FUNNY FARM BBQ

FUNNY FARM BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 112 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1909 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,909

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1543

peak 1556 · rated over 33 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 6.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#375

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

12% of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8116 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 652.67 (-6.05)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Consistency

±17.15

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.56 · weakest Brisket (162.73)

Road miles

3,256

across 33 mapped stops · furthest 753 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Purse competed for

$4,300

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

652.67 / 720

33 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

702.8116 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8116 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SQUEAL OF APPROVAL has finished one call ahead of FUNNY FARM BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 36%.

7 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 36%

A tough matchup

18–4 behind in the head-to-head

B & C SMOKERS ahead in 82% of their meetings

B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

A strong matchup

15–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK 'N MINDY in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

17 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

B & C SMOKERS ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, B & C SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 17 of 22 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Theslabs.com has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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A June team

Top 28% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 28% across 4 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 47% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,256 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,256 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 753 miles to Porktober Que.

33 mapped stops
furthest 753 mi

The metronome

±2.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
33 contests

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 8th

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	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1492 (145 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1046 (305 pts)	#733 (545 pts)	#1045 (335 pts)	#1147 (300 pts)	#950 (370 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#513 (740 pts)	#573 (680 pts)	#524 (750 pts)	#554 (705 pts)	#549 (685 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#465 (836 pts)	#539 (726 pts)	#444 (886 pts)	#551 (706 pts)	#301 (1,156 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#375 (810 pts)	#404 (760 pts)	#382 (815 pts)	#408 (785 pts)	#383 (815 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to FUNNY FARM BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

GRILLAS

#1,907 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1583

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to FUNNY FARM BBQ)

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

rated over 50 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin on Cloud 9

#1,913 of the rated field

1542 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1542

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to FUNNY FARM BBQ)

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 Jun 26, 2026

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2 Men and a Pig

#1,902 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1544

Fewer contests behind them than FUNNY FARM BBQ has cooked, 17 to 33, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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PURPLEVOODOO BBQ

#1,905 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1543

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2021

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HOWLING HOG BARBECUE

#1,904 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1545

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2017

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Bumpy Pickle BBQ

#1,906 of the rated field

1543 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1543

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
B & C SMOKERS	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
PORK 'N MINDY	15	15	0	100%	⚔ compare
Griswold Grillers	14	10	4	71%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
OLD STYLE BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Big Wigs BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
DUNN UP BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
BEAUX HAWG BBQ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
F.O.M.S.B.	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
BALDIN' SMOKIN' BANDITOS	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Royal Smoke	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	4	1	176.0344	146.2056	163.56	top 49%
Pork Ribs	33	5	1	178.8572	149.0972	163.18	top 48%
Pork	33	4	1	176.5600	146.2172	163.20	top 51%
Brisket	33	7	2	176.5600	146.7772	162.73	top 44%

“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)	5	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	28	0	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	28	top 45%
OK	2	top 54%
AL	1	top 92%
AR	1	top 32%
MO	1	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	7	8	top 41%	Aug 23, 2019
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	4	2	top 23%	Sep 23, 2016
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	3	33	top 32%	Jun 24, 2016
Smoke in the Spring	2	69	top 70%	Apr 8, 2016
Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	2	56	top 80%	May 23, 2015
Sertoma 48 BBQ	2	14	top 33%	May 9, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 28 of 33 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 19 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 954 finished ahead 1,533 times, behind 1,030

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

20191 milestone

Aug 23 Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20161 milestone

Apr 8 25th tracked contest Smoke in the Spring

20154 milestones

Sep 25 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 25 First Reserve Championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 25 Career-best overall score702.8116 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20142 milestones

May 2 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 26 Peak power rating (1556) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20134 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Smokin' On Big Creek
Apr 5 First call Smokin' On Big Creek
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9998 Smokin' On Big Creek
Sep 27 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 25, 2015
+14.2	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 27, 2013
+12.3	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 28, 2015
+11.6	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 22, 2014
+9.4	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	Jun 23, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	Porktober Que	Sep 25, 2015
-12.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 2, 2014
-11	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	May 23, 2015
-9	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 25, 2017
-6.8	Smoke in the Spring	Apr 10, 2015

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 61%	89.9%	89.9%
2018	1	0	100%	top 42%	91.5%	91.5%
2017	2	0	0%	top 47%	91.3%	89.5%
2016	5	0	20%	top 50%	92.3%	90.1%
2015	8	2	50%	top 57%	97.6%	90.2%
2014	9	1	44%	top 44%	93.2%	90.9%
2013	7	1	86%	top 36%	94%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	40 / 66 (647.3028)	46 (163.4056)	51 (159.9544)	48 (160.5256)	30 (163.4172)
Aug 24, 2018	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	28 / 67 (658.7888)	27 (162.8572)	45 (161.7028)	9 (174.2744)	33 (159.9544)
Aug 25, 2017	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	44 / 57 (631.2236)	45 (152.5144)	41 (157.0744)	36 (161.6688)	33 (159.9660)
Jun 23, 2017	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	30 / 184 (657.0400)	74 (160.5372)	47 (165.1544)	61 (164.5256)	37 (166.8228)
Sep 23, 2016	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	69 / 111 (638.7544)	65 (160.5488)	94 (151.9884)	61 (163.3828)	42 (162.8344)
Aug 26, 2016	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	27 / 61 (651.7828)	11 (169.6800)	23 (166.2400)	52 (151.9200)	21 (163.9428)
Jul 15, 2016	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS	24 / 46 (664.4800)	3 (176.0344)	43 (154.8000)	30 (164.5372)	15 (169.1084)
Jun 24, 2016	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	40 / 183 (654.1828)	64 (162.8344)	20 (170.8572)	37 (167.4056)	118 (153.0856)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	74 / 109 (633.4856)	80 (157.0972)	79 (155.9428)	39 (167.3828)	79 (153.0628)
Sep 25, 2015	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	24 / 26 (624.4112)	15 (165.1200)	20 (154.2400)	26 (147.3484)	18 (157.7028)
Sep 25, 2015	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	2 / 112 (702.8116)	7 (175.4288)	2 (178.8572)	12 (171.9656)	4 (176.5600)
Aug 28, 2015	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	8 / 65 (670.1944)	7 (170.8572)	39 (161.6916)	7 (170.8228)	15 (166.8228)
Jul 17, 2015	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	28 / 48 (659.3032)	18 (168.5716)	8 (170.8572)	29 (163.9544)	38 (155.9200)
Jun 26, 2015	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	102 / 183 (630.6512)	164 (146.2056)	18 (169.7028)	73 (162.8228)	121 (151.9200)
May 23, 2015	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	56 / 62 (629.5316)	60 (152.5488)	59 (149.0972)	42 (163.9428)	37 (163.9428)
Apr 24, 2015	The G Town Smokin Showdown (Formerly known as Autumn Blaze) Garnett, KS	18 / 25 (644.9828)	20 (157.0856)	23 (150.8344)	5 (170.8344)	10 (166.2284)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	69 / 97 (632.3200)	63 (161.0972)	65 (160.5028)	43 (163.9428)	90 (146.7772)
Sep 26, 2014	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	25 / 112 (662.1716)	40 (166.2972)	14 (170.8228)	53 (163.9544)	54 (161.0972)
Aug 22, 2014	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	9 / 69 (667.3144)	23 (166.2400)	31 (160.5372)	11 (169.1200)	3 (171.4172)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	20 / 41 (652.4224)	15 (165.6800)	18 (166.2856)	38 (151.9312)	6 (168.5256)
Jun 27, 2014	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	33 / 184 (654.2288)	27 (168.0344)	74 (160.6060)	82 (159.3484)	30 (166.2400)
May 24, 2014	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	60 / 87 (638.7660)	53 (162.2744)	67 (155.4288)	43 (164.5716)	59 (156.4912)
May 9, 2014	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	14 / 54 (663.2684)	19 (166.8228)	17 (166.8112)	26 (162.8000)	15 (166.8344)
May 2, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	26 / 29 (618.6288)	25 (158.2172)	9 (167.3944)	27 (146.2172)	26 (146.8000)
Mar 15, 2014	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK	46 / 72 (670.8120)	48 (169.1316)	24 (170.2744)	64 (161.0972)	24 (170.3088)
Mar 14, 2014	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	18 / 41 (659.8748)	37 (158.2632)	19 (166.8344)	32 (161.6572)	3 (173.1200)
Oct 25, 2013	Border War Barbecue Osawatomie, KS	12 / 27 (666.7316)	14 (165.6800)	6 (171.4288)	11 (167.3828)	16 (162.2400)
Sep 27, 2013	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	5 / 114 (676.4800)	52 (162.2400)	22 (168.5600)	3 (176.5600)	15 (169.1200)
Aug 23, 2013	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	25 / 68 (651.2912)	12 (167.3944)	11 (171.4400)	40 (158.7884)	49 (153.6684)
Jul 19, 2013	9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	15 / 40 (665.0172)	17 (166.8344)	8 (170.2744)	25 (164.5256)	19 (163.3828)
May 10, 2013	Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS	20 / 49 (643.4278)	32 (158.2856)	23 (160.5712)	38 (154.2852)	9 (170.2858)
Apr 26, 2013	Smokin' in the Ozarks Rogers, AR	11 / 34 (664.5710)	5 (173.1428)	18 (164)	12 (166.8572)	20 (160.5710)
Apr 5, 2013	Smokin' On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO	41 / 74 (651.9998)	50 (160.5714)	57 (154.2856)	36 (165.1428)	7 (172)

FUNNY FARM BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A June 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)