R&R BBQ

R&R BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1080 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “R & R BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,080

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1597

peak 1632 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Jul 24, 2026 · 13.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#541

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

61% of 23 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

701.1316 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

590.09 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 648.44 (-58.35)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

Consistency

±69.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.89 · weakest Pork (162.71)

Road miles

11,688

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 1,001 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Purse competed for

$16K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

648.44 / 720

23 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (18 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.7028 points from the title

Came within 1.7028 points of the Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship (Oct 9, 2015).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

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 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Apr 10, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

Apr 10, 2015

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Sam's Club National BBQ Tour is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 5 visits.

5 visits
best finish 1st
average top 20%

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 23 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 23 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.1316 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.1316 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 9, 2015

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Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 16%.

5 contests
5 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 16%

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ ahead in 78% of their meetings

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.18 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 57%.

Pork avg 162.71
Chicken avg 167.89
6 calls in 22 entries

The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on Apr 10, 2015 — 10 contests and 11.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 10, 2015
11.5 years ago

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of G AND L BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

6.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 6.1 years, then back at Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) (Jul 24, 2026).

last seen Jun 26, 2020
back Jul 24, 2026

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Apr 5, 2013).

Apr 5, 2013
29-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE SMOKER has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±9.69% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±9.69% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 90.1% of a perfect score
best 97.4%

The long haul

11,688 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,688 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,001 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship.

23 mapped stops
furthest 1,001 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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
2020 ↗	Master	#1079 (59 pts)	#1091 (59 pts)	#1103 (59 pts)	#1097 (59 pts)	#1083 (59 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1965 (104 pts)	#2234 (69 pts)	#1672 (149 pts)	#2080 (94 pts)	#2182 (74 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#846 (419 pts)	#769 (514 pts)	#865 (449 pts)	#1360 (234 pts)	#695 (574 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#541 (700 pts)	#587 (665 pts)	#748 (505 pts)	#836 (435 pts)	#932 (370 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#913 (356 pts)	#973 (361 pts)	#800 (456 pts)	#1369 (221 pts)	#849 (406 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#627 (504 pts)	#701 (469 pts)	#601 (554 pts)	#939 (339 pts)	#957 (319 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

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

ZZ-QUE

#1,082 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1621

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before R&R BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 26 contests

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BURNIN BELLIES

#1,076 of the rated field

1597 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1597

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jan 17, 2020

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Walk The Swine

#1,077 of the rated field

1597 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1597

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2025
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Chompa Q

#1,083 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1598

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 53% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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HOLY SMOKIN!!!

#1,075 of the rated field

1597 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1597

They turned up 6 years after R&R BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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Sheats Smoked Meats

#1,078 of the rated field

1597 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1616

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

rated over 40 contests
last seen Mar 15, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TEAM AMERICA	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
G AND L BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
HD BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
Whistle Pig BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
PHIL & LOU BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Phil the Grill	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	13	1	3	180 🔥	154.2854	167.89	top 43%
Pork Ribs	23	16	2	4	174.8916	142.2288	166.86	top 33%
Pork	22	6	1	1	176.5600	146.9600	162.71	top 54%
Brisket	22	12	0	4	177.7028	153.6456	165.24	top 40%

“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)	3	0	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	14	2	top 35%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 32%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
UT	9	2	top 27%
NV	7	0	top 44%
CA	3	0	top 20%
KS	1	0	top 123%
MO	1	0	top 100%
AR	1	0	top 4%
NM	1	0	top 73%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	5	1	2	top 20%	Apr 7, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	4	7	0	top 53%	Apr 22, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	5	0	top 20%	Mar 25, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in UT 9 of 23 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 15 3 of them more than once

First title Apr 11, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Opponents faced 484 finished ahead 525 times, behind 290

Longest layoff 6.1 yrs Jun 26, 2020 → Jul 24, 2026

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

20261 milestone

Jul 24 Most recent contest Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)

20161 milestone

Apr 22 Peak power rating (1632) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

20154 milestones

Apr 10 Biggest field won (30 teams) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 9 First Reserve Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
Oct 9 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship
Oct 9 Career-best overall score701.1316 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship

20144 milestones

Apr 11 First category win (Pork) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 27 10th tracked contest Smokin' On The Pecos

20134 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2852 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship	Oct 9, 2015
+14.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 10, 2015
+14.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 11, 2014
+14.6	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons	Aug 16, 2013
+13.8	Wine Country Big Q	Jul 12, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.7	Grillin and Chillin	Jun 26, 2020
-11.4	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT)	Jul 24, 2026
-11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Apr 19, 2013
-9	Smokin' On The Pecos	Jun 27, 2014
-4	Red Rock BBQ	Jan 3, 2020

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)
2026	1	0	0	0	100%	top 123%	46.4%	46.4%
2020	2	0	1	0	50%	top 83%	93%	89%
2017	1	0	0	0	100%	top 52%	91.8%	91.8%
2016	3	0	2	0	100%	top 34%	93.7%	93.4%
2015	5	1	5	3	100%	top 16%	97.4%	94.2%
2014	5	1	2	1	80%	top 39%	95.2%	91.7%
2013	6	0	4	0	67%	top 32%	94.2%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 24, 2026	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Comp (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Dodge City, KS	16 / 13 (334.2056)	17 (162.2284)	6 (171.9772)	—	—
Jun 26, 2020	Grillin and Chillin 🏅 Chillicothe, MO	34 / 34 (611.7600)	34 (161.6800)	34 (142.2288)	34 (154.2056)	33 (153.6456)
Jan 3, 2020	Red Rock BBQ 🏅 Hurrican, UT	10 / 15 (669.6344)	8 (168.5600)	9 (166.8228)	12 (163.3944)	6 (170.8572)
Apr 7, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	15 / 29 (661.0852)	22 (163.3940)	8 (168.5828)	17 (167.9656)	21 (161.1428)
Apr 22, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	16 / 30 (673.7604)	16 (169.1544)	9 (170.9144)	25 (161.0972)	7 (172.5944)
Apr 8, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	9 / 30 (667.9084)	2 (173.7028)	5 (169.7372)	28 (150.7656)	2 (173.7028)
Mar 25, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV	5 / 29 (674.8572)	7 (170.2628)	10 (166.9028)	11 (169.7144)	7 (167.9772)
Oct 9, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	2 / 50 (701.1316)	1 (180)	17 (174.8916)	42 (168.5372)	10 (177.7028)
Jun 19, 2015	YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT	6 / 23 (666.7884)	16 (162.2628)	1 (173.7256)	14 (162.2400)	4 (168.5600)
Apr 24, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	7 / 30 (686.3432)	2 (178.3200)	11 (170.8916)	6 (176.5600)	26 (160.5716)
Apr 10, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	1 / 30 (675.3824)	11 (167.4056)	1 (170.2856)	4 (167.4284)	5 (170.2628)
Mar 27, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV	7 / 30 (659.8856)	6 (170.8228)	4 (170.2744)	14 (162.2400)	15 (156.5484)
Jul 24, 2014	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT	4 / 31 (667.3828)	17 (163.9656)	4 (172.0228)	22 (157.6800)	2 (173.7144)
Jun 27, 2014	Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM	44 / 60 (629.9088)	38 (160.0344)	22 (167.4516)	55 (146.9600)	39 (155.4628)
Apr 26, 2014	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	29 / 51 (650.7656)	6 (173.1200)	9 (169.1656)	49 (150.1828)	33 (158.2972)
Apr 25, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	14 / 30 (668.5484)	5 (174.8456)	23 (160)	4 (173.1772)	26 (160.5256)
Apr 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	1 / 29 (685.1656)	4 (172.0228)	2 (171.4284)	1 (170.2972)	3 (171.4172)
Oct 4, 2013	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	42 / 99 (648.4912)	50 (163.4056)	44 (162.2628)	27 (165.6800)	63 (157.1428)
Sep 20, 2013	Utah BBQ Festival Coalville, UT	5 / 16 (650.3200)	9 (158.2856)	6 (160.5600)	9 (158.9144)	2 (172.5600)
Aug 16, 2013	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington State Beach, CA	4 / 63 (678.2512)	4 (175.4056)	2 (174.2972)	7 (171.4400)	26 (157.1084)
Jul 12, 2013	Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA	5 / 44 (662.7656)	8 (167.9656)	6 (165.6800)	16 (160.5600)	7 (168.5600)
Apr 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	26 / 30 (627.4280)	27 (154.2854)	28 (149.1428)	12 (163.4284)	14 (160.5714)
Apr 5, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	4 / 29 (662.2852)	6 (170.2856)	4 (168.5716)	19 (157.1426)	6 (166.2854)

R&R 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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (18 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

The long haul

A standing appointment

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)