Meadow Valley BBQ

Meadow Valley BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Rockin' Country BBQ Fest (2014).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1555

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Oct 18, 2014 · 1.2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 5 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 23%

overall standings

Best overall

683.9544 / 720

Master · Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Brisket · Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)

Consistency

±10.66

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.49)

Road miles

528

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

672.61 / 720

5 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rockin' Country BBQ Fest (Jun 27, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LUCKY'S Q.

High-water mark

683.9544 career-best overall

95.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.9544 at Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) — 95.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 18, 2014

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings

TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LUCKY'S Q in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

Meadow Valley 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 46 rated teams sit within a point of it.

Hot Thang

#1,647 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1555

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Mike's Backyard BBQ

#1,645 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1555

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Tip of Texas BBQ

#1,649 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1555

They turned up 7 years after Meadow Valley BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 2, 2025
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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RENEGADE BBQ

#1,650 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1555

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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STUCK PIGS BBQ

#1,646 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1555

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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DAND BBQ

#1,651 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1559

14 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Meadow Valley BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 22, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY'S Q	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	3	0	1	172.5600	163.4288	168.90	top 34%
Pork Ribs	5	2	1	1	173.1200	160.5828	166.49	top 36%
Pork	5	3	0	0	171.4400	166.2400	169.01	top 28%
Brisket	5	2	0	1	173.7144	163.3944	168.22	top 30%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	1	1	top 7%
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 19%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	3	1	top 14%
MO	2	0	top 36%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 a different one every time

First title Jun 27, 2014 Rockin' Country BBQ Fest

Opponents faced 631 finished ahead 621 times, behind 191

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

20148 milestones

Jun 27 First category win (Pork Ribs) Rockin' Country BBQ Fest
Jun 27 First overall top-10 Rockin' Country BBQ Fest
Jun 27 First overall podium Rockin' Country BBQ Fest
Jun 27 First Grand Championship Rockin' Country BBQ Fest
Oct 18 Career-best overall score683.9544 Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
Oct 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7144 Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1555) Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
Oct 18 Most recent contest Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)

20133 milestones

Jul 26 First tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First call Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2056 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.2	Rockin' Country BBQ Fest	Jun 27, 2014
+13.7	Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)	Oct 18, 2014
+12	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 26, 2013
+11.9	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 3, 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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	2	1	2	1	100%	top 13%	95%	95%
2013	3	0	0	0	33%	top 30%	93.6%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 18, 2014	Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) Marshalltown, IA	5 / 27 (683.9544)	9 (172.5600)	10 (168.5372)	9 (169.1428)	6 (173.7144)
Jun 27, 2014	Rockin' Country BBQ Fest Nevada, IA	1 / 15 (683.8856)	3 (171.4056)	1 (173.1200)	6 (167.3828)	3 (171.9772)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	101 / 174 (657.6232)	118 (163.4288)	100 (162.8000)	79 (166.2400)	81 (165.1544)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	78 / 535 (663.4056)	181 (165.1200)	229 (160.5828)	57 (170.8228)	98 (166.8800)
Jul 26, 2013	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	11 / 66 (674.2056)	9 (171.9656)	23 (167.4056)	8 (171.4400)	29 (163.3944)

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

Meadow Valley BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Against the odds

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

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)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

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)