Priorville BBQ

Priorville BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Tunes, Brews & BBQ's (2018), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #367 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#367

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1708

peak 1708 · rated over 24 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 9, 2013

latest Sep 21, 2019 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#196

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve · wins it all 12% of the time

Category wins

24 podiums

Overall top-10s

76% of 25 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 19%

overall standings

Best overall

688.5832 / 720

Master · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

673.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 665.32 (+8.36)

Walk rate

92%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Consistency

±16.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.99 · weakest Pork (164.78)

Road miles

4,719

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 946 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$53K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.32 / 720

25 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.6856 points from the title

Came within 0.6856 points of the Grand Championship at Oinktoberfest (Sep 22, 2018).

Among the elite

#367 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1708 puts them #367 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

rating 1708
peak 1708
24 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

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

Chicken ×2

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 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff (Sep 23, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKE THIS.

On the rise

+27 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 27 points across 5 contests since Sep 22, 2018 — from 1681 up to 1708.

5 contests since Sep 22, 2018
now 1708

Giant slayer

54 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 54-team field at Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff.

Sep 23, 2016

Happy hunting ground

Top 9% average finish here

Oinktoberfest is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 4 visits.

4 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 9%

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Multi-meat days

3 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 3 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (May 17, 2019).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

92% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 92% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

688.5832 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.5832 at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 17, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of Priorville BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 2 Grand Championships

2018 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 10%.

6 contests
6 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 10%

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 75% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

18–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 95% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of KISS MY BBQ in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 16 shared chicken entries lost

SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 11 of 16 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

GOOD SMOKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 9% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 9% across 3 contests, versus top 19% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 19% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,719 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,719 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 946 miles to 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL).

25 mapped stops
furthest 946 mi

The metronome

±2.23% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.23% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
25 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
2019 ↗	Master	#1004 (260 pts)	#988 (285 pts)	#1009 (285 pts)	#1453 (145 pts)	#1906 (75 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#196 (1,432 pts)	#232 (1,252 pts)	#331 (1,002 pts)	#364 (957 pts)	#206 (1,397 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#299 (1,216 pts)	#333 (1,091 pts)	#379 (991 pts)	#275 (1,216 pts)	#288 (1,216 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1549 (145 pts)	#1960 (105 pts)	#1326 (225 pts)	#2011 (100 pts)	#1370 (200 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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TEAM AMERICA

#365 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1711

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Priorville BBQ)

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

rated over 36 contests
last seen Jun 29, 2018

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MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ

#371 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1735

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Priorville BBQ)

71 contests to 25: their number has had years to settle where Priorville BBQ's is still finding its level.

rated over 63 contests
last seen Aug 29, 2025

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Cherry Anchor BBQ

#370 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 32
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1712

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 32 contests, alongside a 63% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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PUDDLEDUCK BBQ

#369 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 66%
Peak: 1708

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ

#366 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1708

They turned up 8 years after Priorville BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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WE WILL ROCK QUE

#368 of the rated field

1708 power rating

Contests: 125
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1737

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

rated over 113 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	21	9	11	43%	⚔ compare
KISS MY BBQ	19	18	1	95%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA	13	13	0	100%	⚔ compare
Sweet Heat BBQ	13	13	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' AIN'T EASY	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
BIG RAZ BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
BLACK HART BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
THREE DOGS BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' WEAD BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
RED VALLEY BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
Holy Smokes NY	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	14	2	7	180 🔥	150.7656	167.99	top 27%
Pork Ribs	25	12	3	5	176.0344	155.3828	165.36	top 31%
Pork	25	14	0	3	174.2972	144.5256	164.78	top 34%
Brisket	25	17	4	9	179.4400	142.6972	167.19	top 26%

“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)	1	1	top 7%
Medium (20–39)	11	1	top 19%
Large (40+)	13	1	top 19%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NY	19	3	top 18%
PA	2	0	top 13%
CT	2	0	top 7%
KS	2	0	top 39%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Oinktoberfest	4	2	0	top 9%	Sep 21, 2019
Salt City BBQ Festival	2	1	1	top 26%	May 18, 2018
Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues	2	3	0	top 19%	Jul 21, 2018
BBQ in The Valley	2	2	0	top 27%	May 4, 2018
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	66	0	top 39%	Sep 1, 2017
Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival	2	3	0	top 20%	Aug 8, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 9 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 19 of 25 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 17 6 of them more than once

First title Sep 23, 2016 Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff

Opponents faced 811 finished ahead 1,142 times, behind 296

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Aug 8, 2014 → Sep 4, 2015

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

20194 milestones

May 17 Career-best overall score688.5832 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Sep 21 25th tracked contest Oinktoberfest
Sep 21 Peak power rating (1708) Oinktoberfest
Sep 21 Most recent contest Oinktoberfest

20182 milestones

May 4 First Reserve Championship BBQ in The Valley
May 18 First multi-meat day Salt City BBQ Festival

20172 milestones

Jul 7 10th tracked contest I love Barbecue & Music Festival
Aug 31 First perfect 180 (Chicken) 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

20162 milestones

Sep 23 First Grand Championship Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff
Sep 23 Biggest field won (54 teams) Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff

20143 milestones

Aug 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
Aug 8 First overall podium Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
Aug 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.7716 Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival

20133 milestones

Aug 9 First tracked contest Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
Aug 9 First call Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff	Sep 23, 2016
+14.8	Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival	Aug 8, 2014
+13.4	Sun BBQ Fest	Jun 3, 2017
+12.5	Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest	Aug 12, 2016
+12.1	BBQ in The Valley	May 4, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.5	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 19, 2017

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)
2019	4	0	3	2	100%	top 11%	95.6%	94%
2018	6	2	6	5	100%	top 10%	94.8%	93.2%
2017	9	0	4	0	78%	top 29%	94.7%	91.7%
2016	2	1	2	1	100%	top 8%	93.8%	93.4%
2015	2	0	2	0	100%	top 22%	91.6%	90.5%
2014	1	0	1	1	100%	top 8%	93%	93%
2013	1	0	1	0	100%	top 32%	89.3%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 21, 2019	Oinktoberfest 🏅 Clarence, NY	5 / 43 (661.1312)	16 (165.6912)	35 (155.3828)	21 (162.2744)	4 (172.5944)
Aug 23, 2019	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	14 / 65 (670.7428)	7 (173.1200)	33 (165.1200)	40 (159.9428)	4 (172.5600)
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	4 / 61 (686.8916)	21 (167.4400)	10 (169.7144)	5 (174.2972)	2 (175.4400)
May 17, 2019	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	2 / 44 (688.5832)	1 (180)	1 (176.0344)	9 (170.3088)	22 (162.2400)
Sep 22, 2018	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	2 / 51 (666.2628)	8 (167.4400)	20 (158.2056)	6 (166.8800)	2 (173.7372)
Sep 14, 2018	Tunes, Brews & BBQ's Penn Yan, NY	1 / 14 (674.1944)	3 (170.2744)	1 (168.5600)	3 (166.2400)	1 (169.1200)
Jul 21, 2018	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	8 / 31 (654.8000)	8 (167.4056)	2 (170.2972)	21 (156.5372)	13 (160.5600)
Jun 23, 2018	Smoke In the Woods CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Galway, NY	3 / 23 (679.4056)	3 (172.5600)	5 (170.2972)	12 (165.6912)	4 (170.8572)
May 18, 2018	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	1 / 34 (682.3088)	1 (177.7372)	12 (159.4172)	3 (169.7372)	1 (175.4172)
May 4, 2018	BBQ in The Valley Jamestown, NY	2 / 25 (670.3312)	3 (170.8684)	15 (158.9028)	8 (165.7028)	1 (174.8572)
Sep 22, 2017	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	5 / 53 (667.9892)	11 (169.1772)	22 (161.6920)	4 (168)	7 (169.1200)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	109 / 407 (676.4684)	232 (165.0856)	72 (172.5600)	115 (170.2628)	127 (168.5600)
Aug 31, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	66 / 129 (681.6684)	3 (180)	53 (171.9656)	80 (169.1428)	117 (160.5600)
Jul 28, 2017	The Great Adirondack BBQ Old Forge, NY	4 / 30 (664.4912)	18 (159.4056)	4 (168.5716)	6 (165.6568)	2 (170.8572)
Jul 15, 2017	Rotary Ribs and Rhythm & Blues Auburn, NY	3 / 25 (658.2172)	7 (165.1316)	14 (157.1084)	6 (163.4172)	2 (172.5600)
Jul 7, 2017	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	18 / 40 (630.2512)	11 (162.2628)	6 (166.3084)	35 (144.5256)	20 (157.1544)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	5 / 73 (681.6452)	14 (169.7256)	30 (165.1084)	6 (174.2628)	10 (172.5484)
May 19, 2017	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	20 / 41 (624.4572)	14 (164.5256)	16 (158.2744)	19 (156)	29 (145.6572)
May 5, 2017	BBQ In the Valley Jamestown, NY	12 / 26 (657.5312)	23 (150.7656)	8 (167.9772)	3 (171.4056)	8 (167.3828)
Sep 23, 2016	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY	1 / 54 (675.3712)	2 (170.8228)	9 (167.4056)	6 (168)	6 (169.1428)
Aug 12, 2016	Salamanca Rock'in Ribfest Salamanca, NY	4 / 28 (670.2396)	6 (170.2856)	24 (157.7028)	17 (162.8112)	1 (179.4400)
Sep 19, 2015	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	6 / 52 (659.4396)	16 (162.2856)	11 (165.7372)	23 (159.9540)	3 (171.4628)
Sep 4, 2015	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY	8 / 25 (643.4056)	14 (159.4284)	3 (162.8228)	15 (154.2972)	4 (166.8572)
Aug 8, 2014	Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY	3 / 39 (669.7716)	9 (168.5828)	1 (175.4516)	9 (167.4172)	20 (158.3200)
Aug 9, 2013	Smokin' Eagles International BBQ Festival N. Tonawanda, NY	10 / 31 (642.6628)	5 (169.7028)	10 (163.4172)	7 (166.8456)	28 (142.6972)

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

Priorville 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 (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

The metronome

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)