682.2628 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Peak power rating (1529) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 22, 2013 |
| +11.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Apr 19, 2013 |
| +1.5 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship | Oct 18, 2013 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR | 48 / 50 (657.5428) | 41 (167.3944) | 46 (163.9544) | 48 (158.8228) | 40 (167.3712) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 239 / 535 (641.7256) | 342 (157.6912) | 170 (164.0572) | 139 (166.2972) | 343 (153.6800) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 13 / 174 (682.2628) | 17 (174.2628) | 17 (172.5828) | 98 (163.4172) | 31 (172) |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV | 5 / 30 (656.5712) | 13 (164.5714) | 10 (162.8570) | 14 (162.8572) | 3 (166.2856) |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 1 / 30 (676.5712) | 1 (170.2858) | 8 (163.4284) | 10 (166.8570) | 1 (176) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.