RIBS N BIBS

RIBS N BIBS is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 26 at the Eureka BBQ Bash (2016). They are ranked #2393 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Ribs-n-Bibs”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,393

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1524

peak 1557 · rated over 34 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Oct 30, 2020 · 7.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#600

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

18% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8228 / 720

Master · 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.49 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 653.60 (-7.11)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1772

Chicken · Eureka BBQ Bash

Consistency

±16.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.37 · weakest Brisket (160.83)

Road miles

3,914

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 234 mi

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.60 / 720

34 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

678.8228 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8228 at 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 1, 2018

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 41%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

R BUTTS R SMOKIN ahead in 100% of their meetings

R BUTTS R SMOKIN has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 35%.

Brisket avg 160.83
Chicken avg 165.37
7 calls in 34 entries

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SILVER FOX BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

R BUTTS R SMOKIN ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, R BUTTS R SMOKIN has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared chicken entries.

A May team

Top 41% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 41% across 4 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 54% the rest of the year

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The long haul

3,914 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,914 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 234 miles to 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake.

34 mapped stops
furthest 234 mi

The metronome

±2.27% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.27% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.8% of a perfect score
34 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 33rd

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
2020 ↗	Master	#726 (116 pts)	#753 (116 pts)	#753 (116 pts)	#704 (121 pts)	#594 (171 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1226 (180 pts)	#1459 (145 pts)	#1420 (150 pts)	#1222 (205 pts)	#900 (335 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#890 (340 pts)	#816 (415 pts)	#883 (385 pts)	#1028 (295 pts)	#926 (345 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1064 (300 pts)	#1065 (335 pts)	#1246 (255 pts)	#1249 (255 pts)	#1076 (315 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#849 (418 pts)	#823 (468 pts)	#981 (373 pts)	#909 (423 pts)	#1276 (243 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#645 (568 pts)	#438 (888 pts)	#757 (498 pts)	#489 (798 pts)	#753 (488 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#601 (619 pts)	#588 (664 pts)	#618 (619 pts)	#577 (684 pts)	#585 (629 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#600 (517 pts)	#544 (597 pts)	#576 (577 pts)	#636 (522 pts)	#462 (692 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RIBS N BIBS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKIN GUNS BBQ

#2,379 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1600

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to RIBS N BIBS)

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

rated over 42 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

BS PITMEISTERS

#2,387 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1565

They've been 1565 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Nov 9, 2018

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FLYIN' FINN BREWERY & BBQ

#2,385 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1539

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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Bucknutz BBQ

#2,396 of the rated field

1523 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1523

49 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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Bay Brothers BBQ

#2,390 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1537

They turned up 9 years after RIBS N BIBS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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Dirt Crüe BBQ

#2,395 of the rated field

1524 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1541

Level with RIBS N BIBS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLUE BUCKET BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
INDIGO PIG	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
Lazy Butt BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
LIL' FIDDLER'S	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Boxer Q BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
FRONT DOOR GANG	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
913 BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
DRUM DADDY BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BLACK EYE BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	12	2	4	177.1772	146.8344	165.37	top 48%
Pork Ribs	34	7	0	0	176.5828	150.2516	163.05	top 55%
Pork	34	8	1	3	176.5600	147.8972	164.34	top 55%
Brisket	34	7	1	2	174.2628	141.6800	160.83	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	20	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 58%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	25	0	top 53%
MO	9	0	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	7	33	top 62%	Oct 30, 2020
Eureka BBQ Bash	2	3	top 22%	Jun 17, 2016
Border War BBQ	2	16	top 50%	Oct 23, 2015
Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	2	14	top 50%	Aug 21, 2015
Smokin on the Lake	2	10	top 43%	May 29, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 25 of 34 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 24 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 650 finished ahead 678 times, behind 871

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs May 31, 2019 → Jun 19, 2020

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

20201 milestone

Oct 30 Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring

20182 milestones

Jun 1 Career-best overall score678.8228 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake
Jun 1 Peak power rating (1557) 7th Annual Smokin on the Lake

20171 milestone

Jun 2 25th tracked contest 6th Annual Smokin On The Lake

20161 milestone

Jun 17 First overall podium Eureka BBQ Bash

20152 milestones

Jun 19 First category win (Chicken) Eureka BBQ Bash
Jun 19 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1772 Eureka BBQ Bash

20141 milestone

Jul 18 10th tracked contest 10th Annual WildBlue BBQ

20134 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First call Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5716 Smoke In The Spring
May 10 First overall top-10 Rods, Ribs & Rock N Roll 2013

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Eureka BBQ Bash	Jun 17, 2016
+11.2	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake	Jun 1, 2018
+9.4	Eureka BBQ Bash	Jun 19, 2015
+7.2	Rods, Ribs & Rock N Roll 2013	May 10, 2013
+6.9	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	Aug 21, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Black Silo Winery	Jun 19, 2020
-10.4	Smoke in the Spring	Oct 30, 2020
-9.8	1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL)	Jul 13, 2018
-8.1	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Jul 18, 2014
-7.8	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest	Aug 1, 2014

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	2	0	0	0%	top 97%	88.3%	87.4%
2019	2	0	1	50%	top 57%	92.1%	91.2%
2018	4	1	0	50%	top 52%	94.3%	91.4%
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 54%	92.9%	91%
2016	3	2	2	67%	top 41%	94.3%	91.4%
2015	6	1	1	67%	top 52%	93.4%	91.8%
2014	7	1	0	43%	top 59%	92.7%	89.3%
2013	6	1	0	83%	top 41%	92.5%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 30, 2020	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	88 / 93 (622.6624)	88 (155.3940)	82 (158.8000)	72 (163.3828)	89 (145.0856)
Jun 19, 2020	Black Silo Winery 🏅 Trenton, MO	31 / 31 (635.7824)	31 (149.6340)	31 (151.9084)	24 (164.5372)	14 (169.7028)
May 31, 2019	Smokin on the Lake 🏅 Monroe City, MO	11 / 25 (663.3712)	18 (156.5368)	17 (160.5944)	8 (171.9772)	1 (174.2628)
Apr 12, 2019	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	72 / 104 (650.1828)	73 (163.4056)	87 (158.8000)	65 (164.5600)	62 (163.4172)
Jul 27, 2018	Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS	16 / 27 (660.4344)	2 (174.8572)	9 (171.4172)	25 (150.7772)	16 (163.3828)
Jul 13, 2018	1st Annual Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (JUDGES FULL) Cameron, MO	20 / 24 (626.0572)	18 (160.5028)	19 (158.2288)	22 (151.9428)	21 (155.3828)
Jun 1, 2018	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	6 / 29 (678.8228)	20 (162.2628)	6 (173.7488)	5 (171.9656)	5 (170.8456)
Apr 6, 2018	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	46 / 103 (665.6576)	64 (164.5716)	28 (170.2744)	41 (167.4172)	55 (163.3944)
Jul 14, 2017	Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS	15 / 26 (648.4228)	9 (169.6800)	17 (159.9656)	17 (163.3828)	19 (155.3944)
Jun 2, 2017	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO	16 / 27 (654.1944)	10 (169.6684)	27 (150.8344)	23 (163.3944)	7 (170.2972)
Apr 28, 2017	The G Town Smokin Showdown Garnett, KS	15 / 27 (648.9828)	21 (157.6916)	13 (166.2628)	15 (168.5256)	20 (156.5028)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	42 / 100 (669.0744)	12 (173.7144)	32 (169.1200)	82 (157.1200)	30 (169.1200)
Jun 17, 2016	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	3 / 26 (678.7884)	9 (170.2744)	12 (166.2856)	1 (176.5600)	11 (165.6684)
Jun 3, 2016	5th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	9 / 22 (664.4456)	1 (176.5828)	4 (176.5828)	17 (162.2400)	22 (149.0400)
Apr 8, 2016	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	78 / 109 (630.1256)	73 (160.5028)	54 (162.2628)	80 (157.1200)	86 (150.2400)
Oct 23, 2015	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	21 / 35 (656.9716)	16 (169.1200)	27 (159.9428)	13 (167.3944)	18 (160.5144)
Aug 21, 2015	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	16 / 36 (667.3600)	6 (174.2628)	27 (157.6800)	16 (168.5600)	17 (166.8572)
Jul 17, 2015	11th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	23 / 48 (669.0284)	10 (171.9772)	13 (169.1200)	40 (159.9656)	18 (167.9656)
Jun 19, 2015	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	9 / 27 (672.5260)	1 (177.1772)	14 (166.8344)	3 (174.2972)	25 (154.2172)
May 29, 2015	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	12 / 26 (672.5028)	9 (171.4056)	17 (164.5484)	3 (176.5600)	18 (159.9888)
Apr 10, 2015	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	76 / 97 (627.2684)	75 (157.0856)	34 (165.7028)	51 (162.8000)	92 (141.6800)
Oct 24, 2014	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	16 / 41 (663.3488)	7 (171.4172)	16 (167.4172)	9 (173.7028)	32 (150.8116)
Aug 22, 2014	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	14 / 25 (640.9596)	19 (157.0856)	10 (164)	14 (160.4912)	13 (159.3828)
Aug 1, 2014	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	29 / 37 (630.8000)	25 (161.6800)	33 (150.2516)	20 (162.2744)	23 (156.5940)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	33 / 41 (627.8624)	35 (153.7140)	35 (153.0972)	29 (162.2284)	24 (158.8228)
May 17, 2014	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	10 / 25 (667.3600)	12 (166.8800)	14 (169.1200)	20 (162.8000)	7 (168.5600)
Apr 11, 2014	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	39 / 73 (643.2572)	21 (167.4172)	26 (166.2972)	69 (147.8972)	32 (161.6456)
Mar 14, 2014	NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO	38 / 61 (629.5772)	53 (146.8344)	38 (156.5372)	15 (166.2400)	24 (159.9656)
Oct 11, 2013	Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS	13 / 43 (657.0860)	5 (171.4172)	33 (150.8116)	10 (166.8572)	7 (168)
Aug 23, 2013	Flinthills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	11 / 26 (666.2516)	12 (168.5828)	19 (157.6688)	11 (167.4172)	3 (172.5828)
Jul 19, 2013	9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	23 / 40 (654.8344)	21 (166.2628)	17 (166.2400)	13 (168)	31 (154.3316)
Jun 14, 2013	Sunflower Barbecue Topeka, KS	13 / 34 (659.9998)	11 (170.2856)	9 (166.2856)	29 (156.5714)	8 (166.8572)
May 10, 2013	Rods, Ribs & Rock N Roll 2013 Manhattan, KS	8 / 25 (665.7144)	2 (176.5716)	9 (166.2858)	8 (169.1428)	22 (153.7142)
Apr 12, 2013	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	33 / 71 (652.5716)	51 (158.2858)	7 (170.8572)	48 (159.4286)	27 (164)

RIBS N BIBS

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)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A May 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)