MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ

MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 49 at the Minnesota in May (2013), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1376 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Monkeys Uncles BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,376

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1574

peak 1586 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 17, 2013

latest May 31, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#444

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 23 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

687.9996 / 720

Master · Minnesota in May

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.92 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.67 (-6.75)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Brisket · Minnesota in May

Consistency

±10.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.40)

Road miles

2,043

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

Schedule strength

38%

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

Purse competed for

$23K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.67 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

1.1428 points from the title

Came within 1.1428 points of the Grand Championship at Minnesota in May (May 17, 2013).

High-water mark

687.9996 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.9996 at Minnesota in May — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 17, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ACES HIGH BBQ has finished one call ahead of MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

5 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

17–2 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 89% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ in 12 of their 14 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

13 of 20 shared pork entries lost

Hogline ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Hogline has out-cooked them in 13 of 20 shared pork entries.

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Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 49 at their very first tracked contest, Minnesota in May (May 17, 2013).

May 17, 2013
49-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

CASE OF RIBS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The metronome

±1.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
23 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
2019 ↗	Master	#1754 (90 pts)	#1041 (260 pts)	#1790 (100 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#1465 (135 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1870 (75 pts)	#1863 (90 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#1543 (130 pts)	#1776 (105 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#1791 (135 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2252 (75 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1034 (300 pts)	#1532 (180 pts)	#1184 (265 pts)	#1174 (275 pts)	#1241 (245 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#444 (692 pts)	#652 (502 pts)	#651 (512 pts)	#564 (587 pts)	#530 (597 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Go Ham BBQ

#1,374 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1594

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 23, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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BUCKY'S BADASS BBQ

#1,369 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1587

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2020

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BYG'S BBQ

#1,370 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1574

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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RUB YOUR MEAT BBQ

#1,365 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1574

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

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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InTheRedZoneBBQ

#1,375 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1574

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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THE SMOKING SECTION - NY

#1,367 of the rated field

1574 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1574

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2018

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Hogline	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
BIG CITY BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
TRUE SMOKE BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ	14	12	2	86%	⚔ compare
CROIX VALLEY SAUCES	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
Totally Sauced	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
CASE OF RIBS	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
The Docfather BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	2	1	176.5600	157.6800	165.93	top 48%
Pork Ribs	23	3	0	172.5600	151.3944	165.40	top 43%
Pork	23	4	3	177.7028	152.5714	166.60	top 40%
Brisket	22	3	1	177.7144	154.7656	166.42	top 40%

“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 47%
Large (40+)	17	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MN	18	0	top 38%
IA	3	0	top 31%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Minnesota in May	3	12	top 30%	May 11, 2018
Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	3	13	top 31%	Jul 24, 2015
Smokin In Steele	2	19	top 42%	May 31, 2019
Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship	2	15	top 45%	Mar 2, 2018
Minnesota in May	2	8	top 25%	May 13, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MN 19 of 23 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 15 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 422 finished ahead 718 times, behind 437

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

20191 milestone

May 31 Most recent contest Smokin In Steele

20171 milestone

Jun 9 Peak power rating (1586) Mankato Cookout Day 1 and (BACKYARD)

20151 milestone

May 15 10th tracked contest Minnesota in May

20138 milestones

May 17 First tracked contest Minnesota in May
May 17 First call Minnesota in May
May 17 First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
May 17 First overall podium Minnesota in May
May 17 First Reserve Championship Minnesota in May
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.9996 Minnesota in May
May 17 Career-best overall score687.9996 Minnesota in May
May 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Minnesota in May

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Minnesota in May	May 17, 2013
+11.5	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	Sep 13, 2013
+11	Minnesota in May	May 16, 2014
+9.8	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	Jul 26, 2013
+8.1	Minnesota in May	May 15, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Lake Minnetonka BBQ & Beer Fest (Teams spots Full)	Aug 12, 2016
-7.6	Minnesota in May	May 10, 2019
-4.6	10th Annual Big Island BBQ	Aug 25, 2017
-3.6	Mankato Cookout Day 2	Jun 10, 2017
-3	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship	Mar 2, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	100%	top 51%	91.6%	91.4%
2018	2	0	0%	top 45%	93%	92.1%
2017	5	0	80%	top 49%	92.7%	91.7%
2016	3	0	33%	top 54%	92%	91%
2015	3	0	33%	top 29%	93.2%	93%
2014	3	1	0%	top 25%	93.6%	93.2%
2013	5	3	40%	top 22%	95.6%	93.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 31, 2019	Smokin In Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN	19 / 43 (656.9940)	2 (176.5600)	27 (159.4284)	39 (153.6228)	15 (167.3828)
May 10, 2019	Minnesota in May 🏅	33 / 57 (659.8168)	48 (157.6800)	17 (169.6800)	36 (160.4912)	10 (171.9656)
May 11, 2018	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	22 / 70 (669.6800)	19 (169.1200)	46 (160.5600)	11 (172.5600)	16 (167.4400)
Mar 2, 2018	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	33 / 57 (656.4800)	50 (157.7144)	37 (162.2628)	12 (171.9656)	34 (164.5372)
Aug 25, 2017	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	35 / 56 (646.6516)	46 (159.3600)	26 (165.1316)	38 (160.5144)	30 (161.6456)
Jun 10, 2017	Mankato Cookout Day 2 Mankato, MN	23 / 33 (663.9428)	26 (163.4172)	7 (172.5600)	33 (154.2628)	10 (173.7028)
Jun 9, 2017	Mankato Cookout Day 1 and (BACKYARD) Mankato, MN	15 / 35 (667.2916)	24 (166.2744)	6 (171.9772)	24 (163.9428)	21 (165.0972)
May 12, 2017	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	27 / 71 (657.6572)	32 (163.4400)	57 (155.9772)	6 (174.2972)	28 (163.9428)
Mar 3, 2017	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	15 / 47 (665.6916)	36 (161.7028)	17 (166.2972)	3 (174.8688)	23 (162.8228)
Aug 12, 2016	Lake Minnetonka BBQ & Beer Fest (Teams spots Full) Tonka Bay, MN	26 / 35 (656.4684)	10 (170.8572)	29 (162.8112)	33 (158.2400)	22 (164.5600)
May 13, 2016	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	26 / 71 (662.6856)	23 (168.5600)	15 (169.6916)	13 (169.6684)	55 (154.7656)
Mar 4, 2016	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN	30 / 59 (646.7312)	32 (162.8456)	36 (159.9544)	17 (167.9656)	40 (155.9656)
Jul 24, 2015	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	21 / 54 (667.9088)	40 (163.3828)	12 (170.2744)	19 (167.9772)	21 (166.2744)
May 15, 2015	Minnesota in May St. Paul, MN	12 / 60 (670.7772)	20 (166.8800)	32 (162.8232)	13 (170.8112)	11 (170.2628)
Feb 27, 2015	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN	—	11 (168)	38 (151.3944)	2 (171.4516)	—
Jul 25, 2014	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	18 / 52 (671.9088)	16 (171.4172)	13 (170.2744)	25 (166.2400)	27 (163.9772)
Jun 27, 2014	Bend of the River CookOut Mankato, MN	14 / 50 (673.6568)	19 (167.4056)	16 (168.5600)	14 (169.1084)	18 (168.5828)
May 16, 2014	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	8 / 58 (667.4288)	28 (164)	11 (166.2972)	11 (168.5600)	13 (168.5716)
Sep 13, 2013	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	6 / 39 (686.8572)	15 (169.1544)	15 (168)	2 (177.7028)	12 (172)
Jul 26, 2013	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	13 / 66 (671.9316)	36 (164)	14 (169.6916)	18 (169.6800)	12 (168.5600)
Jul 12, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN	9 / 29 (660.5028)	11 (166.2856)	19 (159.9772)	11 (165.6800)	12 (168.5600)
May 31, 2013	Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN	20 / 51 (653.7142)	13 (169.7144)	11 (168.5714)	44 (152.5714)	20 (162.8570)
May 17, 2013	Minnesota in May Faribault, MN	2 / 49 (687.9996)	14 (168.5712)	8 (172)	15 (169.7140)	3 (177.7144)

MONKEYS' UNCLES BBQ

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 (10 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

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)