BIG ED'S MSU BBQ

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

Power ranking

#5202

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1457

peak 1457 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2015-08-14

Best ToY finish

#875

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

667.3368 / 720

Master · Benton County Fair BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.04 (+2.74)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Pork Ribs · Stand By Your Grill

Consistency

±13.77

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.98 · weakest Pork (157.62)

Road miles

338

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

647.04 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

667.3368 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.3368 at Benton County Fair BBQ Contest — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-08-23

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.36 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 38%.

Pork avg 157.62
Pork Ribs avg 165.98
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of The BBQ Wagon in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

KILLER HOGS ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, KILLER HOGS has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±1.91% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.9% of a perfect score
8 contests

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.

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

180 PROOF BBQ

#5218 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BIG ED'S MSU BBQ)

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

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Foundry BBQ

#5190 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-08-28

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Poolhouse Taste BBQ

#5223 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-08-06
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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BIG CHEW BAR-B-QUE

#5191 of the rated field

1458 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1458

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-04-27

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One Love BBQ

#5199 of the rated field

1457 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after BIG ED'S MSU BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

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COSMIC SMOKE-N-BBQ LLC

#5214 of the rated field

1457 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1457

No shared contest yet.

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 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PE LITTLE THRIGS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Sultans of Smoke	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN SMOKERS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	1	1	171.9998	151.4284	162.12	top 69%
Pork Ribs	8	3	0	172.5600	151.9316	165.98	top 44%
Pork	8	0	0	166.8228	143.9996	157.62	top 83%
Brisket	8	0	0	168.0000	154.8000	161.33	top 66%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 77%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Stand By Your Grill	3	40	0	top 75%	2015-08-14

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.4 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2015-08-14

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.98 · weakest Pork (157.62)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 647.04 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 239 112–338 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 338 8 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi

Schedule strength 1525 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Power rating 1457 peak 1457 · #5202 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 Peak power rating (1491) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Apr 12 First call Grilling on the River '13
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1424 Mississippi Springfest
Aug 23 Career-best overall score667.3368 Benton County Fair BBQ Contest
2014
Aug 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Stand By Your Grill
2015
Aug 14 Most recent contest Stand By Your Grill

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.3	Mississippi Springfest	2013-05-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2013-03-15
-8.8	Benton County Fair BBQ Contest	2013-08-23
-8.6	Stand By Your Grill	2013-08-16
-7.9	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	2014-03-14
-6.6	Grilling on the River '13	2013-04-12

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0%	top 70%	91.4%	91.4%
2014	2	0%	top 77%	90.4%	88.8%
2013	5	60%	top 73%	92.7%	90%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	40 / 57 (658.1712)	35 (166.8228)	43 (162.2400)	38 (163.9884)	39 (165.1200)
2014-08-15	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	47 / 65 (650.7428)	52 (162.8228)	11 (172.5600)	52 (160.0000)	58 (155.3600)
2014-03-14	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	77 / 95 (628.2968)	71 (158.7884)	75 (151.9316)	77 (158.7884)	60 (158.7884)
2013-08-23	Benton County Fair BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	17 / 20 (667.3368)	18 (162.2512)	8 (170.2628)	15 (166.8228)	11 (168.0000)
2013-08-16	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	51 / 62 (644.3768)	43 (164.5256)	21 (168.5600)	60 (156.4912)	52 (154.8000)
2013-05-10	Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS	13 / 29 (657.1424)	3 (171.9998)	10 (168.0000)	25 (153.7140)	17 (163.4286)
2013-04-12	Grilling on the River '13 Columbus, MS	23 / 31 (645.7140)	28 (151.4284)	10 (169.7142)	25 (157.1428)	13 (167.4286)
2013-03-15	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	79 / 100 (624.5708)	77 (158.2858)	44 (164.5712)	98 (143.9996)	69 (157.7142)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#1730 (145 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#875 (340 pts)	#745 (440 pts)	#699 (475 pts)	#1086 (280 pts)	#794 (400 pts)