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303 BBQ

303 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival (2015). They are ranked #1280 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,280
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1581
peak 1581 · rated over 32 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

33
in the data

First seen

Apr 25, 2014
latest Jun 16, 2023 · 9.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#265
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

3
13 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
24% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 48%
overall standings

Best overall

680.6284 / 720
Master · Smokin' Brew BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

636.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 649.03 (-12.54)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972
Brisket · Bootleggin' BBQ

Consistency

±36.43
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 164.91 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.24)

Road miles

5,009
across 33 mapped stops · furthest 575 mi

Schedule strength

42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$29K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

649.03 / 720
33 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

20-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 80 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival (Jun 26, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 9%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

680.6284 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.6284 at Smokin' Brew BBQ — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 30, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS has finished one call ahead of 303 BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

25–5 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 25 of their 30 shared contests.

The drought

19 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival on Jun 26, 2015 — 19 contests and 11.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 26, 2015
  • 11.3 years ago
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A strong matchup

18–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Lost Weekend Grill in 18 of their 23 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Frisco BBQ Challenge (Jun 16, 2022).

  • last seen Jun 14, 2019
  • back Jun 16, 2022

Chicken nemesis

25 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 25 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 33% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 33% across 11 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

  • 11 June contests
  • top 48% the rest of the year

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #908 (130 pts) #971 (135 pts) #1025 (145 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #959 (130 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1065 (115 pts) #1341 (60 pts) #1207 (110 pts) #1187 (100 pts) #969 (135 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1920 (65 pts) #2049 (60 pts) #1697 (115 pts) #2029 (60 pts) #1745 (100 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #710 (472 pts) #737 (477 pts) #518 (722 pts) #821 (417 pts) #507 (727 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1483 (174 pts) #1423 (199 pts) #1629 (159 pts) #1325 (229 pts) #1611 (159 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #907 (376 pts) #1119 (301 pts) #1205 (271 pts) #824 (476 pts) #934 (376 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #265 (1,254 pts) #97 (1,779 pts) #297 (1,164 pts) #223 (1,322 pts) #324 (1,079 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #733 (479 pts) #934 (384 pts) #972 (364 pts) #593 (659 pts) #571 (644 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to 303 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

THE GRISWOLDS
#1,278 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
61
GCs
0
Top-10s
16%
Peak
1625
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 303 BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 303 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 61 contests
  • last seen Apr 17, 2026
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POLITICAL PORK
#1,285 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
65
GCs
1
Top-10s
15%
Peak
1632
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 303 BBQ)

They've been 1632 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 64 contests
  • last seen May 1, 2021
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LoneStar Que Crew
#1,281 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1581
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to 303 BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before 303 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 8 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
BEAUX HAWG BBQ
#1,288 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
31
GCs
0
Top-10s
3%
Peak
1592

Careers of much the same size, 31 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 31 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2026
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JordyQ
#1,277 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
1
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1600

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 34 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 31 contests
  • last seen May 2, 2025
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5 Alarm BBQ
#1,290 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1611

Level with 303 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 30 contests
  • last seen Jun 19, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Backdraft BBQ 30 5 25 17% ⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill 23 18 5 78% ⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES 21 6 15 29% ⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ 17 11 6 65% ⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ 16 11 5 69% ⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
STARS AND STRIPES BBQ 16 5 11 31% ⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO 16 4 12 25% ⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ 14 6 8 43% ⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ 14 4 10 29% ⚔ compare
3 LIL' MACS BBQ 14 3 11 21% ⚔ compare
SHB Customs 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
PORKY'S PIT CREW 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare
CRAZY COYOTE 13 4 9 31% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 33 9 1 4 177.1428 127.3484 164.91 top 49%
Pork Ribs 33 10 0 2 173.7260 138.2168 162.24 top 50%
Pork 32 10 0 4 177.7144 145.1316 164.41 top 47%
Brisket 33 12 2 3 178.2972 135.3600 162.44 top 45%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 47%
Medium (20–39)181top 54%
Large (40+)140top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
CO281top 47%
MO20top 58%
UT10top 45%
OK10top 22%
NE10top 96%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival 2 1 1 top 9% Jun 24, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 2 10 0 top 40% Apr 15, 2016
Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge 2 6 0 top 34% Aug 14, 2015
Wild West BBQ 2 23 0 top 94% May 8, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 13 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.1 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in CO 28 of 33 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 29 4 of them more than once
First title Jun 26, 2015 Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival
Opponents faced 1,043 finished ahead 1,042 times, behind 924
Longest layoff 3 yrs Jun 14, 2019 → Jun 16, 2022

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

20232 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1581) Colorado BBQ Challenge
  2. Most recent contest Colorado BBQ Challenge
20171 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge
20153 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
  2. First overall podium Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival
  3. First Grand Championship Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival
20147 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Pony Express BBQ Challenge
  2. First call Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge
  3. First category win (Brisket) Bootleggin' BBQ
  4. First overall top-10 Bootleggin' BBQ
  5. First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5144 Bootleggin' BBQ
  6. Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Bootleggin' BBQ
  7. Career-best overall score680.6284 Smokin' Brew BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+17.1Leadville BBQ and Brew FestivalJun 26, 2015
+15.4Smokin' Brew BBQAug 30, 2014
+11.1Bixby BBQ'N Blues FestivalMay 1, 2015
+11Leadville BBQ and Brew FestivalJun 24, 2016
+10.9Conifer Mountain BBQ ChallengeAug 14, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-16.9BBBrew For HopeJul 27, 2018
-13.9Pony Express BBQ ChallengeApr 25, 2014
-13.5Wild West BBQMay 9, 2014
-12.7Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ ShowdownMay 30, 2014
-9.6Wild West BBQMay 8, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20231000 100% top 26% 93.7% 93.7%
20221000 100% top 38% 93.1% 93.1%
20191000 0% top 44% 91.8% 91.8%
20185011 80% top 52% 93.3% 87.8%
20172000 100% top 45% 92% 90.9%
20163010 100% top 33% 93.5% 92%
201513141 62% top 43% 94% 91.6%
20147021 43% top 68% 94.5% 86.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 16, 2023 Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO 11 / 42 (674.7316) 10 (173.7028) 9 (171.9772) 32 (158.2172) 11 (170.8344)
Jun 16, 2022 Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO 14 / 37 (670.1140) 25 (166.2284) 15 (167.3828) 17 (167.9772) 10 (168.5256)
Jun 14, 2019 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO 24 / 55 (661.0400) 33 (163.4056) 14 (167.9772) 30 (161.6916) 17 (167.9656)
Aug 3, 2018 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO 15 / 41 (671.4632) 10 (174.8456) 10 (171.4516) 18 (167.4516) 31 (157.7144)
Jul 27, 2018 BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO 35 / 35 (505.0740) 23 (163.3828) 3 (173.1428) — 8 (168.5484)
Jun 22, 2018 2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO 14 / 31 (660.4916) 12 (164.5600) 8 (165.1200) 16 (161.6916) 6 (169.1200)
Jun 15, 2018 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 27 / 62 (653.0168) 23 (165.7028) 26 (162.8228) 16 (167.9772) 33 (156.5140)
Jun 8, 2018 Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO 10 / 31 (669.6684) 20 (161.6684) 9 (170.2744) 13 (166.8572) 1 (170.8684)
Jun 16, 2017 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 27 / 59 (647.2572) 34 (161.6572) 36 (158.2400) 9 (173.1200) 36 (154.2400)
Apr 7, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT 13 / 29 (662.2168) 9 (169.1312) 16 (163.4400) 19 (165.1200) 16 (164.5256)
Jun 24, 2016 Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO 5 / 33 (673.0744) 16 (166.8572) 12 (165.0972) 2 (174.2972) 10 (166.8228)
Jun 17, 2016 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 21 / 58 (662.8344) 10 (172) 25 (165.1088) 36 (161.7256) 24 (164)
Apr 15, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO 13 / 28 (651.4172) 23 (155.9656) 18 (157.6916) 7 (169.1428) 5 (168.6172)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 277 / 606 (654.8228) 465 (157.1428) 197 (167.9656) 276 (164.5944) 236 (165.1200)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 133 / 187 (665.6800) 105 (168.5600) 174 (157.0972) 101 (168) 53 (172.0228)
Sep 5, 2015 Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO 17 / 49 (665.6456) 1 (176.5828) 27 (161.0972) 27 (161.1544) 19 (166.8112)
Aug 14, 2015 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO 6 / 31 (671.3716) 2 (173.7028) 3 (173.7260) 25 (153.6800) 5 (170.2628)
Jul 31, 2015 SLV Beat the Heat - Barbeque, Brews and Chili Alamosa, CO 11 / 29 (671.3140) 16 (167.4056) 8 (169.6800) 6 (171.9884) 16 (162.2400)
Jul 24, 2015 Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer & BBQ Fest Arvada, CO 7 / 26 (670.7888) 14 (167.9772) 10 (165.1316) 12 (168.5484) 9 (169.1316)
Jun 26, 2015 Leadville BBQ and Brew Festival Leadville, CO 1 / 27 (677.0744) 3 (172) 9 (161.1200) 2 (176.5600) 3 (167.3944)
Jun 19, 2015 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO 21 / 58 (654.7776) 4 (174.2628) 21 (165.6916) 44 (152.5716) 23 (162.2516)
May 30, 2015 Rock'N Western Rendezvous Loveland, CO 28 / 38 (644.4920) 19 (166.8688) 30 (154.8572) 12 (169.1200) 33 (153.6460)
May 8, 2015 Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO 23 / 26 (624.5144) 14 (166.2972) 11 (164.5484) 25 (145.1316) 22 (148.5372)
May 1, 2015 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK 18 / 81 (673.6572) 2 (177.1428) 55 (155.3944) 2 (177.7144) 30 (163.4056)
Apr 17, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO 10 / 30 (655.9772) 12 (165.1084) 9 (165.1544) 7 (167.4516) 18 (158.2628)
Jan 9, 2015 National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO 28 / 40 (643.8400) 15 (169.6800) 34 (154.8344) 30 (158.8000) 25 (160.5256)
Aug 30, 2014 Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO 6 / 48 (680.6284) 17 (169.1312) 13 (166.8456) 3 (174.9144) 8 (169.7372)
Aug 22, 2014 Bootleggin' BBQ Garden City, CO 8 / 17 (676.5144) 12 (167.4172) 14 (162.8000) 10 (168) 1 (178.2972)
Aug 15, 2014 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO 21 / 43 (640.5604) 38 (150.8344) 33 (152.5488) 7 (169.1428) 9 (168.0344)
Aug 1, 2014 The SLV Beat the Heat BBQ, Brews and Chili Competition Alamosa, CO 23 / 31 (634.7320) 17 (166.8344) 23 (153.6576) 12 (165.6684) 28 (148.5716)
May 30, 2014 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO 34 / 34 (586.6740) 32 (145.6912) 28 (155.3828) 33 (150.2400) 34 (135.3600)
May 9, 2014 Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO 29 / 29 (565.4740) 29 (127.3484) 25 (148.5600) 26 (147.3484) 26 (142.2172)
Apr 25, 2014 Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE 27 / 28 (596.9136) 25 (153.0856) 28 (138.2168) 21 (155.3712) 25 (150.2400)

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

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