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SON SEEKERS BBQ

SON SEEKERS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #703 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#703
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1641
peak 1662 · rated over 43 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

44
in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013
latest Sep 21, 2018 · 5.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#287
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

2
2 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

7
24 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
39% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%
overall standings

Best overall

706.2628 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

667.77 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 672.37 (-4.60)

Walk rate

84%
contests with a top-10 call

Consistency

±14.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 169.31 · weakest Pork (166.64)

Road miles

5,331
across 44 mapped stops · furthest 445 mi

Schedule strength

53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Master avg

672.37 / 720
44 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

4.6060 points from the title

Came within 4.6060 points of the Grand Championship at Nebo Fall Festival BBQ (Sep 18, 2015).

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Jun 17, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SWIGGIN PIG.

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (Apr 22, 2016).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 37 of 44 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 44 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

706.2628 career-best overall

98.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 706.2628 at Nebo Fall Festival BBQ — 98.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 18, 2015
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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

EAT MOR BUTT BBQ has finished one call ahead of SON SEEKERS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 1 Grand Championship

2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 15%.

  • 5 contests
  • 4 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 15%

A tough matchup

18–5 behind in the head-to-head

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 78% of their meetings

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 18 of their 23 shared contests.

The drought

20 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on Jun 17, 2016 — 20 contests and 10.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 17, 2016
  • 10.3 years ago

Chicken nemesis

15 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has out-cooked them in 15 of 23 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOBBIE BAR-B-Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 23% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 23% across 11 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

  • 11 April contests
  • top 38% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.06% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.06% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.4% of a perfect score
  • 44 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #479 (748 pts) #612 (608 pts) #346 (983 pts) #550 (678 pts) #371 (933 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #362 (1,033 pts) #357 (1,033 pts) #333 (1,088 pts) #647 (633 pts) #384 (993 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #287 (1,216 pts) #371 (1,024 pts) #146 (1,621 pts) #302 (1,172 pts) #384 (1,026 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #453 (849 pts) #381 (979 pts) #385 (954 pts) #486 (804 pts) #624 (604 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #431 (897 pts) #335 (1,067 pts) #497 (802 pts) #487 (797 pts) #442 (862 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #309 (985 pts) #503 (645 pts) #258 (1,140 pts) #608 (545 pts) #450 (710 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SON SEEKERS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

SWEET BEAVER BBQ
#704 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1641
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SON SEEKERS BBQ)

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

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Oct 6, 2017
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WEEKEND SMOKERS
#701 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
70
GCs
3
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1659

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 70 contests to 44.

  • rated over 70 contests
  • last seen Jul 11, 2026
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FOUR SMOKING GUYS
#702 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
74
GCs
1
Top-10s
41%
Peak
1674

They've been 1674 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 73 contests
  • last seen Jun 1, 2024
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Wine Country Q
#705 of the rated field
1641 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
1
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1641

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 24 contests, alongside a 58% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2025
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SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS
#706 of the rated field
1640 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
47
GCs
0
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1655
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to SON SEEKERS BBQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 47 contests
  • last seen May 20, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
#713 of the rated field
1640 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
102
GCs
0
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1691
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SON SEEKERS BBQ)

Level with SON SEEKERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 102 contests
  • last seen Sep 20, 2019
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOBBIE BAR-B-Q 32 28 4 88% ⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS 24 9 15 38% ⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS 23 5 18 22% ⚔ compare
Z SMOKE 22 21 1 95% ⚔ compare
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ 21 6 15 29% ⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ 19 5 14 26% ⚔ compare
Kentucky Kookers 18 14 4 78% ⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN 18 5 13 28% ⚔ compare
Pappy Q 17 5 12 29% ⚔ compare
RURAL ROUTE BBQ 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
OWENSBORO PORK PULLERS 15 14 1 93% ⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
One2BBQ 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
OLE MAN LARRY'S BBQ 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
WeQ4U 14 6 8 43% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 44 17 3 6 178.2972 158.8572 169.31 top 41%
Pork Ribs 44 25 3 11 178.2972 139.9316 169.16 top 33%
Pork 44 13 0 3 177.7028 150.7772 166.64 top 48%
Brisket 44 16 1 4 179.4400 151.3484 167.26 top 44%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 46%
Medium (20–39)242top 42%
Large (40+)170top 31%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KY160top 42%
TN101top 33%
IN90top 46%
IL61top 14%
KS20top 49%
GA10top 67%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Grilling & Chillin BBQ 2 18 0 top 47% Sep 21, 2018
Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) 2 7 0 top 37% Sep 7, 2018
Smoke on the Shores 2 18 0 top 50% Mar 9, 2018
Smokin For Garrett 2 17 0 top 55% Jun 2, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 12 0 top 53% May 12, 2017
Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 2 2 0 top 10% Apr 28, 2017
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 38 0 top 49% Oct 29, 2016
High on the Hog Festival 2 16 0 top 33% Apr 15, 2016
Grillin N Chillin BBQ 2 8 0 top 32% Sep 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 12 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 7.3 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KY 16 of 44 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 35 9 of them more than once
First title Apr 26, 2013 Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship
Opponents faced 1,073 finished ahead 1,551 times, behind 737

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Grilling & Chillin BBQ
20172 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL)
  2. Peak power rating (1662) Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
20162 milestones
  1. First multi-meat day Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship
  2. 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
20152 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Nebo Fall Festival BBQ
  2. Career-best overall score706.2628 Nebo Fall Festival BBQ
20141 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Grillin N Chillin BBQ
20138 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
  2. First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.7140 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
  4. First overall top-10 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
  5. First overall podium Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship
  6. First Grand Championship Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship
  7. Biggest field won (36 teams) Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship
  8. First category win (Pork Ribs) Queen City Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.3Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue ChampionshipApr 26, 2013
+14.6Sam's Club National BBQ TourJun 17, 2016
+13.9Nebo Fall Festival BBQSep 18, 2015
+12.7Grillin and Chillin BBQSep 27, 2013
+12.41st Annual Parkinson's Smoke OutApr 5, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-19City of Earlington OctoberFestOct 3, 2014
-7Rockin BBQMay 13, 2016
-6.7Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ CookoffOct 14, 2016
-6.6Smokin For GarrettApr 27, 2018
-6.2Smoke on the ShoresMar 9, 2018

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20187020 86% top 48% 96.3% 92.7%
20177032 86% top 34% 96.8% 93.9%
201612133 67% top 45% 97.2% 93.3%
20156021 100% top 29% 98.1% 94.8%
20147030 86% top 44% 96% 92.3%
20135141 100% top 15% 95.5% 93.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 21, 2018 Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 19 / 37 (652.4112) 26 (159.3944) 7 (169.1200) 28 (159.3484) 19 (164.5484)
Sep 7, 2018 Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN 7 / 28 (679.3596) 10 (170.2628) 3 (174.8456) 9 (168.5600) 14 (165.6912)
Aug 24, 2018 Great American BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Franklin, TN 21 / 36 (666.7200) 26 (162.8344) 26 (163.3944) 23 (165.0740) 3 (175.4172)
Jun 15, 2018 Smoke in the House White House, TN 4 / 16 (693.0512) 7 (171.4056) 6 (169.6800) 3 (174.2628) 2 (177.7028)
Apr 27, 2018 Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN 24 / 38 (647.3256) 20 (165.7256) 9 (168.5600) 23 (161.6916) 32 (151.3484)
Mar 23, 2018 Dickson County Smokefest Dickson, TN 15 / 29 (671.8856) 22 (162.8112) 6 (173.7144) 23 (162.2400) 9 (173.1200)
Mar 9, 2018 Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN 55 / 87 (662.0912) 25 (171.9772) 54 (163.9428) 34 (170.8112) 73 (155.3600)
Sep 22, 2017 Grilling & Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 18 / 42 (665.6460) 7 (172.5600) 18 (164.5716) 33 (160.5144) 16 (168)
Sep 8, 2017 Smoke On The Ohio (JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN 14 / 29 (658.7656) 21 (160.5372) 16 (165.7144) 20 (163.9884) 11 (168.5256)
Jun 2, 2017 Smokin For Garrett Boonville, IN 17 / 31 (663.3372) 14 (169.1316) 8 (168.5372) 14 (168.5600) 24 (157.1084)
May 12, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY 19 / 29 (670.7656) 7 (176.5600) 17 (167.9884) 28 (154.2400) 11 (171.9772)
Apr 28, 2017 Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Mt.Carmel, IL 2 / 29 (692.5716) 1 (176) 2 (175.4516) 5 (170.2628) 7 (170.8572)
Apr 7, 2017 First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off (TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY 4 / 40 (697.0972) 5 (173.7144) 10 (173.1200) 19 (170.8228) 1 (179.4400)
Mar 10, 2017 Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN 5 / 62 (685.0972) 30 (168.5600) 2 (176.5944) 37 (165.6800) 10 (174.2628)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 38 / 557 (685.6456) 68 (172.5600) 15 (176.5600) 237 (166.2400) 105 (170.2856)
Oct 28, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 165 / 180 (649.6232) 64 (173.1544) 137 (163.4172) 179 (150.7772) 156 (162.2744)
Oct 14, 2016 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cookoff Munfordville, KY 23 / 34 (671.8628) 29 (164.5372) 2 (175.4172) 30 (162.8000) 19 (169.1084)
Sep 23, 2016 Grillin and Chillin Owensboro, KY 20 / 39 (664.3768) 26 (167.3828) 17 (168.5256) 16 (169.1200) 27 (159.3484)
Sep 16, 2016 Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition Nebo, KY 9 / 20 (674.7544) 14 (162.2628) 1 (175.4172) 16 (162.8000) 6 (174.2744)
Jul 1, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Marietta, GA 20 / 30 (680.4684) 16 (171.4172) 8 (174.2628) 7 (172.5484) 28 (162.2400)
Jun 17, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN 1 / 29 (699.9544) 17 (172.5716) 8 (174.2744) 4 (177.7028) 7 (175.4056)
May 20, 2016 Smokin' for Garrett Boonville, IN 19 / 35 (656.4796) 29 (160.5600) 14 (166.2856) 9 (171.9656) 24 (157.6684)
May 13, 2016 Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN 20 / 28 (653.0968) 24 (158.8572) 10 (170.2512) 13 (166.8916) 23 (157.0968)
Apr 22, 2016 Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship Mt. Carmel, IL 4 / 30 (662.2624) 1 (172.6172) 1 (171.4628) 15 (158.1940) 10 (159.9884)
Apr 15, 2016 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 16 / 56 (683.9200) 24 (170.8228) 29 (167.4172) 11 (173.1200) 18 (172.5600)
Mar 11, 2016 Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN 18 / 49 (677.0744) 9 (173.7144) 32 (165.7144) 34 (164.5256) 9 (173.1200)
Sep 25, 2015 Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 17 / 38 (666.1144) 8 (173.1200) 18 (163.9544) 30 (160.5028) 14 (168.5372)
Sep 18, 2015 Nebo Fall Festival BBQ Nebo, KY 2 / 16 (706.2628) 1 (178.2972) 2 (177.1428) 3 (176.5600) 8 (174.2628)
Jun 19, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY 12 / 29 (678.7540) 17 (167.9772) 17 (168) 3 (175.4056) 15 (167.3712)
Jun 5, 2015 Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY 5 / 34 (692.5600) 2 (177.7372) 15 (167.4172) 6 (175.4172) 11 (171.9884)
Apr 24, 2015 Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL 11 / 46 (670.1940) 9 (171.9772) 8 (173.1200) 26 (163.9312) 27 (161.1656)
Apr 17, 2015 High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN 22 / 59 (681.0628) 49 (165.0972) 2 (178.2972) 24 (169.7028) 31 (167.9656)
Oct 17, 2014 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY 22 / 32 (651.9200) 28 (162.2628) 30 (153.1200) 13 (167.4172) 8 (169.1200)
Oct 3, 2014 City of Earlington OctoberFest Earlington, KY 9 / 9 (660.5032) 2 (173.7028) 7 (163.4060) 7 (164.5716) 9 (158.8228)
Sep 26, 2014 Grillin N Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 8 / 43 (679.9432) 15 (169.6800) 11 (168.0232) 9 (171.4056) 13 (170.8344)
Jun 27, 2014 Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL 3 / 33 (691.3600) 8 (171.4056) 7 (171.9772) 8 (172.5600) 5 (175.4172)
Jun 13, 2014 Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN 29 / 52 (645.5544) 7 (174.2628) 51 (139.9316) 27 (163.3828) 16 (167.9772)
Apr 25, 2014 Wabash Ribberfest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL 13 / 50 (667.3484) 3 (174.2628) 22 (164) 23 (163.4056) 23 (165.6800)
Apr 3, 2014 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN 20 / 64 (657.6456) 27 (164.5484) 12 (169.7144) 26 (166.2628) 44 (157.1200)
Sep 27, 2013 Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY 4 / 45 (687.9084) 7 (175.4056) 3 (175.4172) 17 (168.5372) 14 (168.5484)
Jun 21, 2013 Queen City Cook-Off Clarksville, TN 8 / 39 (676.5710) 17 (168.5712) 1 (175.4286) 15 (168) 24 (164.5712)
Apr 26, 2013 Wabash Ribber Fest Barbecue Championship Mt. Carmel, IL 1 / 36 (676.5708) 14 (165.1426) 6 (167.4284) 6 (169.7142) 2 (174.2856)
Apr 5, 2013 1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN 6 / 50 (666.8564) 12 (165.1428) 6 (169.1428) 24 (162.8568) 7 (169.7140)
Mar 29, 2013 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY 12 / 40 (661.7140) 16 (169.1428) 3 (173.1428) 26 (160) 23 (159.4284)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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