ROCK BOTTOM BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2792

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1515 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-08

latest 2014-10-02

Best ToY finish

#1026

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

651.4172 / 720

Master · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.65 (+3.53)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Pork · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

Consistency

±12.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.17)

Road miles

1,025

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 497 mi

Schedule strength

10%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)

Master avg

633.65 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 43%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 43%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.58 points below their pork, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.17
Pork avg 162.75
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FULL DRAW BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

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

Rub A Dub Grub

#2797 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke'm Like U Stole'm

#2795 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after ROCK BOTTOM BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-07-05

⚔ Head-to-head

DELTA SWINE

#2784 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

DORAG Q

#2799 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2014-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKEY BOYS AUTHENTIC BBQ

#2806 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2014-05-30

⚔ Head-to-head

REDBONES

#2785 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
CIRCLE R COOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	167.4400	155.9428	161.31	top 50%
Pork Ribs	6	1	169.7144	142.8112	154.17	top 63%
Pork	6	0	173.7144	154.2854	162.75	top 40%
Brisket	6	0	159.4286	150.2854	155.41	top 58%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
TX	4	0	top 40%
MO	2	0	top 81%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	25	0	top 33%	2014-08-30

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

On the trail 1.6 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2014-10-02

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 3 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 4 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 162.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.17)

Walk rate 17% a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 633.65 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 731 357–606 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,025 6 mapped stops · furthest 497 mi

Schedule strength 1515 average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests

Power rating 1511 peak 1515 · #2792 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 31 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
2014
Aug 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4172 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 Career-best overall score651.4172 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1515) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7144 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Oct 2 Most recent contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.6	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	2013-03-22
+6.2	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-08-30
+5.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2013-08-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-08
-3.8	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2014	3	0	0	0	0%	top 65%	90.5%	88.9%
2013	3	0	0	0	33%	top 43%	89.1%	87.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	364 / 552 (641.6116)	446 (155.9428)	459 (154.2400)	54 (173.7144)	350 (157.7144)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	158 / 165 (627.2228)	131 (162.8000)	164 (142.8112)	47 (170.8344)	158 (150.7772)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	25 / 76 (651.4172)	12 (167.4400)	26 (163.9888)	28 (164.0000)	39 (155.9884)
2013-08-31	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	30 / 89 (641.6456)	47 (158.2628)	6 (169.7144)	53 (155.4056)	35 (158.2628)
2013-03-22	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	15 / 59 (623.9998)	11 (161.7142)	38 (148.5716)	27 (154.2854)	16 (159.4286)
2013-03-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	20 / 29 (615.9994)	15 (161.7144)	26 (145.7142)	18 (158.2854)	20 (150.2854)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1251 (225 pts)	#1131 (290 pts)	#1327 (225 pts)	#1340 (225 pts)	#1306 (225 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1026 (279 pts)	#977 (324 pts)	#973 (319 pts)	#1202 (239 pts)	#1067 (274 pts)