ROUGHNECKS BBQ

ROUGHNECKS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Ol' Glory BBQ Bash (2013), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1301 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,301

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1579

peak 1598 · rated over 20 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013

latest Sep 15, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#234

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1084 / 720

Master · Cowley County BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.78 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 667.52 (-12.74)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Consistency

±13.76

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.03 · weakest Brisket (165.65)

Road miles

2,084

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 139 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

667.52 / 720

21 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Giant slayer

31 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 31-team field at Ol' Glory BBQ Bash.

Jun 14, 2013

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Ol' Glory BBQ Bash is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 17%

High-water mark

697.1084 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1084 at Cowley County BBQ Contest — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 11, 2014

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Ol' Glory BBQ Bash on Jun 14, 2013 — 17 contests and 13.3 years ago.

last GC Jun 14, 2013
13.3 years ago

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Outhouse BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 64% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 14 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

JP CUSTOM SMOKE has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The metronome

±1.91% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.7% of a perfect score
21 contests

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2112 (85 pts)	#2178 (90 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2208 (80 pts)	#2059 (110 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1161 (243 pts)	#1127 (278 pts)	#1094 (303 pts)	#1261 (248 pts)	#1281 (228 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#415 (916 pts)	#432 (871 pts)	#439 (891 pts)	#519 (741 pts)	#549 (676 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#234 (1,256 pts)	#232 (1,171 pts)	#337 (896 pts)	#221 (1,211 pts)	#240 (1,191 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Fishing Eagles

#1,303 of the rated field

1579 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1579

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to ROUGHNECKS BBQ)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — Fishing Eagles ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2017

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HIGH DESERT HOLY SMOKE BBQ

#1,302 of the rated field

1579 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1579

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROUGHNECKS BBQ)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 46 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 46 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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SMOKE IN THE EYE

#1,297 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1638

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to ROUGHNECKS BBQ)

62 contests to 21: their number has had years to settle where ROUGHNECKS BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 62 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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BIG DADDY QUE

#1,304 of the rated field

1579 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1579

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 30% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2017

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RICK'S RACKS

#1,300 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1580

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2025

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BAD WOLF BBQ

#1,298 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1586

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

rated over 44 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
Outhouse BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKE 'N' RUB	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
FIREBREATHERS BARBECUE	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	7	0	2	176.5828	149.1200	168.03	top 36%
Pork Ribs	21	5	1	1	178.8572	155.9656	166.85	top 43%
Pork	21	7	0	2	175.4286	150.7768	167.00	top 41%
Brisket	21	7	0	1	176.5714	157.1200	165.65	top 43%

“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)	14	1	top 33%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	17	1	top 35%
MO	4	0	top 48%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2	1	1	top 17%	Jun 20, 2014
Derby BBQ Festival	2	14	0	top 53%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 9 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 3.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 17 of 21 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 19 2 of them more than once

First title Jun 14, 2013 Ol' Glory BBQ Bash

Opponents faced 1,540 finished ahead 1,727 times, behind 1,449

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 1, 2017 → Sep 15, 2018

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

20181 milestone

Sep 15 Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20146 milestones

Jun 20 10th tracked contest Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
Jul 11 Career-best overall score697.1084 Cowley County BBQ Contest
Oct 17 First category win (Pork Ribs) Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 17 First Reserve Championship Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 17 Peak power rating (1598) Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20137 milestones

Apr 26 First tracked contest R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First call R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall top-10 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8568 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Jun 14 First overall podium Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
Jun 14 First Grand Championship Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
Jun 14 Biggest field won (31 teams) Ol' Glory BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	Jun 14, 2013
+12.8	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 2013
+12.4	National Bar-B-Que Derby	Sep 6, 2013
+12.1	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 17, 2014
+11.7	Cowley County BBQ Contest	Jul 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Derby BBQ Festival	Sep 11, 2015
-6.2	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
-5.8	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015
-3.6	Valley Center Spring Fling	May 31, 2013
-3.1	Eureka BBQ Bash	Jun 19, 2015

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)
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	top 56%	91%	91%
2017	1	0	0	0	0%	top 45%	92.4%	92.4%
2016	1	0	0	0	0%	top 53%	92.8%	92.8%
2015	3	0	0	0	33%	top 64%	91.8%	90.1%
2014	6	0	2	1	50%	top 31%	96.8%	93.7%
2013	9	1	6	0	78%	top 29%	95.1%	93.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	263 / 467 (655.3596)	208 (167.4056)	334 (160.5716)	180 (167.4056)	306 (159.9768)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	182 / 407 (665.1312)	82 (173.1428)	188 (165.7256)	230 (164)	238 (162.2628)
Sep 9, 2016	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	20 / 38 (668.4684)	19 (167.4056)	25 (162.8344)	21 (165.6684)	15 (172.5600)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	386 / 606 (641.0396)	76 (172.5944)	463 (155.9656)	545 (150.7768)	307 (161.7028)
Sep 11, 2015	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	18 / 26 (643.9200)	12 (164.0116)	16 (158.8000)	14 (161.7028)	20 (159.4056)
Jun 19, 2015	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	16 / 27 (661.1316)	15 (164.5944)	8 (170.2972)	19 (165.1200)	17 (161.1200)
Oct 17, 2014	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	2 / 30 (673.1200)	4 (168.5944)	1 (178.8572)	5 (168.5484)	17 (157.1200)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	346 / 552 (644.4796)	510 (149.1200)	84 (172)	277 (163.9656)	325 (159.3940)
Sep 12, 2014	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	14 / 38 (677.6688)	18 (167.4400)	12 (171.9888)	17 (169.1200)	13 (169.1200)
Aug 22, 2014	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	13 / 36 (678.2288)	11 (170.8572)	20 (166.8460)	14 (171.4056)	13 (169.1200)
Jul 11, 2014	Cowley County BBQ Contest Winfield, KS	3 / 20 (697.1084)	3 (176.5828)	4 (174.2744)	4 (174.2856)	7 (171.9656)
Jun 20, 2014	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	13 / 42 (677.1316)	10 (170.8572)	13 (173.7144)	24 (166.2628)	16 (166.2972)
Oct 18, 2013	Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS	6 / 25 (677.1428)	12 (168.0228)	11 (167.4172)	3 (172.5600)	6 (169.1428)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	103 / 174 (657.1200)	144 (160.5600)	72 (166.2628)	36 (170.8800)	121 (159.4172)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	36 / 535 (671.9312)	145 (166.8228)	45 (170.8572)	241 (161.1428)	28 (173.1084)
Sep 6, 2013	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	4 / 35 (670.7884)	12 (164.5484)	4 (172)	11 (166.2628)	5 (167.9772)
Aug 23, 2013	Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	8 / 26 (674.7996)	11 (169.7372)	10 (166.8228)	8 (170.8112)	8 (167.4284)
Jun 14, 2013	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	1 / 31 (684.5714)	10 (169.1428)	19 (163.4286)	2 (175.4286)	2 (176.5714)
May 31, 2013	Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS	21 / 34 (655.4284)	8 (169.7144)	29 (155.9998)	21 (163.4284)	10 (166.2858)
May 17, 2013	Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS	7 / 25 (668.5714)	2 (174.2858)	15 (162.2858)	8 (165.7142)	9 (166.2856)
Apr 26, 2013	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	8 / 25 (674.8568)	4 (173.1428)	11 (166.8572)	7 (172.5712)	16 (162.2856)

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

ROUGHNECKS BBQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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 — 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)