DOC K'S BARBECUE

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

Power ranking

#3016

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1505

peak 1511 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2014-05-24

Best ToY finish

#499

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

666.8570 / 720

Master · R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.86 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.29 (+3.57)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Smokin' At The Run Shootout

Consistency

±12.16

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.59 · weakest Pork (159.41)

Road miles

481

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength

26%

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

Master avg

655.29 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

666.8570 career-best overall

92.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 666.8570 at R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship — 92.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-04-26

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

GREAT PLAINS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

GREAT PLAINS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.17 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 56%.

Pork avg 159.41
Chicken avg 170.59
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bubba's BBQ Nation in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

4 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS has out-cooked them in 4 of 6 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
9 contests

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.

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

DRIFTERS Q

#3003 of the rated field

1505 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

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BLUE CLOUD BBQ

#3028 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

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Smokin' Hot Mess BBQ

#3011 of the rated field

1505 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after DOC K'S BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-05-23
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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GOLDEN TOAD

#3021 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-05-06

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Steve's Prime BBQ

#3014 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-05-17

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BURNIN BUTTS BBQ

#3025 of the rated field

1505 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-05-29

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROUGHNECKS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	5	2	176.5600	166.8572	170.59	top 27%
Pork Ribs	9	4	0	173.1428	150.8572	163.09	top 49%
Pork	9	0	0	171.4744	142.2856	159.41	top 67%
Brisket	9	2	0	169.1426	155.4286	162.20	top 55%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
KS	7	0	top 53%
OK	2	0	top 59%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 59%

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.1 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2014-05-24

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 7 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.59 · weakest Pork (159.41)

Walk rate 89% a top-10 call in 8 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 655.29 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 233 161–207 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 481 9 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Power rating 1505 peak 1511 · #3016 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First call R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8570 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Apr 26 Career-best overall score666.8570 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
Sep 13 First overall top-10 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
2014
Mar 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Smokin' At The Run Shootout
Mar 14 Peak power rating (1511) Smokin' At The Run Shootout
May 24 Most recent contest Sugar Mound BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	Smokin' At The Run Shootout	2014-03-14
+5.8	5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off	2013-09-13
+3.8	Valley Center Spring Fling	2013-05-31
+2.1	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship	2013-04-26
+2	Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ	2013-10-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.3	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2013-06-14
-6	Smokin' At The Run	2014-03-15
-0.1	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	2014-05-24

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	3	0	0	0	67%	top 59%	92.6%	91.3%
2013	6	0	1	0	100%	top 52%	92.6%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-05-24	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	51 / 87 (645.0060)	32 (167.3828)	9 (173.1428)	81 (147.3944)	57 (157.0860)
2014-03-15	Smokin' At The Run Miami, OK	56 / 72 (661.0628)	22 (173.7028)	70 (153.0628)	25 (171.4744)	56 (162.8228)
2014-03-14	Smokin' At The Run Shootout Miami, OK	17 / 43 (666.7772)	2 (176.5600)	29 (160.5600)	19 (167.4172)	30 (162.2400)
2013-10-18	Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS	13 / 25 (655.8516)	7 (170.8228)	21 (154.7772)	11 (168.5600)	14 (161.6916)
2013-09-13	5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off Yates Center, KS	9 / 25 (665.6112)	3 (170.8572)	4 (170.2628)	15 (161.6684)	13 (162.8228)
2013-09-06	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	19 / 35 (645.5656)	8 (167.9772)	14 (164.5600)	31 (152.5028)	21 (160.5256)
2013-06-14	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	25 / 31 (629.1430)	11 (168.0000)	29 (150.8572)	31 (142.2856)	5 (168.0002)
2013-05-31	Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS	14 / 34 (661.7140)	4 (173.1428)	6 (169.7142)	20 (163.4284)	24 (155.4286)
2013-04-26	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	12 / 25 (666.8570)	15 (166.8572)	4 (170.8574)	21 (159.9998)	6 (169.1426)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1145 (258 pts)	#832 (433 pts)	#1084 (303 pts)	#1270 (248 pts)	#1357 (218 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#499 (620 pts)	#303 (970 pts)	#382 (815 pts)	#672 (490 pts)	#458 (705 pts)