BIG MOOK'S BBQ

BIG MOOK'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 11th of 33 at the Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza (2013). They are ranked #3287 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,287

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1500 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest May 29, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#831

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

673.0284 / 720

Master · The River Grill before the Big Chill

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.64 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 628.23 (+8.40)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · The River Grill before the Big Chill

Consistency

±17.90

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.72)

Road miles

1,284

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 411 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Master avg

628.23 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

673.0284 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.0284 at The River Grill before the Big Chill — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 10, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BOHEMIAN BBQ has finished one call ahead of BIG MOOK'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

PORK BARREL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

PORK BARREL BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.49 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Pork Ribs avg 150.72
Chicken avg 160.21
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LYIN' PIGS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

PORK BARREL BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PORK BARREL BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PIG PICKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±2.49% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.49% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.3% of a perfect score
10 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
2014 ↗	Master	#831 (407 pts)	#845 (427 pts)	#886 (412 pts)	#647 (592 pts)	#755 (482 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#873 (341 pts)	#930 (346 pts)	#908 (346 pts)	#746 (446 pts)	#743 (436 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

SLOPPY DOGS BAR-B-QUE

#3,299 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1518

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG MOOK'S BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Mar 3, 2017

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin A's

#3,293 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1498

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Struttin Smokers

#3,288 of the rated field

1499 power rating

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

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Dec 1, 2023

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NYARSPOLGAR BBQ

#3,282 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1531

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 10, 2019

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CIRCLE W BARBECUE

#3,295 of the rated field

1498 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1498

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 17, 2015

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1881 SMOKIN' IRON BBQ

#3,286 of the rated field

1499 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1499

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PORK BARREL BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
4:20 Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BLOCK BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BONE TO BARK BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	166.8570	153.6684	160.21	top 53%
Pork Ribs	10	1	169.1200	137.6572	150.72	top 68%
Pork	10	2	176.5600	145.0628	158.65	top 47%
Brisket	10	2	169.6800	144.5712	158.65	top 41%

“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)	3	0	top 51%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MD	6	top 60%
OH	1	top 43%
DC	1	top 66%
DE	1	top 53%
VA	1	top 33%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Beltway BBQ Showdown	2	19	0	top 48%	May 29, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MD 6 of 10 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 354 finished ahead 247 times, behind 317

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

20152 milestones

May 29 10th tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
May 29 Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown

20144 milestones

Jun 6 Peak power rating (1500) Beltway BBQ Showdown
Oct 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0284 The River Grill before the Big Chill
Oct 10 Career-best overall score673.0284 The River Grill before the Big Chill
Oct 10 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 The River Grill before the Big Chill

20132 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
May 25 First call The Memorial Day Pignic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.1	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza	Jul 26, 2013
+3.9	The River Grill before the Big Chill	Oct 10, 2014
+3.6	Beltway BBQ Showdown	Jun 6, 2014
+1.6	Beltway BBQ Showdown	May 29, 2015
+0.7	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair	Apr 11, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.3	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival	Apr 19, 2013
-4.7	The Memorial Day Pignic	May 25, 2013
-4.3	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ	Aug 1, 2014
-2.8	Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle	Jun 21, 2014
-1.3	Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival	Jun 14, 2013

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	100%	top 51%	87%	87%
2014	5	20%	top 55%	93.5%	88.2%
2013	4	75%	top 56%	88.5%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 29, 2015	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	20 / 39 (626.6628)	13 (163.9884)	28 (147.9316)	29 (145.0628)	5 (169.6800)
Oct 10, 2014	The River Grill before the Big Chill Cincinnati, OH	21 / 49 (673.0284)	33 (162.2628)	18 (169.1200)	4 (176.5600)	23 (165.0856)
Aug 1, 2014	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	41 / 59 (616.9484)	49 (154.2400)	55 (137.6572)	22 (161.1084)	15 (163.9428)
Jun 21, 2014	Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC	27 / 41 (625.5312)	30 (153.6684)	21 (161.1316)	25 (157.6684)	27 (153.0628)
Jun 6, 2014	Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD	19 / 42 (641.0056)	20 (162.2628)	32 (153.1316)	11 (164.5256)	12 (161.0856)
Apr 11, 2014	Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE	58 / 109 (617.0284)	16 (165.7028)	77 (146.8344)	85 (147.9312)	41 (156.5600)
Jul 26, 2013	Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza Bluemont, VA	11 / 33 (637.5424)	25 (154.8228)	10 (159.9772)	13 (161.0740)	7 (161.6684)
Jun 14, 2013	Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD	36 / 63 (622.8566)	25 (162.8570)	59 (138.8570)	6 (169.1426)	39 (152)
May 25, 2013	The Memorial Day Pignic Fort Ritchie, MD	26 / 38 (616)	10 (166.8570)	35 (142.2858)	30 (147.9998)	13 (158.8574)
Apr 19, 2013	Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD	71 / 106 (605.7138)	69 (155.4284)	65 (150.2858)	61 (155.4284)	82 (144.5712)

BIG MOOK'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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 — 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)