TIMBONE BARBECUE

TIMBONE BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 58 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Tri City BBQ Fest (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #248 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#248

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1742

peak 1742 · rated over 54 contests4 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 6, 2013

latest Oct 8, 2021 · 8.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#59

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

34 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 58 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 37%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5484 / 720

Master · 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

685.52 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.37 (+13.15)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · 15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest

Consistency

±16.81

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.33)

Road miles

10,958

across 58 mapped stops · furthest 820 mi

Schedule strength

71%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)

Purse competed for

$232K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.37 / 720

58 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (20 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

4.5716 points from the title

Came within 4.5716 points of the Grand Championship at SMSU Smokefest (Aug 18, 2017).

Among the elite

#248 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 4% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1742 puts them #248 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 4% of the field.

rating 1742
peak 1742
54 rated contests

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Tri City BBQ Fest (Sep 21, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, DIRT ROAD BBQ.

On the rise

+44 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 44 points across 15 contests since Sep 21, 2018 — from 1697 up to 1742.

15 contests since Sep 21, 2018
now 1742

Giant slayer

34 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 34-team field at Tri City BBQ Fest.

Sep 20, 2019

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Tri City BBQ Fest is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 5 visits.

5 visits
best finish 1st
average top 30%

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They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 46 of 58 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 58 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5484 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5484 at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 12, 2019

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 13 entries at contests carrying the title.

13 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY has finished one call ahead of TIMBONE BARBECUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 2 Grand Championships

2018 was the year it came together: 18 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

18 contests
11 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 19%

A tough matchup

20–4 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 83% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 20 of their 24 shared contests.

A strong matchup

16–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (Oct 8, 2021).

last seen Sep 20, 2019
back Oct 8, 2021

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SIN CIRCLE BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 21% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 21% across 5 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.

5 May contests
top 37% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,958 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,958 miles across 58 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 820 miles to 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

58 mapped stops
furthest 820 mi

The metronome

±2.33% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.33% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
58 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tri City BBQ Fest every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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	#156 (1,527 pts)	#135 (1,562 pts)	#152 (1,457 pts)	#215 (1,242 pts)	#166 (1,372 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#59 (2,141 pts)	#30 (2,253 pts)	#147 (1,531 pts)	#70 (1,957 pts)	#44 (2,126 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#262 (1,295 pts)	#291 (1,175 pts)	#106 (1,805 pts)	#186 (1,435 pts)	#393 (970 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#743 (503 pts)	#584 (693 pts)	#676 (598 pts)	#852 (463 pts)	#759 (508 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#652 (562 pts)	#653 (587 pts)	#624 (627 pts)	#625 (617 pts)	#399 (932 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1319 (212 pts)	#928 (387 pts)	#1453 (197 pts)	#1450 (202 pts)	#1397 (207 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1888 (92 pts)	#2024 (82 pts)	#1456 (177 pts)	#2638 (57 pts)	#1932 (92 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TIMBONE BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.

Happy Grillmore

#249 of the rated field

1741 power rating

Contests: 64
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1756

Careers of much the same size, 64 contests to 58, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 62 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2024

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Rough Cut Q

#247 of the rated field

1742 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 8
Top-10s: 81%
Peak: 1742

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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YES, DEAR BBQ

#250 of the rated field

1741 power rating

Contests: 125
GCs: 8
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1760

Their rating is built on 8 Grand Championships in 125 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 113 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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FINGER LEIKAM GOOD

#246 of the rated field

1742 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 102
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1747

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to TIMBONE BARBECUE)

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

rated over 90 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Kith n' Kin

#252 of the rated field

1740 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 84
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1740

They turned up 6 years after TIMBONE BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 70 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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MISS PIGGY'S U.K.

#245 of the rated field

1743 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 81
GCs: 13
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1771

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

rated over 76 contests
last seen Oct 25, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	38	14	24	37%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	28	8	20	29%	⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE	26	10	16	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	24	4	20	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	23	12	11	52%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	23	12	11	52%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	23	10	13	43%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	23	8	15	35%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
HELPING U BBQ	20	12	8	60%	⚔ compare
KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ	19	15	4	79%	⚔ compare
Hogline	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	58	23	3	12	178.8572	145.0628	169.24	top 39%
Pork Ribs	58	23	0	9	178.2972	147.3944	167.33	top 41%
Pork	58	19	1	6	178.8572	148.5828	168.03	top 41%
Brisket	58	22	1	7	180 🔥	145.6572	167.77	top 38%

“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	0	top 45%
Medium (20–39)	32	3	top 38%
Large (40+)	23	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	15	2	top 42%
SD	15	1	top 42%
NE	11	0	top 30%
KS	8	0	top 20%
MN	3	0	top 30%
AR	2	0	top 45%
TN	1	0	top 89%
MO	1	0	top 33%
MT	1	0	top 54%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tri City BBQ Fest	5	1	2	top 30%	Sep 20, 2019
Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	3	5	0	top 40%	Sep 6, 2019
Cookin On Kampeska	3	10	0	top 38%	Jul 19, 2019
Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	3	15	0	top 66%	Sep 11, 2015
Central Plains Ribfest	2	4	0	top 12%	Jun 14, 2019
Q for a Cause	2	3	0	top 18%	Apr 26, 2019
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	19	0	top 14%	Sep 15, 2018
SMSU Smokefest	2	2	0	top 10%	Aug 17, 2018
Back To Mayberry	2	3	0	top 42%	Jul 6, 2018
BBQ in the Bluffs	2	7	0	top 22%	May 11, 2018
Back to Mayberry BBQ	2	15	0	top 69%	Jul 1, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 18 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 7.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 15 of 58 contests · 9 states in all

Contests visited 41 11 of them more than once

First title Jun 1, 2018 The Original SD BBQ Championships

Opponents faced 1,359 finished ahead 2,380 times, behind 997

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Sep 20, 2019 → Oct 8, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Oct 8 Most recent contest 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20195 milestones

Jun 14 50th tracked contest Central Plains Ribfest
Sep 12 Career-best overall score696.5484 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Sep 20 First state championship Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 20 Biggest field won (34 teams) Tri City BBQ Fest
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1742) Tri City BBQ Fest

20182 milestones

Jun 1 First Grand Championship The Original SD BBQ Championships
Oct 12 First perfect 180 (Brisket) 15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest

20173 milestones

Aug 18 First overall podium SMSU Smokefest
Aug 18 First Reserve Championship SMSU Smokefest
Sep 29 25th tracked contest BBQ in the Badlands

20152 milestones

Sep 25 First overall top-10 Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo
Sep 25 10th tracked contest Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo

20142 milestones

Sep 5 First category win (Chicken) Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.9428 Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll

20132 milestones

Sep 6 First tracked contest Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 6 First call Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.9	SMSU Smokefest	Aug 18, 2017
+15.4	Q for a Cause	Apr 20, 2018
+14.1	BBQ in the Bluffs	May 12, 2017
+13.6	The Original SD BBQ Championships	Jun 1, 2018
+13.2	Back To Mayberry	Jul 6, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Cookin On Kampeska	Jul 19, 2019
-6.7	GOBS Que	Aug 9, 2019
-6.4	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 11, 2015
-6.3	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 1) (Judges Full)	Apr 22, 2016
-6	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	Sep 7, 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)
2021	1	0	0	0	0%	top 89%	92%	92%
2019	13	1	5	1	62%	top 30%	96.7%	94.3%
2018	18	2	11	2	89%	top 19%	96.6%	95%
2017	10	0	4	0	100%	top 36%	95.2%	93.9%
2016	6	0	1	0	50%	top 59%	93%	91%
2015	6	0	1	1	83%	top 61%	92.9%	90.2%
2014	3	0	0	1	100%	top 57%	91.7%	90.5%
2013	1	0	0	0	100%	top 63%	89.5%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 8, 2021	32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	62 / 70 (662.1596)	65 (159.9656)	40 (170.8456)	46 (167.4056)	61 (163.9428)
Sep 20, 2019	Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA	1 / 34 (690.7540)	12 (169.6684)	3 (173.7028)	14 (169.6800)	2 (177.7028)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	49 / 468 (685.0856)	165 (168.5372)	168 (167.4172)	18 (176.0228)	72 (173.1084)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	13 / 135 (696.5484)	8 (178.2972)	79 (169.1428)	44 (173.1084)	19 (176)
Sep 6, 2019	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	5 / 29 (693.0740)	5 (176.5600)	6 (172.5828)	8 (173.1200)	12 (170.8112)
Aug 9, 2019	GOBS Que 🏅 Arlington, NE	13 / 29 (656.3884)	14 (164.5256)	12 (165.6916)	5 (170.8228)	20 (155.3484)
Jul 19, 2019	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	26 / 40 (654.1596)	25 (165.6800)	17 (168.0228)	33 (158.8228)	28 (161.6340)
Jun 28, 2019	Back To Mayberry 🏅 Rodney, IA	6 / 28 (689.1084)	4 (172.5484)	16 (166.8456)	5 (174.3088)	4 (175.4056)
Jun 14, 2019	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	4 / 30 (687.3712)	1 (176.5600)	2 (175.4056)	14 (168.5600)	12 (166.8456)
May 31, 2019	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	11 / 37 (671.8628)	3 (174.2744)	26 (159.3828)	10 (171.9772)	14 (166.2284)
May 10, 2019	Minnesota in May 🏅	12 / 57 (681.6568)	14 (172.5600)	16 (169.7028)	15 (171.4056)	18 (167.9884)
Apr 26, 2019	Q for a Cause 🏅 Papillion, NE	9 / 32 (686.2284)	19 (166.2400)	2 (173.7256)	14 (169.7028)	3 (176.5600)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	41 / 104 (673.0400)	22 (173.1200)	65 (163.9544)	55 (165.7144)	34 (170.2512)
Feb 8, 2019	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR	76 / 92 (663.8284)	80 (165.0972)	91 (154.7772)	36 (169.6684)	17 (174.2856)
Oct 19, 2018	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	12 / 33 (683.9316)	3 (178.8572)	24 (161.6800)	2 (178.8572)	22 (164.5372)
Oct 12, 2018	15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest Desoto, KS	16 / 69 (689.6344)	13 (175.4172)	49 (163.3944)	25 (170.8228)	2 (180)
Sep 28, 2018	Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR	4 / 49 (693.1316)	3 (178.8572)	5 (174.2972)	13 (172)	16 (167.9772)
Sep 21, 2018	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	1 / 27 (687.9888)	3 (170.8344)	5 (168.5944)	1 (176.5600)	4 (172)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	75 / 467 (682.2400)	88 (173.1200)	125 (170.2628)	276 (162.2972)	16 (176.5600)
Sep 14, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	19 / 164 (693.6456)	17 (176.5600)	104 (167.4056)	38 (174.2744)	35 (175.4056)
Sep 7, 2018	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	15 / 25 (665.6116)	11 (167.9656)	10 (168)	21 (158.8232)	11 (170.8228)
Sep 1, 2018	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	13 / 34 (667.9084)	6 (172.5600)	18 (163.9772)	12 (166.2628)	18 (165.1084)
Aug 17, 2018	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	6 / 40 (685.1428)	3 (177.1428)	12 (168.5944)	13 (169.1200)	11 (170.2856)
Aug 10, 2018	26th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Arlington, NE	4 / 30 (689.6112)	13 (168.5256)	3 (175.4056)	9 (171.9772)	3 (173.7028)
Jul 20, 2018	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	10 / 45 (676.0116)	19 (169.1544)	12 (168.5828)	27 (165.1200)	4 (173.1544)
Jul 6, 2018	Back To Mayberry Rodney, IA	3 / 26 (687.3832)	2 (178.2972)	13 (167.9772)	12 (168.5372)	4 (172.5716)
Jun 15, 2018	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	4 / 35 (689.7260)	27 (164.5372)	20 (167.4744)	2 (178.8572)	2 (178.8572)
Jun 1, 2018	The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	1 / 33 (695.3940)	2 (175.4400)	5 (171.4056)	3 (177.1428)	2 (171.4056)
May 18, 2018	7th Annual Valley Veterans BBQ Competition Valley, NE	5 / 42 (682.8000)	4 (176)	10 (170.2628)	26 (163.4172)	7 (173.1200)
May 11, 2018	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	10 / 39 (674.7884)	9 (171.4056)	35 (155.4056)	2 (175.4172)	5 (172.5600)
Apr 20, 2018	Q for a Cause Papillion, NE	3 / 41 (685.1200)	1 (178.8572)	22 (163.4172)	7 (172)	8 (170.8456)
Apr 6, 2018	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	17 / 103 (686.2744)	17 (174.8572)	10 (174.8800)	63 (162.8344)	11 (173.7028)
Oct 6, 2017	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	25 / 76 (671.3484)	29 (166.8228)	39 (162.2628)	7 (174.2972)	19 (167.9656)
Sep 29, 2017	BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT	14 / 26 (674.1944)	21 (164.5256)	2 (177.7144)	2 (176.5716)	20 (155.3828)
Sep 22, 2017	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	10 / 37 (680.5600)	3 (177.7144)	11 (170.2856)	14 (167.9772)	18 (164.5828)
Sep 8, 2017	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	13 / 31 (674.8916)	19 (168.0228)	2 (176.5944)	16 (167.9888)	19 (162.2856)
Aug 18, 2017	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	2 / 41 (683.4056)	2 (176)	3 (172)	10 (171.9772)	23 (163.4284)
Jul 14, 2017	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	13 / 48 (679.9312)	14 (172)	6 (174.2628)	17 (168.5600)	28 (165.1084)
Jun 30, 2017	Back to Mayberry Rodney, IA	21 / 29 (668.5028)	24 (165.1200)	10 (172)	6 (175.4172)	28 (155.9656)
Jun 16, 2017	Beresford Wheels 'n Squeals (RUSHMORE CUP QUALIFIER) Beresford, SD	7 / 17 (674.2512)	8 (168)	3 (172.5484)	11 (164.5944)	5 (169.1084)
Jun 2, 2017	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	14 / 32 (669.6572)	27 (158.8572)	3 (178.2972)	10 (171.4172)	24 (161.0856)
May 12, 2017	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	7 / 39 (685.7028)	18 (169.7028)	13 (169.1656)	8 (172.5716)	4 (174.2628)
Sep 16, 2016	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	18 / 34 (655.9200)	17 (164)	9 (168.5716)	27 (151.9312)	7 (171.4172)
Sep 9, 2016	Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	10 / 34 (669.6572)	8 (173.1544)	6 (172.0116)	15 (166.2628)	23 (158.2284)
Aug 5, 2016	24th Annual State BBQ Championship of Nebraska Omaha, NE	46 / 70 (634.7544)	15 (169.1200)	42 (160)	43 (159.9772)	63 (145.6572)
Jul 15, 2016	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	18 / 41 (668.5600)	4 (176.0228)	18 (169.1200)	26 (164)	28 (159.4172)
Jul 1, 2016	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	27 / 35 (659.8744)	28 (162.2744)	24 (163.3828)	19 (166.2400)	18 (167.9772)
Apr 22, 2016	Central Iowa Expo BBQ (Day 1) (Judges Full) Boone, IA	35 / 42 (644.5032)	34 (158.8228)	27 (161.1316)	20 (168.0116)	37 (156.5372)
Sep 25, 2015	Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo Omaha, NE	6 / 18 (668.5828)	7 (169.1428)	9 (163.4400)	11 (161.7144)	1 (174.2856)
Sep 18, 2015	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	11 / 18 (654.2056)	16 (157.1428)	7 (166.2628)	5 (170.8228)	10 (159.9772)
Sep 11, 2015	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	25 / 32 (635.8400)	25 (159.9428)	32 (147.3944)	21 (161.6800)	13 (166.8228)
Aug 21, 2015	Smokefest Marshall, MN	30 / 42 (649.6000)	41 (145.0628)	16 (166.2744)	19 (166.2628)	6 (172)
Jul 3, 2015	Back to Mayberry BBQ Whiting, IA	15 / 25 (657.6112)	5 (168.5600)	13 (164.5484)	13 (166.8456)	19 (157.6572)
Jun 26, 2015	3rd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE	22 / 34 (629.6796)	31 (154.8684)	21 (157.1084)	30 (148.5828)	6 (169.1200)
Oct 11, 2014	WinnaVegas Rib Master Classic Sloan, IA	19 / 34 (652.5256)	23 (162.2628)	29 (156.5028)	21 (161.7256)	10 (172.0344)
Sep 5, 2014	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	15 / 26 (659.9428)	1 (176)	11 (168.5372)	23 (156)	18 (159.4056)
Jul 3, 2014	Whiting BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA	12 / 21 (641.6916)	12 (162.9032)	19 (151.3828)	8 (166.8572)	10 (160.5484)
Sep 6, 2013	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	17 / 27 (644.4800)	19 (157.6800)	5 (172.0344)	24 (153.0972)	17 (161.6684)

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

TIMBONE BARBECUE

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 (20 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)