Budmeisters

Budmeisters is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) (2014). They are ranked #1843 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,843

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1546

peak 1546 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Mar 27, 2015 · 1.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

60% of 5 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 25%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1316 / 720

Master · Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544

Chicken · Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off

Consistency

±10.38

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.63 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.21)

Road miles

563

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Master avg

680.47 / 720

5 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) (Mar 28, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Killer B's BBQ.

Giant slayer

35 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 35-team field at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA).

Mar 28, 2014

Happy hunting ground

Top 11% average finish here

Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 11%

High-water mark

697.1316 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1316 at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Mar 28, 2014

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOT WACHULA'S ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOT WACHULA'S has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RESCUE SMOKERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 44 at their very first tracked contest, Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off (Aug 23, 2013).

Aug 23, 2013
44-team field

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TEXAS GRILLBILLIES

#1,836 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1546

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2022

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EXTREME ROASTERS

#1,834 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1546

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2014

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BARABOO Q

#1,831 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1546

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2014

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BBQ BRETHREN

#1,844 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1546

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2015

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FAST HAND BBQ Co.

#1,835 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1546

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 26, 2025

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If You Got it Smoke It

#1,852 of the rated field

1545 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1545

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 Jun 30, 2023

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	1	177.1544	163.9544	170.50	top 41%
Pork Ribs	5	2	1	176.0344	160.5488	168.21	top 42%
Pork	5	2	0	174.2628	163.9772	170.14	top 29%
Brisket	5	3	1	175.4172	165.6684	171.63	top 22%

“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 23%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
GA	3	1	top 34%
FL	2	0	top 11%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash	2	1	1	top 23%	Mar 27, 2015
Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	2	4	0	top 11%	Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 2 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

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

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

First title Mar 28, 2014 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)

Opponents faced 155 finished ahead 156 times, behind 58

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

20152 milestones

Mar 27 Peak power rating (1546) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
Mar 27 Most recent contest Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash

20144 milestones

Mar 28 First overall podium Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)
Mar 28 First Grand Championship Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)
Mar 28 Biggest field won (35 teams) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)
Mar 28 Career-best overall score697.1316 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)

20135 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 First call Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.2912 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Aug 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.4	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA)	Mar 28, 2014
+14.1	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	Aug 23, 2013
+12.2	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	Aug 22, 2014
+2.8	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash	Mar 27, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.6	Flames on the Flint	Mar 13, 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 50%	93.9%	93.2%
2014	2	1	2	100%	top 8%	96.8%	95.9%
2013	1	0	1	100%	top 9%	94.3%	94.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 27, 2015	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA	12 / 28 (665.5772)	19 (163.9544)	8 (171.9772)	15 (163.9772)	14 (165.6684)
Mar 13, 2015	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	41 / 72 (675.8512)	62 (164.5372)	56 (165.0856)	15 (173.1084)	14 (173.1200)
Aug 22, 2014	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	5 / 40 (684.5032)	5 (175.4172)	28 (160.5488)	6 (173.1316)	4 (175.4056)
Mar 28, 2014	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) Ashburn, GA	1 / 35 (697.1316)	12 (171.4172)	2 (176.0344)	6 (174.2628)	2 (175.4172)
Aug 23, 2013	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	4 / 44 (679.2912)	2 (177.1544)	13 (167.3828)	18 (166.2284)	10 (168.5256)

Budmeisters

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

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 (7 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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)