BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS

BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Bohemian BBQ (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1294 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,294

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1580

peak 1583 · rated over 10 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jan 16, 2015

latest Oct 29, 2016 · 1.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#484

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

67% of 12 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

685.0968 / 720

Master · Italian Barbecue Championship 2016

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.75 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.90 (+3.85)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

Consistency

±11.47

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.04 · weakest Brisket (164.54)

Road miles

8,326

across 12 mapped stops · furthest 5,042 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Master avg

665.90 / 720

12 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.9028 points from the title

Came within 2.9028 points of the Grand Championship at Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 (Jun 20, 2015).

Against the odds

31-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 69 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bohemian BBQ (May 21, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, MISS PIGGY'S U.K..

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 13%

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

685.0968 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.0968 at Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 11, 2016

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared chicken entries.

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Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol (Jan 16, 2015).

Jan 16, 2015
24-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LETZQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

8,326 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,326 miles across 12 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,042 miles to 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL).

12 mapped stops
furthest 5,042 mi

The metronome

±1.59% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.5% of a perfect score
12 contests

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
2016 ↗	Master	#484 (832 pts)	#558 (727 pts)	#693 (582 pts)	#504 (802 pts)	#619 (647 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKE IN THE EYE

#1,297 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1638

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 62 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

CECIL'S SMOK'N BBQ

#1,299 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1580

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2016

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THE Q PINE NATION

#1,295 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1580

Fewer contests behind them than BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS has cooked, 7 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2019

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BBQ FREAKS

#1,291 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1580

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 7 contests, alongside a 86% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2019

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HOGAHOLICS

#1,293 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1585

Level with BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 7, 2017

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RICK'S RACKS

#1,300 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1580

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2025
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	5	1	2	177.1428	163.4284	168.04	top 41%
Pork Ribs	12	5	1	3	178.2972	147.4060	166.18	top 41%
Pork	12	7	0	1	175.4400	157.0856	167.13	top 35%
Brisket	12	4	0	2	168.5600	157.6800	164.54	top 42%

“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)	2	0	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	6	1	top 18%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 40%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IT	4	0	top 32%
KS	2	0	top 64%
CZ	1	1	top 5%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	125	0	top 64%	Oct 29, 2016
Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	2	2	0	top 13%	Jun 11, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IT 4 of 12 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 10 2 of them more than once

First title May 21, 2016 Bohemian BBQ

Opponents faced 734 finished ahead 537 times, behind 506

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

20166 milestones

May 21 First Grand Championship Bohemian BBQ
Jun 11 Career-best overall score685.0968 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jul 2 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sep 10 10th tracked contest Brixia 4 Star Championship
Sep 10 Peak power rating (1583) Brixia 4 Star Championship
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

20157 milestones

Jan 16 First tracked contest 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 First call 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 First overall top-10 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 First overall podium 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 First Reserve Championship 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3600 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Apr 30 First category win (Chicken) Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol	Jan 16, 2015
+14.4	Bohemian BBQ	May 21, 2016
+13.2	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015	Jun 20, 2015
+12.4	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 23, 2015
+8.3	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016	Jun 11, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.6	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Oct 29, 2016

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)
2016	7	1	4	1	71%	top 37%	95.2%	93%
2015	5	0	4	1	100%	top 17%	93.8%	91.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	330 / 557 (648.4456)	206 (166.8688)	257 (165.7028)	444 (157.0856)	345 (158.7884)
Oct 28, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	125 / 180 (668.4684)	158 (163.4284)	124 (165.6800)	21 (174.2628)	135 (165.0972)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	11 / 26 (669.0968)	17 (167.4056)	17 (163.4400)	8 (169.7028)	11 (168.5484)
Jul 2, 2016	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy	7 / 18 (677.6340)	14 (167.4056)	1 (178.2972)	12 (165.6684)	11 (166.2628)
Jun 11, 2016	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, Italy	5 / 29 (685.0968)	11 (172.5484)	13 (170.8800)	3 (175.4400)	18 (166.2284)
May 21, 2016	Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic	1 / 22 (674.9028)	3 (173.1428)	6 (165.1200)	6 (170.8800)	4 (165.7600)
Jan 15, 2016	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, Italy	9 / 30 (662.7884)	6 (169.6800)	17 (161.7028)	11 (166.8684)	12 (164.5372)
Sep 25, 2015	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW	15 / 67 (651.4516)	32 (164.5372)	3 (169.7488)	33 (159.4856)	34 (157.6800)
Jun 20, 2015	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia	2 / 24 (667.9772)	5 (165.1772)	9 (166.8572)	5 (167.3828)	3 (168.5600)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	7 / 68 (662.1824)	24 (164.5828)	19 (164.5256)	5 (171.4284)	23 (161.6456)
Apr 30, 2015	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015 Salzburg, Austria	4 / 12 (647.3720)	1 (177.1428)	12 (147.4060)	6 (159.9888)	3 (162.8344)
Jan 16, 2015	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers	2 / 24 (675.3600)	10 (164.5372)	2 (174.8572)	7 (167.4056)	5 (168.5600)

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

BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS

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 (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

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

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)