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 74%.
- 3 contests
- 0 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 74%
OLD SCHOOL BBQ
OLD SCHOOL BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 13th of 29 at the Memorial Day Salute to Service (2013). They are ranked #5841 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1441
peak 1441 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2013
latest Sep 23, 2022 · 9.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
567.28 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 585.77 (-18.49)
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±61.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.18 · weakest Brisket (148.38)
Road miles
7,292
across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1,806 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
585.77 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to OLD SCHOOL BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1503
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OLD SCHOOL BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OLD SCHOOL BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1441
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Level with OLD SCHOOL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,846 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#5,845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before OLD SCHOOL BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 140.4912 | 150.83 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 122.0572 | 152.03 | top 76% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 171.9998 | 142.8228 | 159.18 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7888 | 135.9316 | 148.38 | top 87% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 10 contests · 8 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
252
finished ahead 33 times, behind 223
Longest layoff
6.6 yrs
Oct 16, 2015 → May 13, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 10th tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship
- First call Memorial Day Salute to Service
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9994 Memorial Day Salute to Service
- Career-best overall score651.9994 Memorial Day Salute to Service
- Peak power rating (1493) Memorial Day Salute to Service
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Memorial Day Salute to Service | May 24, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | When Pigs Fly South | Nov 15, 2013 |
| -13.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | May 2, 2014 |
| -9.5 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship | May 3, 2013 |
| -9.5 | Minnesota in May (Masters) | May 13, 2022 |
| -9.3 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Oct 16, 2015 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 90% | 85.3% | 84.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 77.7% | 77.7% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 74% | 90.6% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2022 | Downtown Jonesboro BarBQ Festival 🏅 Jonesboro, AR | 28 / 33 (596.5260) | 28 (154.2628) | 31 (141.6916) | 18 (164.6400) | 28 (135.9316) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS | — | — | 8 (172.5600) | — | — |
| May 13, 2022 | Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 56 / 59 (614.0460) | 53 (157.7144) | 59 (151.9200) | 58 (149.6228) | 53 (154.7888) |
| Oct 16, 2015 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 31 / 34 (618.7320) | 34 (141.6916) | 23 (159.9888) | 9 (169.6800) | 32 (147.3716) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 2, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS | 29 / 29 (559.1200) | 28 (146.7884) | 29 (122.0572) | 29 (142.8228) | 25 (147.4516) |
| Jan 23, 2014 | The Tiger Town Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2013 | When Pigs Fly South Lakeland, FL | 48 / 49 (447.9996) | 48 (140.4912) | — | 42 (155.5084) | 41 (152) |
| May 24, 2013 | Memorial Day Salute to Service Mesa, AZ | 13 / 29 (651.9994) | 8 (169.7142) | 20 (157.7142) | 2 (171.9998) | 25 (152.5712) |
| May 3, 2013 | Truman Heritage Festival BBQ Championship Grandview, MO | 25 / 31 (611.9998) | 30 (145.1428) | 18 (158.2854) | 19 (160.0002) | 25 (148.5714) |