WOODPILE BBQ SHACK

WOODPILE BBQ SHACK is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 31 at the Blues, Brews & Barbecues (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1169 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,169

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1589

peak 1596 · rated over 20 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013

latest Jun 26, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#221

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

35% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

686.8000 / 720

Master · Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 661.69 (+5.55)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±17.02

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.52)

Road miles

3,692

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 504 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

661.69 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 20% average finish here

Jim Beam BBQ Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 20%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 15 of 20 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 20 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.8000 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.8000 at Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 18, 2014

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 90% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Extra Mile BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

9 of 10 shared brisket entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

YELLOW RIVER BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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An October team

Top 24% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 24% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,692 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,692 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 504 miles to "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship.

20 mapped stops
furthest 504 mi

The metronome

±2.36% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.36% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.9% of a perfect score
20 contests

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1321 (195 pts)	#1341 (215 pts)	#1644 (150 pts)	#1094 (305 pts)	#1348 (205 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#282 (1,237 pts)	#321 (1,087 pts)	#355 (1,022 pts)	#367 (1,012 pts)	#233 (1,387 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#221 (1,308 pts)	#262 (1,083 pts)	#295 (1,018 pts)	#204 (1,268 pts)	#174 (1,438 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

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

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1589 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1594

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rated over 22 contests
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Smoking OCD

#1,170 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1589

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Dec 6, 2024

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The King and His Q

#1,176 of the rated field

1588 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 70%
Peak: 1597

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 20 contests, alongside a 70% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 24, 2026

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Shootin' Smoke

#1,171 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1606

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

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

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SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ

#1,175 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1594

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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A MOTLEY QUE

#1,174 of the rated field

1589 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1589

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Oct 20, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
YELLOW RIVER BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Extra Mile BBQ	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
BIG BROTHERS BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BONEHEAD BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
STEEL SMOKIN' BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
HUG HOGS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	5	0	1	174.8456	155.4284	165.69	top 45%
Pork Ribs	21	7	0	0	171.4400	149.7144	163.52	top 47%
Pork	21	7	2	2	176.5600	158.2056	165.77	top 43%
Brisket	21	9	1	5	179.4400	154.8228	166.71	top 35%

“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
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 36%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 34%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MI	9	top 36%
IN	5	top 33%
KY	4	top 24%
TN	1	top 44%
OH	1	top 81%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	8	top 28%	Oct 17, 2014
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	6	top 20%	Oct 3, 2014
Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	2	3	top 34%	Jul 18, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 6.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 9 of 20 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 17 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 335 finished ahead 470 times, behind 240

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

20152 milestones

Mar 6 Peak power rating (1596) "Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship
Jun 26 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20143 milestones

May 3 10th tracked contest Smokin' On The Water
Jul 18 Career-best overall score686.8000 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Oct 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

20137 milestones

Jun 21 First tracked contest 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First call 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Jun 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2856 5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Dam Good BBQ Championship
Aug 23 First category win (Pork) Blues, Brews & Barbecues
Aug 23 First overall podium Blues, Brews & Barbecues
Aug 23 First Reserve Championship Blues, Brews & Barbecues

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.9	Blues, Brews & Barbecues	Aug 23, 2013
+14.1	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	Jul 18, 2014
+12.1	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	Oct 4, 2013
+8.9	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off	Jun 20, 2014
+8.1	Marshall County	Sep 20, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	Jul 11, 2014
-7.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 26, 2015
-3.5	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	Jul 19, 2013
-0.8	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	Aug 22, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 57%	94.5%	91.4%
2014	9	3	2	78%	top 35%	95.4%	92.7%
2013	9	4	1	78%	top 31%	95.2%	91.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 26, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	21 / 30 (635.9316)	14 (164.0116)	26 (150.8112)	15 (160.5716)	18 (160.5372)
Mar 6, 2015	"Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship Nashville, TN	11 / 25 (680.5144)	14 (170.8572)	16 (166.8228)	4 (172.5600)	12 (170.2744)
Oct 17, 2014	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	8 / 32 (671.9316)	6 (171.9656)	28 (156.5488)	20 (163.9772)	1 (179.4400)
Oct 3, 2014	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	11 / 44 (683.8740)	15 (172.5484)	21 (170.8228)	33 (161.6456)	2 (178.8572)
Aug 22, 2014	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	18 / 39 (663.9312)	16 (167.9772)	15 (166.2856)	15 (167.4056)	22 (162.2628)
Aug 8, 2014	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	13 / 32 (663.2912)	24 (159.3828)	6 (170.8916)	24 (161.0856)	3 (174.8456)
Jul 18, 2014	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	3 / 51 (686.8000)	14 (173.7028)	11 (170.8572)	5 (176.5600)	20 (165.6800)
Jul 11, 2014	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	34 / 42 (628.4800)	30 (159.4172)	35 (155.9428)	27 (158.2972)	35 (154.8228)
Jun 27, 2014	Smoke on the Square: In Memory of David Harness Franklin, IN	14 / 34 (671.3256)	5 (174.8456)	15 (166.2400)	25 (162.8344)	10 (167.4056)
Jun 20, 2014	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	6 / 31 (667.3028)	11 (166.2400)	13 (159.9544)	1 (175.4056)	12 (165.7028)
May 3, 2014	Smokin' On The Water Liberty, IN	13 / 43 (669.6572)	15 (168.5716)	7 (171.4400)	22 (166.8228)	18 (162.8228)
Oct 18, 2013	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	12 / 40 (666.7428)	27 (158.8228)	9 (170.2744)	8 (169.6800)	13 (167.9656)
Oct 4, 2013	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	6 / 41 (685.6684)	16 (170.8228)	10 (170.8456)	19 (167.4172)	2 (176.5828)
Sep 20, 2013	Marshall County Plymouth, IN	7 / 27 (667.3368)	3 (171.9656)	17 (162.2628)	7 (168.5256)	7 (164.5828)
Sep 13, 2013	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	13 / 47 (643.9656)	23 (161.1200)	15 (162.2744)	23 (158.2284)	12 (162.3428)
Aug 23, 2013	Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI	2 / 31 (674.8340)	15 (161.6684)	8 (164.5372)	1 (174.8456)	2 (173.7828)
Aug 9, 2013	Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	9 / 31 (656.4912)	5 (169.7028)	16 (160)	19 (158.2056)	6 (168.5828)
Jul 19, 2013	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	35 / 57 (636.4112)	44 (157.6572)	39 (152.5484)	17 (165.6800)	26 (160.5256)
Jun 28, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	13 / 26 (639.9996)	7 (166.8570)	24 (149.7144)	11 (162.2856)	13 (161.1426)
Jun 21, 2013	5th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	11 / 30 (654.2856)	20 (155.4284)	10 (165.7144)	6 (169.1428)	9 (164)

WOODPILE BBQ SHACK

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

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

The metronome

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 — 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)