GREAT PLAINS BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

highest chicken score

Power ranking

#686

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1643

peak 1658 · rated over 52 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2018-10-19

Best ToY finish

#161

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

19 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 52 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

817.5996 / 720

Master · Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

661.04 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.24 (+2.80)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±76.06

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.54 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Road miles

6,065

mi across 52 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Master avg

658.24 / 720

52 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (13 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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

Chicken ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Blues, BBQ & Bargains is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 18%

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 43 of 52 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 52 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

817.5996 career-best overall

113.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 817.5996 at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off — 113.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-07-26

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE SMOKING HILLS has finished one call ahead of GREAT PLAINS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

22–6 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 22 of their 28 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.91 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 31% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 163.63
Pork Ribs avg 168.54
16 calls in 52 entries

A strong matchup

12–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER in 12 of their 16 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Lucky D's BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

Boom or bust

±10.56% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±10.56% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 91.4% of a perfect score
best 113.6%

An April team

Top 28% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 28% across 6 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

6 April contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,065 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,065 miles across 52 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 200 miles to BBQ on the Bricks.

52 mapped stops
furthest 200 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked *Harper County Bullseye BBQ every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 9th

Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

🥇 🍖 Highest chicken score 180.0000 one meat, out of 180 · won the category with it · 26 Apr 2013 · shared with at least 9 others

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW

#691 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1654

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GREAT PLAINS BBQ)

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

rated over 53 contests
last seen 2019-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ

#688 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1678

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to GREAT PLAINS BBQ)

They've been 1678 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 43 contests
last seen 2021-05-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Q-JITSU

#689 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1668

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 57 contests to 52, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 53 contests
last seen 2026-08-16

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BEAN BANDITS

#690 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1651

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 46 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 46 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG SHOW BBQ COOKIN' TEAM

#684 of the rated field

1644 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1648

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2017-03-24

⚔ Head-to-head

SLINGIN MEATS

#687 of the rated field

1643 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1643

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after GREAT PLAINS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WICHITA SWINEMEN	30	13	17	43%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	28	7	21	25%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	28	6	22	21%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	25	12	13	48%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	23	7	16	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	21	12	9	57%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
LONGBONE BBQ	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	52	21	1	4	180.0000 🔥	20.0000	164.33	top 43%
Pork Ribs	52	26	2	4	178.8572	157.7256	168.54	top 36%
Pork	52	21	3	7	178.8572	146.1824	168.19	top 39%
Brisket	52	16	0	4	175.4286	133.6344	163.63	top 47%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	39	top 36%
OK	11	top 45%
NE	1	top 32%
MO	1	top 99%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	38	0	top 37%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 44%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Harper County Bullseye BBQ	5	9	top 46%	2018-10-19
*Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)	3	3	top 28%	2017-09-08
*Derby BBQ Festival	2	7	top 27%	2018-06-08
Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off	2	10	top 31%	2016-07-01
Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	2	10	top 29%	2015-07-24
Big Blue BBQ Championship	2	9	top 39%	2015-06-05
When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In	2	15	top 54%	2014-08-22
United Wireless Five State Fair BBQ	2	3	top 28%	2014-08-01
Blues, BBQ & Bargains	2	4	top 18%	2014-07-18
Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2	18	top 59%	2014-06-20

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.6 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2018-10-19

Busiest season 2013 15 contests

Contests a season 8.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 39 of 52 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 38 10 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 52 entries · 1 win · 21 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 168.54 · weakest Brisket (163.63)

Walk rate 83% a top-10 call in 43 of 52 contests

Overall top-10 rate 37% 19 of 52 contests

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 658.24 out of 720 · 52 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,184 1,169–1,191 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,065 52 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Power rating 1643 peak 1658 · #686 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
Mar 15 First call Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4280 Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK
Apr 26 First category win (Chicken) R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall top-10 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall podium R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First perfect 180 (Chicken) R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Jul 26 Career-best overall score817.5996 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
Aug 2 10th tracked contest United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ
2014
Aug 1 25th tracked contest United Wireless Five State Fair BBQ
2017
Apr 28 Peak power rating (1658) *Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off
2018
Jun 8 50th tracked contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Oct 19 Most recent contest *Harper County Bullseye BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship	2013-04-26
+13.5	Derby BBQ Festival	2014-09-12
+13.1	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic	2015-06-12
+12.8	Blues, BBQ & Bargains	2013-07-19
+12.5	National Bar-B-Que Derby	2013-09-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-17.5	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
-8.5	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2018-10-19
-8.3	*Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL)	2017-09-08
-7.9	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	2015-08-21
-5.5	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	2018-07-27

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	3	1	0	67%	top 50%	94.3%	91.8%
2017	3	1	0	100%	top 44%	94.1%	92.6%
2016	7	1	0	100%	top 30%	95.2%	93.9%
2015	11	8	1	82%	top 31%	96.1%	93.5%
2014	13	3	2	77%	top 47%	96.8%	92.4%
2013	15	5	3	80%	top 38%	113.6%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-19	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	25 / 33 (644.9596)	16 (170.2628)	16 (166.8228)	26 (161.0856)	32 (146.7884)
2018-07-27	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	15 / 27 (659.8400)	10 (169.6800)	15 (162.8228)	23 (160.5144)	9 (166.8228)
2018-06-08	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	7 / 40 (678.7884)	11 (171.4056)	8 (170.8228)	3 (174.8572)	26 (161.7028)
2017-10-20	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	20 / 47 (675.4172)	25 (168.5600)	2 (178.8572)	31 (164.0228)	28 (163.9772)
2017-09-08	*Derby BBQ Festival(JUDGES FULL) Derby, KS	18 / 29 (646.1716)	2 (176.0228)	19 (163.3944)	6 (173.1200)	28 (133.6344)
2017-04-28	*Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS	9 / 32 (677.7028)	7 (170.8800)	7 (171.4400)	5 (175.4172)	24 (159.9656)
2016-10-14	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	11 / 38 (685.0972)	3 (178.2972)	16 (172.5600)	18 (167.4172)	19 (166.8228)
2016-09-23	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS	13 / 39 (674.8456)	17 (169.1084)	14 (168.5944)	6 (176.5828)	20 (160.5600)
2016-09-09	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	14 / 38 (677.0744)	6 (174.8456)	11 (172.5716)	26 (163.3944)	22 (166.2628)
2016-08-26	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	11 / 34 (668.5368)	9 (170.2856)	9 (169.1428)	5 (176.0000)	26 (153.1084)
2016-07-29	The Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	6 / 37 (683.9772)	3 (176.5716)	13 (172.0000)	21 (166.8456)	11 (168.5600)
2016-07-01	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off Hutchinson, KS	11 / 38 (674.7428)	10 (170.8228)	29 (161.6916)	12 (169.1200)	7 (173.1084)
2016-04-15	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	21 / 63 (669.0512)	27 (167.3828)	39 (160.5484)	8 (173.1200)	23 (168.0000)
2015-10-16	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	9 / 34 (679.3596)	24 (162.8456)	8 (171.9656)	3 (173.7028)	9 (170.8456)
2015-09-25	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	6 / 25 (675.9196)	4 (166.2856)	8 (167.9656)	4 (173.7028)	6 (167.9656)
2015-09-11	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	4 / 26 (670.2972)	11 (164.0228)	8 (164.0116)	1 (174.2972)	9 (167.9656)
2015-08-21	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	28 / 36 (654.1140)	24 (164.5256)	15 (166.2400)	23 (166.2628)	30 (157.0856)
2015-07-24	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS	10 / 35 (671.3140)	14 (167.9772)	11 (168.5600)	16 (166.2628)	10 (168.5140)
2015-07-03	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS	10 / 31 (669.0856)	10 (170.2628)	5 (172.5600)	13 (166.3200)	20 (159.9428)
2015-06-12	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	3 / 35 (691.9316)	12 (170.8344)	7 (176.0000)	3 (178.8572)	20 (166.2400)
2015-06-05	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	9 / 30 (664.5144)	6 (167.4172)	4 (172.0000)	16 (162.8572)	15 (162.2400)
2015-05-08	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	7 / 32 (683.3600)	10 (170.8112)	13 (168.5832)	4 (175.4056)	12 (168.5600)
2015-04-17	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	19 / 75 (677.0744)	43 (164.5372)	26 (168.0000)	4 (177.1544)	27 (167.3828)
2015-03-27	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	25 / 52 (666.7772)	24 (169.1200)	21 (169.7028)	23 (167.9772)	38 (159.9772)
2014-10-17	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	17 / 30 (629.6228)	24 (143.3828)	7 (170.2972)	7 (166.8456)	24 (149.0972)
2014-09-12	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	3 / 38 (697.0972)	5 (173.1084)	7 (176.0000)	3 (174.8688)	8 (173.1200)
2014-08-22	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	21 / 36 (664.5032)	14 (169.7144)	28 (161.1316)	20 (167.4172)	19 (166.2400)
2014-08-01	United Wireless Five State Fair BBQ Liberal, KS	3 / 25 (689.6800)	7 (171.4172)	9 (166.8456)	4 (178.2972)	2 (173.1200)
2014-07-18	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	9 / 33 (673.6344)	4 (170.8228)	6 (172.5600)	8 (170.2744)	18 (159.9772)
2014-07-11	Cowley County BBQ Contest Winfield, KS	13 / 20 (664.4800)	7 (170.8456)	15 (162.8572)	13 (165.6800)	11 (165.0972)
2014-06-20	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	25 / 42 (666.2400)	16 (169.6684)	30 (163.4516)	1 (178.2972)	35 (154.8228)
2014-06-06	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	12 / 25 (647.9544)	13 (159.9772)	15 (162.2744)	1 (176.0344)	22 (149.6684)
2014-05-16	Wheatstock Grill-Off: Peace, Love & BBQ Abilene, KS	14 / 27 (663.4288)	8 (170.8916)	9 (166.2972)	23 (157.6800)	6 (168.5600)
2014-05-09	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	13 / 29 (678.2744)	19 (166.2744)	9 (171.4172)	13 (166.8800)	4 (173.7028)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	26 / 64 (657.5884)	21 (168.5484)	26 (163.9656)	11 (170.2628)	37 (154.8116)
2014-03-15	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK	51 / 72 (666.1940)	53 (167.9656)	56 (164.0000)	39 (168.5600)	42 (165.6684)
2014-03-14	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	28 / 41 (652.9708)	22 (166.8228)	6 (175.4056)	41 (146.1824)	19 (164.5600)
2013-10-18	Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS	12 / 25 (658.1600)	24 (157.0744)	9 (171.9656)	14 (163.9428)	11 (165.1772)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	527 / 535 (514.7768)	534 (20.0000)	55 (169.7372)	212 (163.3828)	210 (161.6568)
2013-09-13	Cherokee Strip Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	15 / 33 (657.5888)	22 (159.9428)	5 (169.1316)	20 (163.4172)	16 (165.0972)
2013-09-06	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	3 / 35 (671.4400)	7 (168.0000)	5 (171.4516)	14 (165.1200)	10 (166.8684)
2013-08-23	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	15 / 30 (642.1828)	7 (168.5484)	21 (157.7256)	19 (161.6916)	22 (154.2172)
2013-08-02	United Wireless / Five State Fair BBQ Liberal, KS	11 / 25 (659.4172)	19 (161.1200)	7 (169.7372)	9 (168.5944)	15 (159.9656)
2013-07-26	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off Dodge City, KS	14 / 47 (817.5996)	39 (146.8228)	1 (175.4056)	20 (163.3828)	8 (170.8456)
2013-07-19	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	4 / 42 (674.2512)	5 (173.7028)	16 (165.1428)	17 (162.8456)	3 (172.5600)
2013-06-14	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	18 / 31 (652.5712)	22 (160.5712)	13 (166.2858)	11 (169.1428)	19 (156.5714)
2013-06-07	It's A Smokin Good Thang Tecumseh, OK	12 / 27 (655.4284)	25 (150.8568)	10 (163.4286)	11 (166.8572)	2 (174.2858)
2013-05-31	Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS	6 / 34 (672.5714)	12 (168.5714)	2 (172.5714)	29 (156.0000)	2 (175.4286)
2013-05-17	Taste of Wheatstock Abilene, KS	9 / 25 (662.2856)	19 (157.7142)	1 (177.7144)	10 (165.1426)	12 (161.7144)
2013-04-26	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	3 / 25 (685.7142)	1 (180.0000)	14 (165.7144)	4 (176.5714)	14 (163.4284)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	19 / 63 (662.2854)	17 (168.0000)	35 (160.5714)	24 (167.4284)	17 (166.2856)
2013-03-15	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK Miami, OK	24 / 55 (667.4280)	37 (162.2856)	4 (174.2856)	41 (160.5712)	9 (170.2856)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#1317 (210 pts)	#1457 (195 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1201 (280 pts)	#1309 (235 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#237 (1360 pts)	#321 (1115 pts)	#212 (1375 pts)	#140 (1615 pts)	#349 (1030 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#284 (1230 pts)	#259 (1238 pts)	#262 (1265 pts)	#126 (1690 pts)	#263 (1298 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#161 (1573 pts)	#188 (1339 pts)	#56 (1957 pts)	#220 (1217 pts)	#128 (1670 pts)