FARMBOY BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1445

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1568

peak 1605 · rated over 40 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2019-09-13

Best ToY finish

#555

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 41 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8000 / 720

Master · Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

651.99 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 657.69 (-5.70)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede

Consistency

±30.37

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.09)

Road miles

10,182

mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 737 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.69 / 720

40 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 18%

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 41 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 41 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8000 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8000 at Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-03-17

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

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

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 33%.

5 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

20–1 behind in the head-to-head

LUCKY'S Q ahead in 95% of their meetings

LUCKY'S Q has come out ahead in 20 of their 21 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.74 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 36%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.09
Brisket avg 167.83
11 calls in 41 entries

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of OLD BOY'S BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

17 of 20 shared brisket entries lost

LUCKY'S Q ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LUCKY'S Q has out-cooked them in 17 of 20 shared brisket entries.

A March team

Top 36% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 36% across 7 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

7 March contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,182 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,182 miles across 41 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 737 miles to Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel.

41 mapped stops
furthest 737 mi

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.

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

CHEFS GONE GRILLIN

#1437 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1586

4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to FARMBOY BBQ)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — FARMBOY BBQ ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 46 contests
last seen 2019-09-06

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ

#1435 of the rated field

1569 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1601

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to FARMBOY BBQ)

They've been 1601 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2020-07-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Slightly Sauced

#1449 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1576

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 42 contests to 41, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 42 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

NUTTHIN BUT PORK

#1438 of the rated field

1568 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1571

No shared contest yet.

37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 14% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 37 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

STILL WORKIN' ON IT BBQ

#1433 of the rated field

1569 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Lang BBQ Smokers

#1430 of the rated field

1569 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1606

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LUCKY'S Q	21	1	20	5%	⚔ compare
TRUE SMOKE BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
DRY 2 DA BONE	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
CASE OF RIBS	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
BLACK DOG BBQ IA	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Pig Skin BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
BIG T'Z Q CRU	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
MYASSIS SMOKIN	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	7	0	2	176.5600	154.2172	165.97	top 49%
Pork Ribs	41	11	1	5	177.7372	149.0744	163.09	top 52%
Pork	41	9	1	1	175.4056	147.4172	164.89	top 49%
Brisket	39	14	2	5	180.0000 🔥	151.9428	167.83	top 33%

“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	Avg finish
MN	16	top 45%
IA	9	top 43%
WI	8	top 58%
MS	7	top 36%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	13	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	27	0	top 49%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	4	17	top 52%	2017-07-21
Smokin in Steele	3	27	top 63%	2016-06-03
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off	2	11	top 37%	2019-09-13
*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2	2	32	top 70%	2018-07-14
*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	2	23	top 51%	2018-07-13
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2	21	top 52%	2017-03-18
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	4	top 18%	2017-03-17
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	top 41%	2016-07-29
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	9	top 33%	2015-07-24
Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede	2	5	top 24%	2014-08-01

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.5 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2019-09-13

Busiest season 2016 9 contests

Contests a season 5.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 17 of 41 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 10 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 41 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 167.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.09)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 29 of 41 contests

Overall top-10 rate 15% 6 of 41 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 657.69 out of 720 · 40 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 789 1,128–877 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 10,182 41 mapped stops · furthest 737 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

Purse competed for $16,800 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2018-07-14 → 2019-08-23

Power rating 1568 peak 1605 · #1445 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.7138 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
May 31 First call Smokin' in Steele
Jul 19 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 16 First category win (Brisket) Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede
Aug 16 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede
2014
Jul 18 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Mar 19 Peak power rating (1605) Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2
Jul 8 25th tracked contest Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
2017
Mar 17 Career-best overall score694.8000 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
2019
Sep 13 Most recent contest KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2017-03-17
+10.7	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede	2013-08-16
+9.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-07-19
+9.2	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede	2014-08-01
+9	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay	2015-07-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.2	Smokin in Steele	2016-06-03
-10.6	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat	2016-07-09
-5.2	*Hog Wild BBQ Contest	2018-03-16
-5	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat	2016-07-08
-4.8	Big Island BBQ	2019-08-23

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	0	50%	top 56%	91.8%	91.3%
2018	3	0	1	100%	top 68%	90.7%	90.1%
2017	7	1	0	43%	top 50%	96.5%	91.7%
2016	9	0	0	56%	top 54%	94.7%	89.3%
2015	7	0	1	86%	top 34%	94%	92.4%
2014	5	3	1	80%	top 33%	94.8%	93.2%
2013	8	2	1	88%	top 37%	93.8%	91.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-13	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off 🏅 Worthington, MN	12 / 26 (661.0744)	13 (166.2628)	24 (155.3944)	10 (166.8572)	3 (172.5600)
2019-08-23	Big Island BBQ 🏅 Alberta Lea, MN	33 / 50 (653.0176)	21 (167.4400)	32 (160.5260)	28 (167.3944)	33 (157.6572)
2018-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	37 / 49 (646.1716)	25 (166.8344)	46 (150.2516)	44 (157.0856)	8 (172.0000)
2018-07-13	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 Green Bay, WI	34 / 54 (646.7200)	39 (159.4172)	50 (150.2172)	23 (163.3828)	6 (173.7028)
2018-03-16	*Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS	24 / 36 (652.9828)	22 (166.2284)	30 (149.0744)	30 (161.6800)	1 (176.0000)
2017-08-25	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	31 / 56 (652.4228)	42 (161.6684)	40 (158.8344)	33 (161.6572)	15 (170.2628)
2017-07-21	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	30 / 49 (651.9776)	43 (154.2172)	38 (157.1432)	33 (164.0228)	4 (176.5944)
2017-07-15	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI	32 / 49 (649.5660)	30 (163.9544)	45 (155.4060)	38 (159.9428)	14 (170.2628)
2017-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 Green Bay, WI	23 / 58 (657.0176)	14 (168.5256)	12 (167.4060)	39 (158.2288)	27 (162.8572)
2017-06-23	*Rotary Rockn Ribs LaCrosse, WI	20 / 37 (646.7544)	5 (169.7028)	33 (150.1944)	7 (169.1200)	24 (157.7372)
2017-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	31 / 45 (670.1716)	28 (169.6800)	37 (162.8116)	30 (164.5372)	11 (173.1428)
2017-03-17	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	4 / 68 (694.8000)	3 (176.5600)	27 (169.7144)	6 (175.4056)	20 (173.1200)
2016-08-26	9th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	21 / 48 (664.4344)	33 (162.2400)	8 (171.4172)	27 (165.6800)	21 (165.0972)
2016-07-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	16 / 28 (662.2632)	13 (169.6800)	3 (177.7372)	22 (159.4516)	25 (155.3944)
2016-07-22	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	17 / 47 (675.9428)	21 (169.7028)	11 (172.5600)	44 (158.2400)	3 (175.4400)
2016-07-09	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-2nd Heat Green Bay, WI	47 / 55 (640.4576)	32 (165.1316)	52 (151.3716)	22 (167.4056)	43 (156.5488)
2016-07-08	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI	43 / 66 (646.1600)	61 (154.2628)	4 (171.9888)	21 (167.9656)	52 (151.9428)
2016-06-17	Treasure Island BBQ/ Steak Food Fest Red Wing, MN	14 / 34 (655.9200)	12 (167.9772)	3 (170.2744)	30 (154.8228)	14 (162.8456)
2016-06-03	Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN	50 / 53 (483.9200)	47 (154.8000)	21 (164.0000)	20 (165.1200)	—
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	21 / 61 (681.6344)	32 (170.8344)	17 (172.5600)	30 (166.8228)	17 (171.4172)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	28 / 95 (674.8116)	39 (169.7028)	48 (165.1200)	14 (174.2972)	47 (165.6916)
2015-08-28	8th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	13 / 55 (673.6000)	22 (166.2284)	22 (166.8228)	9 (171.4172)	14 (169.1316)
2015-07-24	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN	11 / 30 (658.2288)	25 (159.3944)	12 (164.0116)	11 (167.3944)	6 (167.4284)
2015-07-17	BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA	19 / 39 (659.2916)	17 (168.5372)	9 (167.9772)	20 (162.8000)	19 (159.9772)
2015-07-10	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	15 / 80 (669.1316)	36 (163.3944)	2 (177.1428)	54 (157.7144)	12 (170.8800)
2015-05-29	Smokin' in Steel Owatonna, MN	30 / 60 (653.6000)	9 (171.4172)	37 (159.9772)	23 (165.6800)	39 (156.5256)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	23 / 94 (677.0400)	44 (166.8112)	1 (176.5600)	23 (170.2744)	47 (163.3944)
2015-02-27	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN	—	13 (167.4056)	23 (161.0856)	18 (160.5372)	—
2014-08-15	Smokefest Marshall, MN	8 / 32 (673.7832)	10 (169.7144)	21 (159.9888)	4 (170.9028)	4 (173.1772)
2014-08-01	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA	5 / 21 (682.2400)	12 (166.2628)	7 (167.9884)	1 (174.8572)	3 (173.1316)
2014-07-25	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	25 / 52 (666.2516)	18 (170.8572)	51 (150.2400)	4 (174.2744)	16 (170.8800)
2014-07-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN	9 / 30 (667.3828)	7 (170.8572)	2 (173.7028)	22 (161.1544)	14 (161.6684)
2014-05-30	Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN	27 / 67 (665.0284)	50 (164.5484)	39 (164.5372)	44 (163.3828)	12 (172.5600)
2013-09-13	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	11 / 39 (675.4056)	8 (174.2972)	34 (155.4056)	8 (172.5600)	10 (173.1428)
2013-08-23	6th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	21 / 50 (664.4456)	34 (162.2284)	33 (161.0972)	21 (168.0000)	9 (173.1200)
2013-08-16	Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA	5 / 21 (654.7884)	11 (159.3712)	4 (168.0000)	16 (147.4172)	1 (180.0000)
2013-07-26	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	41 / 66 (646.1716)	50 (159.3944)	41 (160.5716)	59 (155.3828)	10 (170.8228)
2013-07-19	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	7 / 28 (668.0348)	3 (171.4288)	8 (169.7372)	18 (163.4400)	14 (163.4288)
2013-06-15	Treasure Island International BBQ Championship Welch, MN	26 / 68 (673.1424)	29 (169.1426)	32 (167.4286)	51 (161.7142)	9 (174.8570)
2013-05-31	Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN	28 / 51 (646.2854)	37 (160.5714)	43 (149.7142)	5 (173.1428)	18 (162.8570)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	25 / 100 (665.7138)	32 (168.0000)	65 (160.5712)	18 (169.1428)	33 (167.9998)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1276 (176 pts)	#1258 (191 pts)	#1689 (116 pts)	#1280 (186 pts)	#1005 (286 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1253 (185 pts)	#1279 (195 pts)	#1354 (180 pts)	#1302 (190 pts)	#593 (615 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#639 (605 pts)	#512 (775 pts)	#819 (485 pts)	#636 (640 pts)	#510 (775 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#555 (712 pts)	#599 (677 pts)	#274 (1257 pts)	#606 (662 pts)	#528 (762 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#767 (450 pts)	#821 (440 pts)	#467 (825 pts)	#849 (430 pts)	#811 (450 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#607 (613 pts)	#643 (588 pts)	#606 (633 pts)	#450 (848 pts)	#471 (798 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#684 (454 pts)	#718 (459 pts)	#876 (364 pts)	#514 (639 pts)	#494 (644 pts)