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SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE

SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Best Dam Barbeque (2018). They are ranked #3434 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,434
of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1495
peak 1522 · rated over 33 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

34
in the data

First seen

Oct 3, 2013
latest May 26, 2023 · 9.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#643
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

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

Category wins

0
5 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
15% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 62%
overall standings

Best overall

693.1316 / 720
Master · Best Dam Barbeque

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

655.23 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 652.46 (+2.77)

Walk rate

47%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944
Pork Ribs · Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

Consistency

±18.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 166.11 · weakest Brisket (159.77)

Road miles

22,169
across 34 mapped stops · furthest 1,589 mi

Schedule strength

62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$124K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.46 / 720
34 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

6-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 94 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Best Dam Barbeque (May 25, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 6-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIG POPPA SMOKERS.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Best Dam Barbeque.

  • May 25, 2018

High-water mark

693.1316 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.1316 at Best Dam Barbeque — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • May 25, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

All About Smokin Q has finished one call ahead of SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–3 behind in the head-to-head

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead in 88% of their meetings

BIG POPPA SMOKERS has come out ahead in 23 of their 26 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.35 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 24%.

  • Brisket avg 159.77
  • Chicken avg 166.11
  • 7 calls in 34 entries

The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Best Dam Barbeque on May 25, 2018 — 10 contests and 8.4 years ago.

  • last GC May 25, 2018
  • 8.4 years ago
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A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at The Best Dam Barbeque (May 28, 2021).

  • last seen Sep 12, 2019
  • back May 28, 2021

Chicken nemesis

24 of 26 shared chicken entries lost

BIG POPPA SMOKERS ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BIG POPPA SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 24 of 26 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 47% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 47% across 8 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

  • 8 May contests
  • top 62% 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
2023 ↗ Master #1140 (87 pts) #1084 (117 pts) #989 (157 pts) #1570 (57 pts) #1175 (92 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1309 (60 pts) #1341 (60 pts) #1404 (60 pts) #1348 (60 pts) #1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1091 (96 pts) #1181 (86 pts) #931 (146 pts) #1226 (71 pts) #753 (201 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1362 (149 pts) #1401 (159 pts) #1138 (235 pts) #1271 (189 pts) #1423 (145 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #730 (460 pts) #908 (360 pts) #916 (360 pts) #979 (320 pts) #789 (435 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #822 (453 pts) #657 (613 pts) #696 (578 pts) #946 (393 pts) #756 (518 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #798 (455 pts) #727 (550 pts) #712 (565 pts) #1052 (340 pts) #897 (400 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #643 (569 pts) #589 (659 pts) #599 (649 pts) #818 (444 pts) #567 (659 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #962 (331 pts) #943 (376 pts) #1003 (341 pts) #789 (471 pts) #996 (331 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1970 (75 pts) #2073 (75 pts) #2017 (80 pts) #2080 (75 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

G AND L BBQ
#3,444 of the rated field
1494 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
15%
Peak
1512
4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 40 contests
  • last seen Jan 14, 2022
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NAISMITH BBQ
#3,435 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1510
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE)

Fewer contests behind them than SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE has cooked, 7 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2023
⚔ Head-to-head
Bad To The Bone
#3,428 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE)

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

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Jun 27, 2025
⚔ Head-to-head
CHICK HUGGINS BBQ
#3,432 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
31
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1513

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

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen Apr 17, 2026
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DARKSIDE BBQ
#3,433 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1502

Level with SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Apr 8, 2022
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Ribbin-1-Out
#3,447 of the rated field
1494 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
21%
Peak
1516

Fewer contests behind them than SQUAT AND GOBBLE BARBEQUE has cooked, 19 to 34, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen May 15, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BIG POPPA SMOKERS 26 3 23 12% ⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 20 1 19 5% ⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE 17 3 14 18% ⚔ compare
ZZYZX BAR.B.Q 14 2 12 14% ⚔ compare
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
Rooftop BBQ 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
TEAM AMERICA 12 1 11 8% ⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 34 8 0 0 175.4056 151.3484 166.11 top 52%
Pork Ribs 34 9 0 3 176.5944 146.8000 163.93 top 53%
Pork 32 3 0 0 171.4172 145.1200 163.11 top 61%
Brisket 34 7 0 2 176 132.5028 159.77 top 61%

“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)10top 56%
Medium (20–39)171top 53%
Large (40+)160top 73%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NV201top 61%
KS60top 74%
UT30top 53%
MO30top 49%
TN10top 89%
AZ10top 63%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 3 15 0 top 56% Aug 23, 2019
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 3 8 0 top 53% Apr 8, 2016
Best Dam Barbeque 2 1 1 top 35% May 26, 2023
The Best Dam Barbeque 2 16 0 top 62% May 28, 2021
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) 2 138 0 top 79% Sep 15, 2018
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 2 29 0 top 75% Aug 25, 2017
Best Dam Barbecue 2 6 0 top 31% May 27, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 6 contests
Contests a season 3.4 across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NV 20 of 34 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 25 7 of them more than once
First title May 25, 2018 Best Dam Barbeque
Opponents faced 2,186 finished ahead 1,873 times, behind 3,364
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → May 28, 2021

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

20231 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Best Dam Barbeque
20191 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
20186 milestones
  1. First overall podium Best Dam Barbeque
  2. First Grand Championship Best Dam Barbeque
  3. Biggest field won (30 teams) Best Dam Barbeque
  4. Career-best overall score693.1316 Best Dam Barbeque
  5. Peak power rating (1522) Best Dam Barbeque
  6. 25th tracked contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
20153 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9312 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  3. 10th tracked contest Best Dam Barbecue
20141 milestone
  1. First call 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge
20131 milestone
  1. First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+19.2Best Dam BarbequeMay 25, 2018
+13.9Best Dam BarbecueMay 27, 2016
+12.4Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews FestivalOct 24, 2015
+12.1Sam's Club National BBQ TourApr 10, 2015
+11.536th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- OpenOct 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.9Sam's Club National BBQ TourApr 11, 2014
-9.4Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Apr 24, 2015
-9.4Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue ChampionshipOct 31, 2013
-9American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTESTSep 29, 2022
-8USA Barbecue ChampionshipOct 30, 2014

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)
20231000 100% top 67% 92.8% 92.8%
20221000 0% top 89% 87.3% 87.3%
20211000 100% top 62% 90.5% 90.5%
20193000 67% top 55% 94.3% 92%
20185110 20% top 67% 96.3% 91.2%
20176010 50% top 67% 93% 91.1%
20164010 75% top 40% 94.2% 92.2%
20156020 67% top 49% 94.3% 92.1%
20145000 20% top 83% 88.6% 87.1%
20132000 0% top 70% 88.5% 87.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 26, 2023 Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV 18 / 27 (667.9888) 12 (170.8572) 7 (172) — 17 (164.5716)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 448 / 505 (628.4572) 443 (156.5600) 388 (161.1200) 296 (165.1200) 473 (145.6572)
May 28, 2021 The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV 16 / 26 (651.2456) 18 (162.2284) 8 (165.6916) — 4 (173.1084)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 295 / 468 (649.5884) 327 (161.0856) 287 (162.8572) 264 (164.5256) 274 (161.1200)
Aug 23, 2019 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV 15 / 37 (678.8688) 26 (166.2628) 3 (176.5944) 27 (162.8572) 9 (173.1544)
May 24, 2019 The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV 18 / 29 (659.8168) 16 (167.9656) 20 (163.9544) 10 (170.2628) 21 (157.6340)
Oct 26, 2018 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN 91 / 102 (639.3028) 92 (157.1200) 95 (156.5488) 94 (156.5140) 40 (169.1200)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 346 / 467 (640.3996) 181 (168.5484) 355 (159.3600) 318 (160.5256) 393 (151.9656)
Sep 14, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS 138 / 164 (661.0284) 123 (167.3828) 75 (170.2744) 138 (164.5256) 152 (158.8456)
Aug 24, 2018 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV 38 / 46 (649.5888) 23 (168.5716) 41 (160.5144) 30 (166.8228) 40 (153.6800)
May 25, 2018 Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 1 / 30 (693.1316) 6 (171.4400) 5 (174.2744) 9 (171.4172) 2 (176)
Oct 20, 2017 Logandale Fall Festival Logandale, NV 10 / 18 (657.6116) 13 (162.8572) 8 (165.0972) 15 (159.3944) 8 (170.2628)
Sep 1, 2017 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 304 / 407 (638.1140) 208 (166.2628) 269 (161.6572) 148 (168.5256) 384 (141.6684)
Aug 25, 2017 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out West Wendover, NV 29 / 37 (667.8968) 25 (170.8456) 31 (162.2628) 24 (166.8228) 18 (167.9656)
May 26, 2017 Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV 19 / 37 (669.6112) 8 (175.4056) 8 (173.7144) 27 (161.6684) 25 (158.8228)
Mar 24, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV 23 / 30 (641.5656) 9 (169.7372) 20 (159.4172) 26 (156.4912) 24 (155.9200)
Jan 20, 2017 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ 25 / 40 (658.7316) 18 (167.4172) 20 (165.1200) 31 (161.0972) 16 (165.0972)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 314 / 557 (650.1828) 447 (155.9656) 136 (169.7144) 168 (168.5600) 383 (155.9428)
Aug 26, 2016 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV 17 / 37 (663.8512) 5 (173.7028) 2 (172.5600) 33 (155.9428) 26 (161.6456)
May 27, 2016 Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV 6 / 36 (678.2060) 9 (170.8228) 9 (166.2400) 11 (169.6916) 7 (171.4516)
Apr 8, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT 12 / 30 (662.1824) 7 (171.4056) 16 (163.4284) 18 (162.8228) 13 (164.5256)
Oct 24, 2015 Oktoberfeast BBQ & Brews Festival Las Vegas, NV 9 / 34 (679.3140) 7 (173.1200) 13 (169.6684) 17 (167.9656) 10 (168.5600)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 159 / 606 (668.4568) 404 (159.9540) 115 (170.8112) 126 (169.7144) 172 (167.9772)
Aug 28, 2015 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV 35 / 49 (657.0172) 24 (168.5484) 41 (158.2516) 26 (166.8228) 31 (163.3944)
May 22, 2015 Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV 17 / 38 (661.0060) 6 (173.1200) 34 (153.6688) 14 (168.5372) 18 (165.6800)
Apr 24, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV 30 / 30 (652.3996) 21 (168.5484) 3 (176) 30 (158.7884) 30 (149.0628)
Apr 10, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT 8 / 30 (659.9312) 12 (167.4056) 12 (164.5600) 25 (154.8228) 2 (173.1428)
Oct 30, 2014 USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV 73 / 79 (622.7316) 50 (165.7144) 56 (161.1200) 71 (155.3828) 76 (140.5144)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 388 / 552 (636.4572) 156 (169.1428) 487 (150.8000) 402 (158.2744) 346 (158.2400)
Sep 5, 2014 The Great Vegas Gridiron Grill-Off Las Vegas, NV 36 / 42 (637.0284) 40 (151.3484) 33 (157.7028) 25 (167.4172) 35 (160.5600)
May 23, 2014 10th Annual Best Dam Barbecue Challenge Boulder City, NV 25 / 35 (638.1944) 27 (157.6688) 23 (155.4056) 9 (168) 27 (157.1200)
Apr 11, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT 27 / 29 (602.7084) 16 (163.9656) 27 (146.8000) 14 (159.4400) 29 (132.5028)
Oct 31, 2013 Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV 75 / 85 (623.9772) 52 (163.4400) 24 (166.8572) 81 (145.1200) 72 (148.5600)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 273 / 535 (637.0972) 213 (163.4172) 263 (159.4172) 154 (165.7028) 419 (148.5600)

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

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

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