BIG ISLAND BBQ

BIG ISLAND BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 4th of 41 at the Original SD BBQ Championships (2013). They are ranked #2469 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,469

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1522

peak 1542 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 31, 2013

latest Jul 17, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#616

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

44% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0972 / 720

Master · Cookin' on Kampeska

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.43 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 654.34 (-7.91)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing

Consistency

±16.01

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.10 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.95)

Road miles

846

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

654.34 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

677.0972 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0972 at Cookin' on Kampeska — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 18, 2014

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 23%.

3 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 23%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.15 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.95
Pork avg 167.10
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SHAGAN PIT in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

6 of 9 shared pork entries lost

SPITFIRE ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SPITFIRE has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.

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Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 41 at their very first tracked contest, Original SD BBQ Championships (May 31, 2013).

May 31, 2013
41-team field

The metronome

±2.22% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.22% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.9% of a perfect score
9 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
2013 ↗	Master	#616 (509 pts)	#747 (439 pts)	#1110 (274 pts)	#526 (629 pts)	#732 (444 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG ISLAND BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Que's Your Daddy?

#2,472 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1527

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Jailbreak BBQ

#2,483 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1521

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 Sep 14, 2024

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ROO-B-QUE

#2,476 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2019

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Broke Boys BBQ

#2,463 of the rated field

1522 power rating

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

They turned up 12 years after BIG ISLAND BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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HOGS & KISSES

#2,466 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1522

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 Oct 20, 2023

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Ruthless Hogs BBQ

#2,462 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1531

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Eggspert BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Charcoal Loungers	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SHAGAN PIT	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
MUSTANG SALLY BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SHORT CREW BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
GERRIT BOYS BARBEQUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CRF BLUE RIBB'N BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Hogs Breath BBQ SD	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	3	0	0	176.5600	147.9656	166.21	top 44%
Pork Ribs	9	0	0	0	165.0856	152.5028	158.95	top 63%
Pork	9	3	1	2	177.7144	158.8000	167.10	top 40%
Brisket	9	5	0	0	169.7144	151.4172	162.09	top 46%

“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)	6	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SD	8	0	top 42%
MN	1	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cookin' on Kampeska	2	5	top 45%	Jul 17, 2015
Original SD BBQ Championships	2	4	top 35%	Jun 5, 2015
Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	2	9	top 51%	Sep 5, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SD 8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 138 finished ahead 168 times, behind 131

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

20151 milestone

Jul 17 Most recent contest Cookin' on Kampeska

20142 milestones

Jul 18 Career-best overall score677.0972 Cookin' on Kampeska
Jul 18 Peak power rating (1542) Cookin' on Kampeska

20136 milestones

May 31 First tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championships
May 31 First call Original SD BBQ Championships
May 31 First overall top-10 Original SD BBQ Championships
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1424 Original SD BBQ Championships
Jul 19 First category win (Pork) Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	Original SD BBQ Championships	May 31, 2013
+11.3	Cookin' on Kampeska	Jul 18, 2014
+8.6	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing	Jul 19, 2013
+6.9	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 6, 2013
+1.3	SD BBQ Championships	Jun 6, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7	Cookin' on Kampeska	Jul 17, 2015
-5.7	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	Sep 5, 2014
-4.8	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off	Sep 12, 2014
-3	Original SD BBQ Championships	Jun 5, 2015

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 67%	88.6%	88.4%
2014	4	1	0	50%	top 50%	94%	90.5%
2013	3	3	1	100%	top 23%	93.2%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 17, 2015	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	28 / 38 (638.2052)	36 (147.9656)	19 (163.4056)	7 (170.2856)	28 (156.5484)
Jun 5, 2015	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	25 / 41 (634.1940)	11 (169.1428)	28 (152.5484)	26 (158.8000)	29 (153.7028)
Sep 12, 2014	King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	24 / 36 (637.0400)	16 (167.9656)	30 (152.5028)	23 (165.1544)	31 (151.4172)
Sep 5, 2014	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	18 / 26 (645.6344)	20 (160.5600)	21 (156.5256)	20 (158.8344)	7 (169.7144)
Jul 18, 2014	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	5 / 31 (677.0972)	4 (176.5600)	17 (165.0856)	14 (168.5600)	7 (166.8916)
Jun 6, 2014	SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	20 / 42 (647.9088)	20 (164)	24 (157.6916)	15 (165.6800)	21 (160.5372)
Sep 6, 2013	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	9 / 27 (669.0628)	9 (170.2628)	15 (164.5484)	13 (166.8344)	10 (167.4172)
Jul 19, 2013	Cookin' on Kampeska: Wing Fling & BBQ Thing Watertown, SD	7 / 26 (670.8004)	11 (169.1656)	16 (159.9544)	1 (177.7144)	6 (163.9660)
May 31, 2013	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	4 / 41 (669.1424)	6 (170.2856)	23 (158.2854)	3 (172)	9 (168.5714)

BIG ISLAND 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

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

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)