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BBQ FREAKS

BBQ FREAKS is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Viva La BBQ Fest (2019). They are ranked #1292 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*BBQ Freaks”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,292
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1580
peak 1580 · rated over 7 contests

Contests

7
in the data

First seen

Jul 13, 2013
latest Jun 21, 2019 · 5.9 years on the trail

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 29% of the time

Category wins

6
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
86% of 7 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 17%
overall standings

Best overall

695.9656 / 720
Master · Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

675.03 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 671.69 (+3.33)

Walk rate

86%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Pork Ribs · Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach

Consistency

±11.50
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.76 · weakest Chicken (166.02)

Road miles

3,437
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1,700 mi

Schedule strength

28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

671.69 / 720
7 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

15-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 85 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach (Feb 18, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 15-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN.

Signature meat

43% chicken entries won

3 wins from 7 entries

When chicken is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 43% of their entries (3 of 7).

  • best 173.1428
  • average 166.02
  • 5 calls

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Viva La BBQ Fest (Jun 21, 2019).

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

High-water mark

695.9656 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9656 at Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Feb 18, 2017

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 80% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.74 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 71% of the time against 86%.

  • Chicken avg 166.02
  • Pork Ribs avg 170.76
  • 5 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Cocineros del Este in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

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Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 41 at their very first tracked contest, Cattlemen's BBQ Competition (Jul 13, 2013).

  • Jul 13, 2013
  • 41-team field

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

THE Q PINE NATION
#1,296 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
71%
Peak
1580

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

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Jun 21, 2019
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MYRON MIXON SMOKERS .COM
#1,287 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1581

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 Mar 11, 2016
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BBQ4ALL DEFENDERS
#1,295 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
1
Top-10s
67%
Peak
1583

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BBQ FREAKS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 10 contests
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Scooter's BBQ
#1,289 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1580

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2024
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HOGAHOLICS
#1,294 of the rated field
1580 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1585

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

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Jul 7, 2017
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GECKO BBQ
#1,284 of the rated field
1581 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
1
Top-10s
57%
Peak
1600

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

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen Sep 12, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Cocineros del Este 6 6 0 100% ⚔ compare
Smoke'Em All 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
PLAYING WITH FIRE 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 7 5 3 3 173.1428 157.6572 166.02 top 36%
Pork Ribs 7 6 2 5 178.8572 163.9544 170.76 top 20%
Pork 7 4 1 2 177.7028 160.5600 168.89 top 22%
Brisket 7 4 0 2 173.1656 156.5600 166.02 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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)11top 8%
Medium (20–39)41top 13%
Large (40+)20top 29%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
PR40top 14%
TN10top 51%

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in PR 4 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 7 a different one every time
First title Feb 18, 2017 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
Opponents faced 217 finished ahead 205 times, behind 65
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Feb 18, 2017 → Oct 26, 2018

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

20192 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1580) Viva La BBQ Fest
  2. Most recent contest Viva La BBQ Fest
20174 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
  2. First multi-meat day Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
  3. Career-best overall score695.9656 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
  4. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
  2. First call Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
  3. First category win (Chicken) Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
  4. First overall top-10 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
  5. First overall podium Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
  6. First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0628 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.4Cattlemen's BBQ CompetitionJul 13, 2013
+14.4Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo BeachFeb 18, 2017
+13Viva La BBQ FestJun 21, 2019
+13Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ CompetitionFeb 21, 2014
+12.3Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto RicoFeb 21, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20191112 100% top 8% 94.2% 94.2%
20181000 0% top 51% 92.8% 92.8%
20171112 100% top 4% 96.7% 96.7%
20161011 100% top 25% 91.7% 91.7%
20151010 100% top 12% 93.4% 93.4%
20141010 100% top 11% 91.9% 91.9%
20131011 100% top 7% 92.4% 92.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 21, 2019 Viva La BBQ Fest San Juan 1 / 12 (678.2396) 10 (158.8228) 1 (170.8456) 1 (175.4056) 2 (173.1656)
Oct 26, 2018 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN 52 / 102 (668.4688) 81 (161.1316) 77 (163.9544) 17 (173.1200) 30 (170.2628)
Feb 18, 2017 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach Rio Grande 1 / 23 (695.9656) 1 (172) 1 (178.8572) 3 (177.7028) 3 (167.4056)
Feb 20, 2016 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan San Juan, PR 7 / 28 (659.9772) 1 (173.1428) 9 (167.9772) 11 (162.2972) 14 (156.5600)
Feb 21, 2015 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR 4 / 33 (672.4796) 5 (169.7028) 3 (169.7028) 4 (170.8456) 14 (162.2284)
Feb 21, 2014 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR 4 / 38 (661.6456) 23 (157.6572) 3 (172) 15 (162.2856) 4 (169.7028)
Jul 13, 2013 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition San Juan, PR 3 / 41 (665.0628) 1 (169.6800) 2 (172) 10 (160.5600) 7 (162.8228)

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

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