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BOHEMIAN BBQ

BOHEMIAN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 53 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (2018). They are ranked #824 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*Bohemian BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#824
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1625
peak 1634 · rated over 46 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

53
in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013
latest Oct 14, 2022 · 9.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#296
Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

7
26 podiums

Overall top-10s

21
40% of 53 contests

Best top-10 run

6
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%
overall standings

Best overall

699.4284 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

656.45 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.52 (+0.93)

Walk rate

72%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±19.11
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 165.58 · weakest Brisket (162.30)

Road miles

64,601
across 53 mapped stops · furthest 4,588 mi

Schedule strength

30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

State championships

0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.52 / 720
52 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

  • Chicken ×1

Against the odds

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (Jul 21, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HIGH ON THE HAWG.

They almost always walk

72% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 38 of 53 contests

A top-10 category call in 72% of their 53 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.4284 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.4284 at 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 2, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS has finished one call ahead of BOHEMIAN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

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

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A strong matchup

8–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PUREBBQ in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BIG MOOK'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

64,601 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 64,601 miles across 53 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,588 miles to Tallya BBQ Fesztival.

  • 53 mapped stops
  • furthest 4,588 mi

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022 ↗ Master #986 (120 pts) #1051 (120 pts) #1107 (120 pts) #1046 (120 pts) #1021 (120 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1046 (243 pts) #962 (298 pts) #867 (363 pts) #1295 (183 pts) #1269 (183 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #493 (728 pts) #564 (663 pts) #703 (508 pts) #743 (478 pts) #470 (783 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #296 (1,223 pts) #288 (1,178 pts) #308 (1,138 pts) #330 (1,093 pts) #329 (1,128 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #371 (1,030 pts) #516 (785 pts) #444 (905 pts) #268 (1,250 pts) #403 (990 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #667 (545 pts) #852 (425 pts) #702 (540 pts) #618 (625 pts) #594 (635 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #474 (812 pts) #405 (927 pts) #457 (867 pts) #575 (687 pts) #662 (557 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #546 (577 pts) #623 (527 pts) #491 (672 pts) #544 (607 pts) #555 (577 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

B & C SMOKERS
#828 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
112
GCs
1
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1706
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BOHEMIAN BBQ)

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

  • rated over 111 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2026
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Zoni-Q
#821 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
57
GCs
2
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1649

Careers of much the same size, 57 contests to 53, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 51 contests
  • last seen Jul 11, 2026
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UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ
#826 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
58
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1625

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 56 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 56 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2026
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS
#825 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
58
GCs
3
Top-10s
64%
Peak
1676

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 58 contests, alongside a 64% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 56 contests
  • last seen Sep 2, 2023
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BIG RED BBQ
#819 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
70
GCs
3
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1647

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

  • rated over 69 contests
  • last seen Apr 11, 2025
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MOVIN' THE CHAINS
#829 of the rated field
1625 power rating
Contests
71
GCs
3
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1663

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

  • rated over 70 contests
  • last seen Jul 1, 2022
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 17 6 11 35% ⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ 16 9 7 56% ⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS 15 5 10 33% ⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS 15 4 11 27% ⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS 14 8 6 57% ⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL 13 6 7 46% ⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ 13 3 10 23% ⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ 12 8 4 67% ⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST 12 8 4 67% ⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K. 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
BBQ+ 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 52 17 2 7 180 🔥 145.7142 165.58 top 47%
Pork Ribs 52 20 1 8 176.5828 134.8570 163.49 top 46%
Pork 51 23 2 4 176.5600 151.3600 164.21 top 45%
Brisket 52 16 2 7 178.8572 142.1828 162.30 top 44%

“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)90top 42%
Medium (20–39)191top 39%
Large (40+)241top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MD90top 38%
DE50top 42%
KS30top 72%
NL30top 19%
VA30top 37%
TN20top 46%
PA20top 46%
WV20top 38%
AT10top 38%
FL10top 71%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Brew N Q 4 5 0 top 56% May 26, 2018
PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP 2 5 0 top 42% Jun 30, 2018
Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 2 6 0 top 44% Apr 23, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 9 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 6.6 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MD 9 of 53 contests · 10 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 47 3 of them more than once
First title Sep 2, 2017 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Opponents faced 1,389 finished ahead 1,341 times, behind 1,326
Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Sep 7, 2019 → Sep 29, 2022

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

20222 milestones
  1. 50th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
  2. Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20183 milestones
  1. First perfect 180 (Chicken) 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
  2. Biggest field won (48 teams) 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
  3. Peak power rating (1634) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
20173 milestones
  1. First overall podium 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
  2. First Grand Championship 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
  3. Career-best overall score699.4284 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
20162 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork) Meat the East
  2. 25th tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20142 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
  2. 10th tracked contest Hogging Up BBQ Festival
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
  2. First call Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9828 Hogs & Hops Dover

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+12.61st International Suydersee BBQ ContestSep 2, 2017
+12.53rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine FestivalJul 21, 2018
+11.7Meat the EastMar 19, 2016
+11.2Pork In The Park BBQ FestivalMay 9, 2014
+11.2Brew N Q (OPEN)May 27, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13Brew N QMay 26, 2018
-8.4Smoke in the NorthAug 1, 2015
-7.2American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTESTSep 29, 2022
-6.33rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017Apr 29, 2017
-5.1World Food ChampionshipsNov 3, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20224000 0% top 69% 94% 91.5%
20192010 100% top 45% 91.2% 90.6%
20188142 75% top 43% 94.6% 92.1%
20179173 100% top 32% 97.1% 93.3%
20168042 75% top 33% 94.1% 92.6%
20159030 78% top 52% 93.8% 90%
20147020 86% top 30% 90.9% 89.8%
20136000 33% top 47% 90.1% 87.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 14, 2022 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 35 / 83 (677.0172) 23 (172.5600) 25 (173.1316) 64 (165.0856) 54 (166.2400)
Oct 1, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 338 / 505 (654.7084) 156 (170.8572) 362 (162.8228) 356 (162.8112) 394 (158.2172)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS 245 / 249 (645.5656) 135 (170.8228) 211 (163.9772) 190 (166.8228) 248 (143.9428)
Sep 7, 2019 Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague 6 / 13 (656.5148) 2 (172.0116) 6 (164.5488) 9 (157.7144) 9 (162.2400)
Jul 20, 2019 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen 19 / 44 (648.4568) 35 (157.6340) 4 (173.1772) — 27 (155.9656)
Oct 26, 2018 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN 51 / 102 (668.5028) 11 (176) 71 (165.1316) 41 (168.5256) 82 (158.8456)
Jul 21, 2018 3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen 1 / 48 (681.0972) 1 (180) 4 (169.7144) 25 (163.4172) 4 (167.9656)
Jun 30, 2018 PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine 5 / 18 (680.5488) 2 (178.8800) 17 (155.9544) 9 (166.8572) 1 (178.8572)
May 26, 2018 Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent 28 / 34 (639.8396) 23 (164.5256) 29 (158.2400) 23 (160.5828) 28 (156.4912)
May 25, 2018 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent 19 / 24 (659.9200) 23 (157.6684) 2 (172.5832) 18 (162.8456) 14 (166.8228)
May 5, 2018 The Brave Fires of Scotland Aberlour Scotland 5 / 11 (667.9888) 4 (172.5600) 8 (164.0116) 6 (164) 3 (167.4172)
Apr 28, 2018 KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof 7 / 32 (663.3716) 10 (169.6684) 15 (159.4060) 9 (166.8572) 11 (167.4400)
Mar 24, 2018 Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium 13 / 39 (643.3376) 25 (157.0856) 32 (150.2632) 12 (164.5716) 3 (171.4172)
Oct 14, 2017 Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya 10 / 40 (662.7660) 13 (167.3828) 7 (170.8460) 17 (163.4400) 16 (161.0972)
Sep 16, 2017 Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode 4 / 25 (676.4684) 1 (178.8572) 3 (174.2628) 4 (172.5828) 21 (150.7656)
Sep 2, 2017 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland 1 / 32 (699.4284) 3 (174.8572) 1 (176.5828) 4 (173.1084) 4 (174.8800)
Jul 8, 2017 Vienna BBQ Days Vienna 8 / 20 (656.5372) 9 (165.7028) 16 (157.7144) 5 (171.4172) 8 (161.7028)
Jul 1, 2017 Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine 10 / 18 (679.9656) 13 (166.8228) 3 (173.7144) 10 (170.8456) 9 (168.5828)
May 27, 2017 Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent 5 / 34 (677.6800) 3 (174.2856) 22 (162.8344) 17 (165.1428) 1 (175.4172)
May 26, 2017 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent 12 / 26 (663.8972) 13 (167.9656) 16 (160.5372) 10 (167.9772) 7 (167.4172)
Apr 29, 2017 3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria 17 / 28 (661.0972) 25 (159.4060) 23 (160.5256) 4 (175.4400) 14 (165.7256)
Apr 8, 2017 Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels 4 / 14 (668.6168) 8 (167.4400) 2 (168.0228) 10 (162.8684) 3 (170.2856)
Oct 21, 2016 Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE 32 / 67 (637.5888) 40 (160.5600) 59 (144.4916) 14 (166.2972) 13 (166.2400)
Oct 14, 2016 Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS 19 / 38 (672.5260) 13 (171.9772) 23 (169.1316) 23 (165.7028) 23 (165.7144)
Aug 27, 2016 Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL 7 / 35 (677.6800) 17 (169.7372) 17 (164) 1 (176.5600) 11 (167.3828)
Jul 23, 2016 Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE 11 / 29 (677.6912) 18 (169.7028) 17 (166.8800) 5 (175.4400) 15 (165.6684)
Jul 2, 2016 BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, DE 4 / 12 (661.0972) 5 (168.5372) 7 (166.2628) 6 (160) 2 (166.2972)
May 14, 2016 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL 17 / 65 (661.0056) 8 (173.1200) 12 (168.5600) 24 (167.9772) 51 (151.3484)
Apr 23, 2016 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 Salzburg, Austria 6 / 16 (673.6916) 13 (154.8116) 2 (174.3088) 3 (170.2856) 3 (174.2856)
Mar 19, 2016 Meat the East Enschede, NL 4 / 33 (670.2972) 30 (157.6912) 10 (165.7260) 1 (176.0572) 6 (170.8228)
Nov 3, 2015 World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL 41 / 58 (659.8744) 50 (163.4172) 41 (164.5488) 49 (161.0856) 16 (170.8228)
Aug 21, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA 14 / 30 (645.0396) 18 (162.2740) 8 (164.5600) 16 (158.2628) 11 (159.9428)
Aug 15, 2015 EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein 12 / 22 (637.0512) 11 (162.2972) 5 (164) 6 (163.4056) 18 (147.3484)
Aug 14, 2015 14th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD 21 / 46 (658.7656) 21 (165.1200) 15 (168.5600) 34 (158.8000) 14 (166.2856)
Aug 1, 2015 Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg 18 / 26 (631.3028) 22 (150.8000) 6 (169.1428) 20 (154.8228) 18 (156.5372)
Jun 19, 2015 Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV 18 / 41 (675.4056) 33 (162.8456) 19 (169.7372) 10 (171.4172) 13 (171.4056)
May 29, 2015 Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD 9 / 32 (661.0516) 19 (163.3944) 19 (162.8572) 14 (165.0972) 5 (169.7028)
Apr 30, 2015 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2015 Salzburg, Austria 6 / 12 (637.1660) 8 (160.6172) 4 (166.2744) 8 (156.5716) 7 (153.7028)
Apr 24, 2015 Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA 10 / 18 (628.3884) 12 (159.9656) 13 (155.3944) 3 (170.8456) 15 (142.1828)
Oct 3, 2014 Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA 24 / 53 (639.8860) 20 (164) 32 (155.3944) 32 (157.6572) 15 (162.8344)
Aug 8, 2014 MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD 14 / 54 (651.2804) 3 (172.5832) 19 (163.9544) 23 (158.8000) 28 (155.9428)
Aug 1, 2014 Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD 13 / 59 (654.8112) 25 (161.7372) 26 (159.9656) 7 (167.4284) 13 (165.6800)
Jun 27, 2014 Hogging Up BBQ Festival Winchester, VA 9 / 46 (652.9944) 4 (172.5944) 2 (171.9772) 37 (151.9200) 25 (156.5028)
Jun 6, 2014 Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD 18 / 42 (641.0284) 9 (168) 24 (157.0856) 24 (156.5600) 15 (159.3828)
May 9, 2014 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD 7 / 43 (643.3256) 8 (166.8344) 13 (157.1084) 7 (164) 24 (155.3828)
Apr 4, 2014 Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA 15 / 41 (642.6856) 25 (159.3944) 4 (167.3828) 17 (159.9428) 21 (155.9656)
Sep 20, 2013 Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE 12 / 45 (648.9828) 18 (162.8228) 17 (161.0856) 15 (163.9544) 15 (161.1200)
Sep 6, 2013 Pickin' in the Panhandle Inwood, WV 12 / 37 (647.8056) 26 (157.0972) 2 (174.2628) 31 (151.3600) 15 (165.0856)
Aug 9, 2013 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD 35 / 60 (614.6628) 31 (154.8000) 45 (150.2172) 38 (151.3600) 20 (158.2856)
Jun 14, 2013 Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD 22 / 63 (638.8572) 22 (163.4286) 45 (151.9998) 5 (169.1432) 36 (154.2856)
May 17, 2013 Middletown BBQ Cook Off Middletown, DE 36 / 56 (606.2854) 16 (161.1428) 54 (134.8570) 33 (154.8570) 21 (155.4286)
Apr 19, 2013 Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD 70 / 106 (605.7140) 94 (145.7142) 48 (153.7144) 57 (155.9998) 66 (150.2856)

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

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