A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD) (Aug 26, 2017).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
PLUMP RUMP BBQ
PLUMP RUMP BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 24th of 26 at the Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off (2023). They are ranked #4710 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2017
latest May 5, 2023 · 6.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.49 · weakest Pork (156.06)
Road miles
458
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 325 mi
Schedule strength
80%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1604)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.85 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1582 (56 pts) | #1610 (56 pts) | #1347 (81 pts) | #1620 (51 pts) | #1244 (71 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1890 (115 pts) | #1945 (115 pts) | #1970 (115 pts) | #1937 (115 pts) | #1949 (115 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PLUMP RUMP BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Fewer contests behind them than PLUMP RUMP BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with PLUMP RUMP BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Fewer contests behind them than PLUMP RUMP BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before PLUMP RUMP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before PLUMP RUMP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,687 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before PLUMP RUMP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169.7028 | 151.9772 | 161.49 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 168.0228 | 147.9656 | 160.25 | top 70% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 148.4912 | 156.06 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 155.3600 | 161.24 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCS Fest | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 84% | Apr 6, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
7 of 8 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 31 times, behind 154
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Apr 5, 2019 → May 5, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off
20192 milestones
20175 milestones
- Peak power rating (1492) CCS Fest
- First call Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD)
- First category win (Chicken) Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD)
- First multi-meat day Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7028 Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD)
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jul 7, 2017 |
| -8 | CCS Fest | Apr 7, 2017 |
| -7 | Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off | May 5, 2023 |
| -6.1 | CCS Fest | Apr 6, 2018 |
| -1.1 | CCSFest | Apr 5, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 92.3% | 92.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33% | top 89% | 86.3% | 86.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2023 | Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO | 24 / 26 (639.7824) | 24 (154.8000) | 19 (167.3712) | 25 (158.2056) | 21 (159.4056) |
| Apr 5, 2019 | CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN | 28 / 40 (664.4340) | 28 (166.2284) | 27 (165.0856) | 29 (165.1200) | 17 (168) |
| Apr 6, 2018 | CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN | 41 / 49 (635.8860) | 25 (166.2744) | 35 (158.2400) | 48 (148.4912) | 29 (162.8804) |
| Aug 26, 2017 | Indiana Bacon Festival ( BACKYARD) Delphi, IN | — | 1 (169.7028) | 1 (168.0228) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN | 28 / 30 (621.0176) | 30 (151.9772) | 30 (154.8116) | 28 (153.6572) | 26 (160.5716) |
| Apr 7, 2017 | CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN | 38 / 45 (618.1484) | 33 (159.9772) | 39 (147.9656) | 36 (154.8456) | 34 (155.3600) |
| Apr 22, 2016 | CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN | — | — | — | — | — |