NO LABEL BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2655

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1522 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2023-01-27

Best ToY finish

#970

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

669.6456 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.53 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.74 (+3.79)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5716

Brisket · NKC MO State BBQ Championship

Consistency

±10.40

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.95 · weakest Brisket (162.46)

Road miles

1,218

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.74 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

669.6456 career-best overall

93.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.6456 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 93.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-07-29

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings

SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

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

The comeback

5.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at SJV Winter Rub (2023-01-27).

last seen 2017-07-28
back 2023-01-27

Pork Ribs nemesis

4 of 4 shared pork ribs entries lost

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.

The metronome

±1.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.44% 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

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.

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

Blind Squirrel BBQ

#2660 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1528

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to NO LABEL BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NO LABEL BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-06-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke n' Things

#2654 of the rated field

1514 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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 2019-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

KPG SMOKIN'

#2656 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin X

#2650 of the rated field

1515 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

Level with NO LABEL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2024-10-30

⚔ Head-to-head

T & J Backyard BBQ

#2667 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before NO LABEL BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BOB & ED EAT SMOKE BBQ

#2663 of the rated field

1514 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-07-15

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SPITFIRE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	172.5712	148.5144	163.03	top 61%
Pork Ribs	9	3	172.5600	160.5144	165.95	top 46%
Pork	9	2	171.4400	148.0002	163.29	top 54%
Brisket	9	2	172.5716	153.1428	162.46	top 49%

“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
IA	6	top 50%
NE	1	top 81%
MN	1	top 74%
MO	1	top 18%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ in the Bluffs	3	11	0	top 45%	2016-05-13
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	11	0	top 55%	2016-07-29

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9.9 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2023-01-27

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IA 6 of 9 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 165.95 · weakest Brisket (162.46)

Walk rate 78% a top-10 call in 7 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 654.74 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 267 183–172 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,218 9 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength 1555 average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.5 yrs 2017-07-28 → 2023-01-27

Power rating 1514 peak 1522 · #2655 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4286 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5716 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
2016
Jul 29 Career-best overall score669.6456 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2017
Jul 28 Peak power rating (1522) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2023
Jan 27 Most recent contest SJV Winter Rub

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.7	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	2013-03-15
+8	BBQ in the Bluffs	2014-05-09
+7.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-07-29
+4.9	BBQ in the Bluffs	2016-05-13
+3.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-07-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.6	SJV Winter Rub	2023-01-27
-7.2	Treasure Island International BBQ Championship	2013-06-15
-3.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-31
-1.5	BBQ in the Bluffs	2013-05-10

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)
2023	1	0%	top 81%	90.1%	90.1%
2017	1	100%	top 53%	92.8%	92.8%
2016	2	100%	top 42%	93%	92.2%
2015	1	100%	top 70%	90.1%	90.1%
2014	1	100%	top 33%	91.8%	91.8%
2013	3	67%	top 49%	91%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-01-27	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	25 / 31 (648.4112)	21 (161.7028)	25 (160.5144)	16 (167.9656)	23 (158.2284)
2017-07-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ankeny, IA	16 / 30 (668.5148)	20 (167.3944)	23 (163.9888)	18 (165.1428)	8 (171.9888)
2016-07-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	11 / 28 (669.6456)	20 (162.8228)	6 (172.0000)	11 (169.1200)	11 (165.7028)
2016-05-13	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	15 / 33 (657.5656)	24 (165.0972)	8 (172.5600)	24 (161.0972)	21 (158.8112)
2015-07-31	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	21 / 30 (648.4916)	30 (148.5144)	17 (161.0972)	4 (171.4400)	12 (167.4400)
2014-05-09	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	11 / 33 (661.1316)	17 (165.1544)	12 (167.4288)	9 (167.4400)	15 (161.1084)
2013-06-15	Treasure Island International BBQ Championship Welch, MN	50 / 68 (648.5710)	13 (172.5712)	40 (164.5716)	60 (158.2854)	56 (153.1428)
2013-05-10	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	18 / 32 (634.8572)	16 (163.9998)	5 (169.7144)	29 (148.0002)	21 (153.1428)
2013-03-15	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	14 / 79 (655.4286)	41 (160.0000)	33 (161.7142)	31 (161.1428)	4 (172.5716)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1582 (56 pts)	#1253 (76 pts)	#1710 (56 pts)	#1138 (101 pts)	#1271 (66 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1981 (100 pts)	#2146 (80 pts)	#2271 (65 pts)	#2095 (90 pts)	#1657 (150 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1254 (231 pts)	#1761 (141 pts)	#1069 (321 pts)	#1533 (186 pts)	#1435 (201 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2055 (75 pts)	#2779 (55 pts)	#2002 (95 pts)	#1427 (205 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1802 (128 pts)	#2046 (98 pts)	#1889 (123 pts)	#1757 (143 pts)	#1970 (108 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#970 (297 pts)	#1001 (312 pts)	#938 (332 pts)	#1302 (207 pts)	#835 (377 pts)