WOODHOUSE BARBECUE

WOODHOUSE BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #552 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#552

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1668

peak 1678 · rated over 34 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 25, 2013

latest Jul 6, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#77

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

16 podiums

Overall top-10s

43% of 35 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

697.1316 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Vista Q Classic

Perfect 180s

Current form

671.89 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.52 (+8.37)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5828

Brisket · 6th Annual Vista Q Classic

Consistency

±18.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.14 · weakest Pork (165.25)

Road miles

16,955

across 35 mapped stops · furthest 2,067 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

663.52 / 720

35 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5712 points from the title

Came within 0.5712 points of the Grand Championship at 6th Annual Vista Q Classic (Jul 25, 2014).

Among the elite

#552 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1668 puts them #552 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

rating 1668
peak 1678
34 rated contests

Giant slayer

33 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship.

May 2, 2014

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

Wine Country Big Q is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 14%

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 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship (May 2, 2014).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 35 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 35 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.1316 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1316 at 6th Annual Vista Q Classic — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2014

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The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ has finished one call ahead of WOODHOUSE BARBECUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–5 behind in the head-to-head

Burnin and Lootin ahead in 74% of their meetings

Burnin and Lootin has come out ahead in 14 of their 19 shared contests.

The drought

18 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship on May 2, 2014 — 18 contests and 12.4 years ago.

last GC May 2, 2014
12.4 years ago

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of My Smokin' Grillfriend in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Newport Beach Winter Q (Jan 27, 2017).

last seen Jun 12, 2015
back Jan 27, 2017

Chicken nemesis

19 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

LEFT COAST Q ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LEFT COAST Q has out-cooked them in 19 of 23 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
35 contests

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

All Sauced Up has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 19% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 19% across 4 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 29% the rest of the year

The long haul

16,955 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 16,955 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,067 miles to Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival.

35 mapped stops
furthest 2,067 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1516 (165 pts)	#1552 (175 pts)	#1732 (135 pts)	#1391 (205 pts)	#1583 (165 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1090 (270 pts)	#1419 (195 pts)	#1119 (290 pts)	#1647 (145 pts)	#1245 (235 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#77 (2,152 pts)	#99 (1,842 pts)	#197 (1,477 pts)	#88 (1,886 pts)	#61 (2,086 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#212 (1,360 pts)	#259 (1,090 pts)	#42 (2,060 pts)	#209 (1,255 pts)	#206 (1,295 pts)

Overall rank by season

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HONKY-TONK SMOKERS

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1668 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1697

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WOODHOUSE BARBECUE)

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

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#551 of the rated field

1668 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1737

They've been 1737 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

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Pork Pullers

#550 of the rated field

1668 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1684

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 58 contests to 35.

rated over 57 contests
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ACK-QUE

#549 of the rated field

1668 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1730

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 89 contests, alongside a 37% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 87 contests
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MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ

#547 of the rated field

1669 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 227
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1772

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WOODHOUSE BARBECUE)

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

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Mad Rocket Barbecue

#557 of the rated field

1667 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1676

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

rated over 29 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ	24	16	8	67%	⚔ compare
LEFT COAST Q	23	9	14	39%	⚔ compare
RIDGE ROUTE BOYS BBQ	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	19	7	12	37%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	19	5	14	26%	⚔ compare
PORKETEERS	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
All Sauced Up	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
KNOCK UR SOX OFF BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
TWISTED BRISKET BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
BOWLING OVER PIGS	13	9	4	69%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	35	14	2	2	176.5600	143.3944	166.14	top 38%
Pork Ribs	35	13	1	6	176.5828	150.2400	166.10	top 34%
Pork	35	12	1	4	176.5716	147.4288	165.25	top 36%
Brisket	35	16	2	4	176.5828	147.4286	166.02	top 31%

“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)	11	1	top 22%
Large (40+)	24	0	top 32%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CA	26	1	top 29%
AZ	2	0	top 12%
MO	2	0	top 56%
AL	2	0	top 18%
NV	2	0	top 33%
NC	1	0	top 37%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Wine Country Big Q	2	4	0	top 14%	Jul 11, 2014
Silicon Valley BBQ Championships	2	16	0	top 31%	Jun 27, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 17 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 7 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 26 of 35 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 33 2 of them more than once

First title May 2, 2014 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship

Opponents faced 1,280 finished ahead 1,623 times, behind 742

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs Jun 12, 2015 → Jan 27, 2017

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

20181 milestone

Jul 6 Most recent contest Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival

20171 milestone

Jan 27 Peak power rating (1678) Newport Beach Winter Q

20148 milestones

Feb 28 First overall podium Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
Feb 28 First Reserve Championship Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship
May 2 First Grand Championship Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 2 First multi-meat day Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 2 Biggest field won (33 teams) Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
Jul 25 Career-best overall score697.1316 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
Jul 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5828 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
Aug 8 25th tracked contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1

20136 milestones

Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jan 25 First call 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jan 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4288 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Apr 20 First overall top-10 High Desert BBQ Showdown
Aug 31 10th tracked contest Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship
Oct 4 First category win (Pork Ribs) Dana Point State BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.1	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	Apr 26, 2014
+13.8	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship	Feb 28, 2014
+12.8	Wine Country Big Q	Jul 12, 2013
+12	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship	May 2, 2014
+11.3	Dana Point State BBQ Championship	Oct 4, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	The Great American Cookoff	Jul 26, 2013
-8.1	The Smithfield Guinea Pig	Feb 17, 2017
-4.4	Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship	Aug 31, 2013
-3.7	2nd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship	Mar 15, 2013
-3.1	Oaktown Throwdown	Aug 1, 2014

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

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0	100%	top 42%	93.6%	93.6%
2017	2	0	0	0	50%	top 49%	94%	92.8%
2015	3	0	1	0	67%	top 26%	95.4%	93.1%
2014	17	1	10	5	82%	top 24%	96.8%	93%
2013	12	0	4	1	83%	top 33%	93.7%	90.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 6, 2018	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	16 / 38 (673.7028)	17 (169.1316)	16 (166.8800)	19 (165.7140)	7 (171.9772)
Feb 17, 2017	The Smithfield Guinea Pig Indio, CA	34 / 49 (658.6856)	39 (162.7884)	39 (162.2400)	34 (165.0856)	17 (168.5716)
Jan 27, 2017	Newport Beach Winter Q Newport, CA	16 / 56 (677.0400)	14 (171.4172)	22 (168.5372)	9 (172)	24 (165.0856)
Jun 12, 2015	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	29 / 78 (663.2572)	42 (166.2400)	21 (168.5488)	20 (167.9772)	42 (160.4912)
Feb 27, 2015	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	4 / 82 (686.7656)	10 (171.9656)	4 (174.8572)	35 (166.2400)	6 (173.7028)
Feb 20, 2015	The Pig (Guinea Pig) Competitor's Series Rancho Mirage, CA	18 / 49 (661.5544)	10 (170.2628)	31 (160.5028)	11 (167.9772)	23 (162.8116)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	129 / 165 (655.9084)	132 (162.3084)	67 (169.6800)	59 (169.6800)	152 (154.2400)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	189 / 552 (663.8508)	100 (171.9656)	211 (166.8112)	389 (159.3712)	192 (165.7028)
Sep 26, 2014	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	2 / 29 (677.6456)	1 (176)	17 (161.1316)	10 (167.9656)	3 (172.5484)
Aug 9, 2014	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 2 Huntington Beach, CA	5 / 38 (684.5712)	9 (173.7028)	29 (162.8684)	10 (172.5828)	5 (175.4172)
Aug 8, 2014	Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Day 1 Huntington Beach, CA	12 / 39 (677.0172)	20 (170.8344)	15 (167.3944)	18 (165.6800)	8 (173.1084)
Aug 1, 2014	Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA	10 / 22 (643.9084)	4 (167.4400)	18 (150.2400)	3 (165.1200)	9 (161.1084)
Jul 25, 2014	6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA	2 / 60 (697.1316)	8 (175.4172)	14 (170.8344)	6 (174.2972)	2 (176.5828)
Jul 11, 2014	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	8 / 44 (675.8740)	4 (174.2856)	14 (165.6800)	11 (165.0856)	5 (170.8228)
Jun 27, 2014	Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA	16 / 48 (634.1828)	10 (160.5600)	12 (162.2744)	26 (156.5256)	23 (154.8228)
Jun 20, 2014	3rd Annual Pechanga BBQ Championship Temecula, CA	14 / 65 (677.0288)	30 (167.9772)	43 (160.5144)	1 (176.5716)	10 (171.9656)
Jun 13, 2014	California Honey Harvest Festival & BBQ Championship Fillmore, CA	5 / 30 (678.7888)	17 (166.8344)	10 (166.2744)	2 (176)	13 (169.6800)
May 9, 2014	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	15 / 59 (660.4916)	20 (167.4172)	15 (166.8344)	8 (167.9884)	33 (158.2516)
May 2, 2014	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	1 / 33 (684.5028)	1 (176.5600)	3 (169.1200)	6 (165.7028)	1 (173.1200)
Apr 26, 2014	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	2 / 51 (683.3484)	9 (171.9888)	13 (167.9884)	8 (169.1084)	6 (174.2628)
Mar 21, 2014	3rd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	10 / 69 (662.7196)	25 (166.2628)	5 (171.4172)	29 (159.3712)	12 (165.6684)
Feb 28, 2014	Havasu Landing California BBQ Championship Havasu Landing, CA	2 / 28 (678.7772)	9 (167.9772)	8 (167.9772)	16 (166.8228)	1 (176)
Feb 21, 2014	The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) Indio, CA	25 / 48 (641.5428)	26 (161.7028)	27 (158.2400)	25 (159.3600)	16 (162.2400)
Oct 4, 2013	Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA	11 / 99 (670.7880)	45 (163.9656)	1 (176.5828)	18 (169.1084)	41 (161.1312)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	23 / 80 (664.9824)	62 (155.9312)	17 (168.5372)	3 (174.8456)	28 (165.6684)
Aug 31, 2013	Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	34 / 54 (630.7768)	16 (165.0972)	42 (153.0856)	34 (157.7484)	33 (154.8456)
Aug 23, 2013	Smokin' on the Water Lakeport, CA	6 / 20 (674.2860)	14 (163.4172)	3 (176.0116)	14 (161.0972)	5 (173.7600)
Jul 26, 2013	The Great American Cookoff Woodlake, CA	39 / 53 (609.1092)	47 (143.3944)	33 (155.4404)	43 (147.4288)	18 (162.8456)
Jul 12, 2013	Wine Country Big Q Santa Rosa, CA	4 / 44 (663.3944)	9 (166.8572)	8 (164.5600)	12 (163.3712)	6 (168.6060)
Jun 28, 2013	Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA	16 / 56 (647.4284)	31 (156.5714)	2 (170.2858)	15 (161.7142)	22 (158.8570)
May 24, 2013	Blues, Brews & BBQ Brentwood, CA	8 / 34 (653.7138)	5 (167.9998)	5 (167.4286)	13 (163.4284)	16 (154.8570)
May 10, 2013	West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA	12 / 54 (662.2860)	23 (161.1430)	8 (168.5716)	10 (169.1428)	16 (163.4286)
Apr 20, 2013	High Desert BBQ Showdown Victorville, CA	9 / 32 (657.7136)	10 (164.5716)	2 (171.9998)	20 (155.9996)	9 (165.1426)
Mar 15, 2013	2nd Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	35 / 57 (626.8570)	22 (161.1428)	2 (168.5714)	48 (149.7142)	46 (147.4286)
Jan 25, 2013	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	16 / 86 (663.4288)	68 (153.7142)	20 (165.7144)	18 (168)	4 (176.0002)

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

WOODHOUSE BARBECUE

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 (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

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, 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

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)