B Squad BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2317

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1526

peak 1531 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2026-05-01

latest 2026-08-28

Best ToY finish

#307

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2744 / 720

Master · ND BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.47

last 5 Master vs avg 679.47 (+0.00)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · ND BBQ Championship

Consistency

±6.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.56 · weakest Brisket (167.29)

Road miles

576

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 179 mi

Schedule strength

80%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

679.47 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.

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Storylines (5 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

686.2744 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2744 at ND BBQ Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2026-05-01

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.

Brisket avg 167.29
Chicken avg 172.56
1 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Good Grefe! in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1603 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1603 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.

5 rated contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

PHAT CHANCE

#2322 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before B Squad BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

DRAGGIN BOOTY BBQ

#2311 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

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 2016-05-27

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KRESMOKERS

#2321 of the rated field

1525 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 13 years before B Squad BBQ's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-05-23

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Shaky Swine

#2316 of the rated field

1526 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-07-25

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Mo Betta BBQ

#2312 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-04-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Lakeland BBQ Company

#2315 of the rated field

1526 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Phoenix BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Sugar Shack	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	2	177.1428	169.1084	172.56	top 38%
Pork Ribs	5	2	178.2972	164.5140	170.72	top 37%
Pork	5	1	173.1200	163.9656	168.89	top 51%
Brisket	5	1	176.5600	159.3716	167.29	top 48%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MN	2	top 63%
WI	2	top 33%
ND	1	top 17%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 27%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.3 yrs 2026-05-01 → 2026-08-28

Busiest season 2026 5 contests

Cooks most in MN 2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 172.56 · weakest Brisket (167.29)

Walk rate 80% a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 1 of 5 contests

Master average 679.47 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 194 197–144 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 576 5 mapped stops · furthest 179 mi

Schedule strength 1603 average field rating faced — tougher than 80% of rated contests

Purse competed for $49,200 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Power rating 1526 peak 1531 · #2317 of 6,413 rated

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

2026
May 1 First tracked contest ND BBQ Championship
May 1 First call ND BBQ Championship
May 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.2744 ND BBQ Championship
May 1 Career-best overall score686.2744 ND BBQ Championship
May 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 ND BBQ Championship
Jun 12 First overall top-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Jun 13 Peak power rating (1531) Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Aug 28 Most recent contest MN Masters BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2026-06-12
+14.6	ND BBQ Championship	2026-05-01
+2.9	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2026-06-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.7	MN Masters BBQ	2026-08-28
-0.7	Minnesota in May	2026-05-08

Category scores over time

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	5	0	1	0	80%	top 42%	95.3%	94.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-08-28	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	17 / 22 (668.4460)	5 (173.1428)	13 (168.5372)	15 (167.3944)	19 (159.3716)
2026-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	18 / 37 (683.3024)	29 (169.1084)	28 (164.5140)	10 (173.1200)	6 (176.5600)
2026-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	7 / 40 (679.9204)	15 (171.4056)	4 (171.4172)	13 (169.6916)	14 (167.4060)
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	37 / 77 (679.3828)	33 (172.0000)	26 (170.8572)	67 (163.9656)	21 (172.5600)
2026-05-01	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	12 / 71 (686.2744)	5 (177.1428)	5 (178.2972)	28 (170.2972)	53 (160.5372)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#307 (532 pts)	#302 (587 pts)	#317 (622 pts)	#350 (472 pts)	#334 (507 pts)