GEMINI BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4658

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 27 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-01-25

latest 2019-10-18

Best ToY finish

#541

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

684.4916 / 720

Master · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.80 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 624.22 (+39.58)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1

Consistency

±98.14

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.73 · weakest Brisket (160.21)

Road miles

4,387

mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 985 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$35K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

624.22 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

High-water mark

684.4916 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.4916 at Harper County Bullseye BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-10-18

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

56 SMOKEHOUSE has finished one call ahead of GEMINI BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK ahead in 100% of their meetings

SCOTTS BBQ SHACK has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUTTHEAD BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at *Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 (2018-03-02).

last seen 2015-07-10
back 2018-03-02

Pork nemesis

9 of 10 shared pork entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Karnivorous has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±13.63% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±13.63% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 86.7% of a perfect score
best 95.1%

A May team

Top 58% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 58% across 5 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

5 May contests
top 68% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,387 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,387 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 985 miles to 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship.

27 mapped stops
furthest 985 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.

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

Tractor Shed BBQ

#4639 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GEMINI BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GEMINI BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SI2 BBQ

#4679 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 32 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

RANCH HOUSE KITCHEN

#4683 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than GEMINI BBQ has cooked, 18 to 27, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-06-20

⚔ Head-to-head

SWINOS

#4680 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2023-01-27

⚔ Head-to-head

COME AND TAKE IT BBQ

#4668 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' S'WINE

#4651 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCOTTS BBQ SHACK	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
IMAT BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
56 SMOKEHOUSE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BARREL BOYS BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	4	0	173.1656	149.0628	162.74	top 67%
Pork Ribs	26	5	2	175.4172	151.9312	161.54	top 63%
Pork	26	6	1	177.7028	151.9312	163.73	top 60%
Brisket	26	3	0	170.8228	147.4288	160.21	top 62%

“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
KS	12	top 69%
AZ	10	top 66%
OK	3	top 74%
MO	1	top 86%
NV	1	top 44%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 61%
Large (40+)	12	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2	6	0	top 45%	2019-10-18
Holbrook	2	13	0	top 64%	2015-07-10

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.7 yrs 2013-01-25 → 2019-10-18

Busiest season 2018 9 contests

Contests a season 5.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 12 of 27 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 25 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 26 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.73 · weakest Brisket (160.21)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 12 of 27 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 3 of 27 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests — and still running

Master average 624.22 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 923 460–1,110 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,387 27 mapped stops · furthest 985 mi

Schedule strength 1577 average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests

Purse competed for $34,725 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs 2015-07-10 → 2018-03-02

Power rating 1469 peak 1469 · #4658 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jan 25 First tracked contest 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Jan 25 Peak power rating (1490) 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship
Feb 15 First call Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8568 Memorial Day Salute to Service
2014
May 2 First overall top-10 2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown
2015
May 2 10th tracked contest Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
2019
Mar 22 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1
Jun 7 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Oct 18 Career-best overall score684.4916 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 18 Most recent contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2019-10-18
+9.4	2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown	2014-05-02
+8.2	Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff	2019-09-06
+7.3	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	2015-05-02
+5.6	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1	2019-03-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.4	Smoke in the Spring	2018-04-06
-10.3	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2013-01-25
-9.7	1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown	2013-05-03
-8.8	*Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1	2018-03-02
-8	*Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2	2018-03-03

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	7	2	71%	top 59%	95.1%	91.7%
2018	9	0	22%	top 81%	91.4%	79%
2015	2	0	50%	top 51%	92.1%	91.9%
2014	4	1	50%	top 63%	92.7%	90.4%
2013	5	0	40%	top 70%	90.4%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-18	Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS	6 / 25 (684.4916)	7 (173.1200)	2 (175.4172)	10 (170.8344)	17 (165.1200)
2019-09-06	Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff 🏅 Wichita, KS	7 / 16 (663.3024)	8 (167.4172)	6 (165.6912)	7 (167.4056)	8 (162.7884)
2019-06-07	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	25 / 39 (650.2400)	22 (163.9772)	32 (156.0228)	9 (170.2628)	26 (159.9772)
2019-04-26	14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK	26 / 39 (658.7432)	33 (155.3944)	6 (170.8344)	13 (170.8228)	25 (161.6916)
2019-04-12	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	58 / 104 (662.2056)	87 (159.9656)	54 (165.1544)	27 (170.2628)	49 (166.8228)
2019-03-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	62 / 62 (636.4000)	62 (149.0628)	46 (164.5716)	54 (162.2628)	53 (160.5028)
2019-03-22	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	42 / 74 (663.8860)	48 (165.6916)	49 (163.3944)	3 (177.7028)	60 (157.0972)
2018-10-19	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	22 / 33 (647.2000)	30 (159.3600)	25 (161.0972)	30 (158.2056)	15 (168.5372)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	323 / 467 (646.1256)	417 (154.8116)	300 (162.8228)	359 (157.6684)	95 (170.8228)
2018-07-27	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	19 / 27 (647.3028)	20 (165.0972)	8 (167.4056)	25 (155.3600)	16 (159.4400)
2018-07-13	*Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	41 / 48 (631.7712)	41 (158.8116)	45 (151.9312)	17 (169.1200)	40 (151.9084)
2018-06-08	*Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	20 / 40 (658.1484)	5 (173.1656)	30 (157.6572)	32 (159.9428)	13 (167.3828)
2018-05-25	*Shepherd's Smokin Summer Kick Off Branson, MO	43 / 50 (626.5828)	43 (161.6572)	42 (154.8000)	42 (159.3484)	42 (150.7772)
2018-04-06	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	102 / 103 (482.1368)	84 (160.4912)	—	68 (161.1428)	63 (160.5028)
2018-03-03	*Kansas BBQ Shootout Day 2 Cheney, KS	42 / 42 (156.0000)	—	40 (156.0000)	—	—
2018-03-02	*Kansas BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Cheney, KS	47 / 47 (624.9596)	39 (163.9772)	47 (153.6684)	46 (151.9312)	44 (155.3828)
2015-07-10	Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	17 / 29 (660.0116)	17 (166.8344)	18 (164.5716)	21 (161.7256)	11 (166.8800)
2015-05-02	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	18 / 41 (663.3140)	21 (168.5600)	34 (154.8228)	5 (174.2744)	18 (165.6568)
2014-10-10	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	17 / 21 (643.8856)	12 (168.0000)	13 (164.5372)	15 (162.8572)	20 (148.4912)
2014-07-11	Holbrook Holbrook, AZ	13 / 19 (656.5488)	12 (165.6800)	13 (165.7372)	18 (161.6800)	9 (163.4516)
2014-05-02	2nd Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	10 / 35 (667.3600)	6 (172.5944)	15 (165.6800)	9 (168.5600)	23 (160.5256)
2014-03-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ	22 / 30 (635.9544)	26 (157.6800)	13 (164.0116)	22 (158.8228)	19 (155.4400)
2013-10-18	A Smokin' Good Time Prescott Valley, AZ	19 / 24 (640.4796)	18 (159.3828)	18 (159.9656)	15 (162.8456)	17 (158.2856)
2013-05-24	Memorial Day Salute to Service Mesa, AZ	14 / 29 (650.8568)	15 (164.5712)	3 (170.8572)	24 (156.5712)	19 (158.8572)
2013-05-03	1st Annual Show Low BBQ Throwdown Show Low, AZ	20 / 24 (634.8572)	13 (164.0002)	23 (151.9998)	18 (161.7142)	18 (157.1430)
2013-02-15	Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ	16 / 29 (642.2862)	20 (159.4286)	26 (153.1430)	12 (165.1428)	7 (164.5718)
2013-01-25	5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	71 / 86 (618.8570)	69 (152.5712)	47 (158.2856)	55 (160.5714)	73 (147.4288)

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	#541 (611 pts)	#571 (606 pts)	#417 (821 pts)	#381 (891 pts)	#647 (526 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#630 (540 pts)	#658 (560 pts)	#706 (505 pts)	#779 (450 pts)	#655 (565 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1344 (189 pts)	#1538 (174 pts)	#1654 (149 pts)	#1230 (259 pts)	#1300 (219 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#857 (395 pts)	#813 (450 pts)	#844 (435 pts)	#920 (390 pts)	#944 (355 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#717 (436 pts)	#729 (451 pts)	#661 (501 pts)	#770 (436 pts)	#660 (491 pts)