FASTLANE BBQ CREW

FASTLANE BBQ CREW is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. They have won 5 Grand Championships, most recently at the Smokin in the city (2019). They are ranked #965 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#965

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1609

peak 1623 · rated over 23 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 27, 2016

latest Oct 25, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#155

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 19% of the time

Category wins

24 podiums

Overall top-10s

30% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

691.4744 / 720

Master · Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

675.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.18 (+15.18)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

Consistency

±35.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.87)

Road miles

103,528

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 10,621 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$229K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.18 / 720

27 Master contests · 5 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Smokin in the city is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 5%

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 Smokin in the city (Apr 6, 2019).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

High-water mark

691.4744 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.4744 at Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 8, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

A FINE SWINE has finished one call ahead of FASTLANE BBQ CREW 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 3 Grand Championships

2018 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

11 contests
5 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

BOOMERANG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BOOMERANG BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

The drought

9 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Smokin in the city on Apr 6, 2019 — 9 contests and 7.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 6, 2019
7.5 years ago

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A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Big Boy BBQ Australia in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 12 shared chicken entries lost

BOOMERANG BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BOOMERANG BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Perth BBQ School Varsity has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 5% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 5% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

103,528 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 103,528 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 10,621 miles to Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival.

27 mapped stops
furthest 10,621 mi

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	#292 (1,046 pts)	#254 (1,126 pts)	#317 (966 pts)	#435 (785 pts)	#244 (1,181 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#155 (1,606 pts)	#109 (1,726 pts)	#167 (1,476 pts)	#144 (1,531 pts)	#221 (1,321 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#619 (627 pts)	#709 (572 pts)	#689 (582 pts)	#750 (542 pts)	#674 (592 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

MUSIC CITY BBQ

#966 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1608

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FASTLANE BBQ CREW)

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2017

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RUB'N WOOD

#967 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1608

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to FASTLANE BBQ CREW)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 31 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 23, 2022

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Pits and Grills

#969 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1608

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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STARS AND STRIPES BBQ

#964 of the rated field

1609 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1620

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

rated over 37 contests

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The BBQ Asylum

#968 of the rated field

1608 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1608

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 69 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 61 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Ribs n Pigs BBQ

#971 of the rated field

1608 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 85%
Peak: 1617

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to FASTLANE BBQ CREW)

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen Aug 1, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BOOMERANG BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Big Boy BBQ Australia	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
BILLY RAY BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	10	3	6	177.7028	154.8228	168.22	top 37%
Pork Ribs	27	9	4	5	178.8572	149.6344	165.87	top 44%
Pork	26	8	1	6	174.8572	156.5256	166.00	top 44%
Brisket	27	9	1	7	177.7028	154.8456	166.24	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)	3	3	top 7%
Medium (20–39)	9	2	top 34%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 49%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	10	top 47%
IL	4	top 54%
TN	2	top 75%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Big Blue BBQ Championship	3	13	0	top 46%	May 31, 2019
Smokin in the city	2	1	2	top 5%	Apr 6, 2019
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	101	0	top 43%	Sep 15, 2018
RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)	2	18	0	top 38%	May 26, 2018
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	127	0	top 73%	Sep 1, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 11 contests · 3 GCs

Contests a season 6.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 10 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 21 5 of them more than once

First title Apr 8, 2017 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

Opponents faced 1,292 finished ahead 1,538 times, behind 1,046

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

20194 milestones

Apr 6 5th Grand Championship Smokin in the city
Apr 6 Peak power rating (1623) Smokin in the city
Sep 12 25th tracked contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Oct 25 Most recent contest 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES)

20182 milestones

May 25 10th tracked contest RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1)
Sep 21 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

20177 milestones

Feb 4 First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall top-10 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall podium Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First Grand Championship Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First multi-meat day Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 Career-best overall score691.4744 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

20162 milestones

May 27 First tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff
May 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8860 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival	Apr 8, 2017
+14.4	Sydney Barbeque Festival	Feb 10, 2018
+13.8	Smokin in the City	Apr 21, 2018
+12.9	Pure Q	Jul 7, 2018
+11	Smokin in the city	Apr 6, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-19.6	Spit in the Hills	May 4, 2019
-9	Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2	May 25, 2019
-8	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	May 27, 2016
-6.1	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1	May 24, 2019
-1.4	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL)	Jun 1, 2018

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	10	1	2	2	50%	top 48%	95.4%	90.2%
2018	11	3	5	5	73%	top 26%	95.4%	93.2%
2017	5	1	1	2	40%	top 44%	96%	91.4%
2016	1	0	0	0	0%	top 81%	91.7%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 25, 2019	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	67 / 97 (662.7540)	84 (159.3712)	10 (177.7028)	79 (161.1428)	61 (164.5372)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	54 / 468 (683.9772)	12 (177.7028)	122 (169.7144)	146 (169.1428)	173 (167.4172)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	94 / 135 (673.5424)	63 (171.9772)	47 (171.9656)	103 (166.8228)	125 (162.7768)
Aug 3, 2019	Burleigh BBQ Championships Queensland	3 / 32 (686.8000)	5 (173.1200)	6 (172.5600)	18 (163.4172)	3 (177.7028)
Jun 29, 2019	Queensland BBQ Championship Cleveland Queensland	14 / 41 (669.7032)	15 (170.2972)	36 (158.2516)	25 (163.4516)	2 (177.7028)
May 31, 2019	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	13 / 29 (664.5484)	15 (165.6800)	14 (166.8800)	13 (167.4056)	17 (164.5828)
May 25, 2019	Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 🏅 Westmont, IL	38 / 48 (623.2572)	39 (158.8344)	42 (149.6344)	30 (158.8684)	34 (155.9200)
May 24, 2019	Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 🏅 Westmont, IL	24 / 40 (647.3144)	24 (162.2400)	32 (154.2516)	13 (166.8572)	21 (163.9656)
May 4, 2019	Spit in the Hills Chidlow, Western	20 / 21 (501.0856)	7 (169.1428)	11 (164.5600)	—	11 (167.3828)
Apr 6, 2019	Smokin in the city Perth WA	1 / 19 (680.0456)	1 (172)	1 (170.9372)	3 (166.8456)	3 (170.2628)
Nov 5, 2018	Heat Beads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Victoria	3 / 21 (680.4912)	1 (173.1428)	7 (166.2744)	6 (170.8228)	8 (170.2512)
Sep 21, 2018	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	13 / 107 (679.8856)	17 (170.8228)	1 (178.8572)	73 (159.9428)	22 (170.2628)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	101 / 467 (677.6572)	65 (173.7028)	136 (169.7144)	213 (165.6800)	135 (168.5600)
Sep 14, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	107 / 164 (678.1828)	101 (170.2628)	133 (163.9772)	74 (171.9656)	71 (171.9772)
Jul 7, 2018	Pure Q Bellerive, Tasmania	1 / 10 (657.6000)	1 (168.5828)	2 (169.6916)	3 (162.2744)	3 (157.0512)
Jun 1, 2018	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS	24 / 42 (651.3140)	2 (175.4172)	28 (157.6684)	24 (163.3828)	33 (154.8456)
May 26, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL	18 / 60 (669.0172)	36 (166.2400)	40 (159.3600)	8 (172.5828)	13 (170.8344)
May 25, 2018	RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 1) Westmont, IL	23 / 49 (659.9088)	17 (168.5600)	14 (166.8344)	11 (168.5600)	39 (155.9544)
Apr 21, 2018	Smokin in the City Perth	1 / 20 (686.8684)	4 (169.7256)	1 (174.8800)	3 (170.8572)	1 (171.4056)
Feb 10, 2018	Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney	1 / 19 (681.0968)	2 (174.8456)	13 (159.4056)	2 (174.8572)	3 (171.9884)
Feb 3, 2018	Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn	5 / 26 (659.4628)	5 (166.2744)	9 (163.4284)	3 (172.0344)	14 (157.7256)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	197 / 407 (662.7312)	199 (166.8456)	270 (161.6572)	260 (162.8112)	76 (171.4172)
Aug 31, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	127 / 129 (634.1028)	129 (154.8228)	124 (159.9544)	125 (157.0628)	111 (162.2628)
Jun 2, 2017	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS	13 / 35 (659.3372)	12 (169.7028)	19 (163.4172)	19 (163.3944)	16 (162.8228)
Apr 8, 2017	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth	1 / 22 (691.4744)	3 (169.7144)	1 (177.7372)	1 (172.0228)	3 (172)
Feb 4, 2017	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne	14 / 43 (642.7656)	16 (162.3316)	17 (159.9428)	29 (156.5256)	9 (163.9656)
May 27, 2016	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN	25 / 31 (659.8860)	29 (160.5600)	17 (169.1200)	18 (167.3944)	21 (162.8116)

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

FASTLANE BBQ CREW

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 (12 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

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)