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EVIL MONKEY BBQ

EVIL MONKEY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (2018). They are ranked #1557 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,557
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1561
peak 1591 · rated over 34 contests

Contests

34
in the data

First seen

Mar 20, 2015
latest May 7, 2021 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#364
Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

2
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
21% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 56%
overall standings

Best overall

700.0112 / 720
Master · Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

669.16 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.55 (+4.62)

Walk rate

50%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Chicken · Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1

Consistency

±19.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 169.10 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.45)

Road miles

2,194
across 34 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi

Schedule strength

85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1614)

Purse competed for

$153K
listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.55 / 720
34 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (May 4, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 12-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUTCHER BBQ.

Giant slayer

68 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 68-team field at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival.

  • May 4, 2018

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 6%

High-water mark

700.0112 career-best overall

97.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 700.0112 at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival — 97.2% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • May 4, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Lake Rat BBQ has finished one call ahead of EVIL MONKEY BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 1 Grand Championship

2018 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

  • 6 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 31%

A tough matchup

28–2 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 30 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.65 points below their pork, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 32%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 164.45
  • Pork avg 169.10
  • 5 calls in 34 entries

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival on May 4, 2018 — 17 contests and 8.4 years ago.

  • last GC May 4, 2018
  • 8.4 years ago

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

19 of 29 shared pork entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 66% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 19 of 29 shared pork entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1614 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1614 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 34 rated contests

Going the wrong way

-28 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 28 points across 9 contests since Aug 7, 2020 — from 1590 down to 1561.

  • 9 contests since Aug 7, 2020
  • now 1561

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

LaMac's has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 27% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 27% across 5 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

  • 5 May contests
  • top 56% the rest of the year

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2021 ↗ Master #615 (255 pts) #370 (550 pts) #693 (240 pts) #570 (310 pts) #597 (300 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #364 (300 pts) #336 (370 pts) #401 (300 pts) #264 (475 pts) #297 (410 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #395 (816 pts) #450 (756 pts) #492 (706 pts) #221 (1,226 pts) #411 (811 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #365 (931 pts) #488 (751 pts) #528 (716 pts) #497 (736 pts) #472 (781 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1392 (180 pts) #1493 (180 pts) #1304 (235 pts) #1462 (185 pts) #1476 (180 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1148 (265 pts) #1137 (295 pts) #1512 (185 pts) #1062 (335 pts) #891 (405 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #854 (393 pts) #741 (498 pts) #810 (448 pts) #872 (418 pts) #939 (368 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

TEXAS WARPIG BBQ
#1,560 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
1
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1580
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to EVIL MONKEY BBQ)

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

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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Lucky D's BBQ
#1,548 of the rated field
1562 power rating
Contests
73
GCs
2
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1691
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to EVIL MONKEY BBQ)

They've been 1691 at their best, 129 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 71 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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YSB BBQ
#1,561 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
1
Top-10s
45%
Peak
1561
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to EVIL MONKEY BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than EVIL MONKEY BBQ has cooked, 11 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2023
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SLOWER LOWER BBQ
#1,552 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
0
Top-10s
19%
Peak
1607

37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 19% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 37 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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MILLER'S BARNYARD BARBEQUE
#1,550 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
31
GCs
0
Top-10s
16%
Peak
1563

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

  • rated over 31 contests
  • last seen Jul 5, 2019
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Hill Billy BBQ
#1,551 of the rated field
1561 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1600

They've been 1600 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen May 16, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Three Hog Night Smokers 33 11 22 33% ⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO 30 7 23 23% ⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ 30 3 27 10% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 30 2 28 7% ⚔ compare
DIVINE SWINE 23 10 13 43% ⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ 23 4 19 17% ⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ 22 1 21 5% ⚔ compare
THE GRISWOLDS 21 10 11 48% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 21 1 20 5% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN DAN 20 10 10 50% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 20 0 20 0% ⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS 19 11 8 58% ⚔ compare
Rise N Swine 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE 16 4 12 25% ⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ 15 14 1 93% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 34 7 1 4 179.4400 143.9772 166.91 top 53%
Pork Ribs 34 5 0 1 174.9144 150.2400 164.45 top 58%
Pork 31 10 0 3 178.8572 150.2284 169.10 top 43%
Brisket 34 8 1 2 177.7028 151.3600 164.51 top 53%

“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
Medium (20–39)90top 43%
Large (40+)251top 60%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 3 39 0 top 77% Mar 20, 2021
Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 3 36 0 top 66% Mar 19, 2021
Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon 3 4 0 top 38% Apr 5, 2019
Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 2 1 1 top 6% May 4, 2018
Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ 2 25 0 top 46% Apr 21, 2017
Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 2 59 0 top 79% Mar 25, 2017
Firelake BBQ Cook Off 2 47 0 top 82% Mar 25, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 7 contests
Contests a season 4.9 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in OK 33 of 34 contests
Contests visited 24 7 of them more than once
First title May 4, 2018 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
Opponents faced 576 finished ahead 781 times, behind 1,050
Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Jun 22, 2019 → Aug 7, 2020

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

20212 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1
  2. Most recent contest Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival
20192 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship
  2. Peak power rating (1591) Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship
20184 milestones
  1. First overall podium Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
  2. First Grand Championship Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
  3. Biggest field won (68 teams) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
  4. Career-best overall score700.0112 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
20171 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1)
20162 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
  2. First overall top-10 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
20153 milestones
  1. First tracked contest 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1944 CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ
  3. First call Chillin and Grillin

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+1813th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQApr 20, 2018
+16.1Bixby BBQ'n Blues FestivalMay 4, 2018
+14.8Bixby BBQ'N Blues FestivalMay 6, 2016
+14.8Stillwater Elks Lodge BlazathonApr 6, 2018
+12Bixby BBQ'n Blues FestivalMay 3, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.4The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2Sep 19, 2020
-10.43rd Annual Smokin At The RunMar 20, 2015
-10Firelake BBQ Cook OffMar 27, 2015
-7.3Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2)Mar 25, 2017
-7.1Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2Oct 24, 2020

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)
20214001 25% top 62% 93.6% 93.1%
20205000 40% top 78% 93% 92.1%
20197030 86% top 40% 95.5% 93.7%
20186130 83% top 31% 97.2% 94.7%
20173000 0% top 70% 91.8% 91.1%
20163011 67% top 42% 94.6% 92.6%
20156000 17% top 75% 92.5% 88.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 7, 2021 Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK 25 / 53 (672.4916) 13 (174.2628) 32 (164.5488) 17 (170.8344) 25 (162.8456)
Apr 23, 2021 16th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 22 / 41 (669.0628) 20 (170.2744) 34 (159.9772) 23 (166.8228) 13 (171.9884)
Mar 20, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK 42 / 50 (665.6000) 35 (169.1316) 44 (161.6456) 21 (172.5600) 42 (162.2628)
Mar 19, 2021 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK 36 / 56 (674.1940) 1 (179.4400) 49 (161.6800) 45 (163.9312) 31 (169.1428)
Oct 24, 2020 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK 49 / 58 (664.4688) 42 (169.6800) 57 (158.8460) — 18 (173.1428)
Oct 23, 2020 Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK 47 / 64 (669.6000) 11 (175.4172) 54 (160.5372) — 47 (164.5256)
Sep 19, 2020 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK 55 / 56 (652.4344) 53 (160.5028) 33 (168.0116) 29 (170.8344) 56 (153.0856)
Sep 18, 2020 The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK 43 / 56 (669.5772) 50 (163.9428) 48 (161.6916) 3 (176.5600) 38 (167.3828)
Aug 7, 2020 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK 32 / 54 (659.8400) 39 (162.8000) 30 (165.1200) — 10 (170.8228)
Jun 22, 2019 Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK 8 / 27 (681.1084) 17 (164.5256) 2 (174.9144) 5 (174.2628) 14 (167.4056)
May 10, 2019 City Of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK 16 / 25 (659.2916) 16 (162.8344) 19 (158.2288) 4 (174.2628) 16 (163.9656)
May 3, 2019 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 7 / 56 (687.3600) 3 (178.8800) 23 (164.5488) 18 (170.8228) 8 (173.1084)
Apr 26, 2019 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK 12 / 39 (678.7768) 26 (162.8112) 23 (163.9772) 2 (177.7028) 3 (174.2856)
Apr 5, 2019 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon 🏅 Stillwater, OK 7 / 34 (685.6572) 8 (172.5600) 14 (168.5716) 2 (178.8572) 17 (165.6684)
Mar 23, 2019 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK 39 / 62 (669.6112) 57 (159.9540) 52 (162.2744) 6 (176.5600) 25 (170.8228)
Mar 22, 2019 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK 45 / 74 (661.0288) 30 (169.6916) 51 (162.2400) 56 (162.2400) 35 (166.8572)
Jun 1, 2018 Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK 13 / 30 (670.7888) 19 (166.8228) 13 (164.5716) 19 (166.2628) 7 (173.1316)
May 4, 2018 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK 1 / 68 (700.0112) 6 (176.0228) 8 (173.7028) 12 (174.8456) 4 (175.4400)
Apr 20, 2018 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 4 / 49 (697.7144) 13 (171.9772) 6 (174.2972) 7 (176) 7 (175.4400)
Apr 6, 2018 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK 4 / 26 (681.6684) 2 (176) 8 (167.4172) 8 (170.2628) 10 (167.9884)
Mar 24, 2018 Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK 64 / 79 (664.4572) 52 (168.5372) 59 (166.8572) 57 (167.3828) 63 (161.6800)
Mar 23, 2018 Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK 33 / 84 (676.4916) 60 (164.5372) 24 (171.4172) 8 (176) 55 (164.5372)
Apr 21, 2017 Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 25 / 47 (661.0288) 30 (161.1544) 14 (170.8228) 24 (169.6800) 31 (159.3716)
Mar 25, 2017 Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) Shawnee, OK 69 / 77 (648.4684) 67 (161.1084) 58 (165.7028) 53 (165.7028) 65 (155.9544)
Mar 24, 2017 Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK 59 / 87 (659.2912) 54 (165.1084) 69 (159.9428) 32 (170.2628) 57 (163.9772)
May 6, 2016 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK 9 / 83 (681.0972) 28 (167.4172) 38 (162.2744) 8 (173.7028) 1 (177.7028)
Apr 15, 2016 Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 25 / 63 (665.1084) 6 (174.8572) 46 (155.9884) 13 (170.8456) 33 (163.4172)
Mar 25, 2016 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK 49 / 66 (653.0284) 44 (163.4400) 24 (169.6800) 36 (166.8112) 56 (153.0972)
Oct 9, 2015 Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK 13 / 28 (666.1716) 3 (176.6172) 10 (167.3828) 12 (167.3828) 19 (154.7888)
Aug 7, 2015 CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK 15 / 26 (654.1944) 17 (161.1660) 11 (168.5484) 11 (167.3828) 16 (157.0972)
Apr 17, 2015 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 57 / 75 (635.8860) 39 (165.1428) 61 (154.2744) 58 (162.2400) 57 (154.2288)
Apr 3, 2015 Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK 27 / 34 (610.1144) 31 (143.9772) 21 (160.5144) 31 (153.6684) 23 (151.9544)
Mar 27, 2015 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK 47 / 52 (630.7772) 48 (151.4172) 17 (170.8228) 48 (157.1772) 48 (151.3600)
Mar 20, 2015 3rd Annual Smokin At The Run Miami, OK 86 / 87 (618.1828) 81 (162.8572) 84 (150.2400) 87 (150.2284) 76 (154.8572)

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