A tough matchup
11–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dead Last BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dead Last BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
SWEET OLD BUZZARDS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1440
peak 1440 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2018-06-22
Best ToY finish
#1536
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.72 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 616.79 (+1.93)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.73 · weakest Pork (152.22)
Road miles
232
mi across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
616.79 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of RAW DAWGIN BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
9 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
PASSIONS OF THE PIT ahead 82% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, PASSIONS OF THE PIT has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.
A June team
Top 64%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 64% across 6 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.
- 6 June contests
- top 75% the rest of the year
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 33rd
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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to SWEET OLD BUZZARDS)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SWEET OLD BUZZARDS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5840 of the rated field
- Contests
- 38
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to SWEET OLD BUZZARDS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 38 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5844 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Level with SWEET OLD BUZZARDS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat Rubbers | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| PASSIONS OF THE PIT | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| Dead Last BBQ | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK 'N MINDY | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Wigs BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky Pig Barbecue | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RAW DAWGIN BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0572 | 143.3368 | 155.73 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 138.8112 | 153.18 | top 72% |
| Pork | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 136.5712 | 152.22 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9998 | 148.5372 | 155.67 | top 59% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) | 5 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | 2017-05-05 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 41 | 0 | top 63% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.1 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2018-06-22
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.73 · weakest Pork (152.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
616.79
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
464
422–902 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
232
11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1440
peak 1440 · #5839 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sertoma 48 BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) Sertoma 48 BBQ
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4628 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score651.4628 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0572 *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL)
- 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +4.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2014-05-09 |
| -11.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| -11.1 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2015-05-08 |
| -10.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| -8.4 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 88.6% | 87.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.1% | 86.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 90.5% | 87.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.6% | 82.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 86.6% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 169 / 185 (588.7424) | 175 (143.3368) | 143 (153.1428) | 169 (143.1656) | 142 (149.0972) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 82 / 184 (638.2516) | 171 (145.6800) | 37 (166.8344) | 53 (165.1772) | 70 (160.5600) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Sertoma 48 BBQ(JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS | 33 / 44 (626.7656) | 11 (172.0572) | 30 (161.1200) | 42 (142.7656) | 34 (150.8228) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 143 / 183 (612.4916) | 168 (146.2400) | 166 (143.3828) | 41 (166.2972) | 97 (156.5716) |
| 2016-05-06 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 37 / 42 (627.3484) | 32 (159.9656) | 34 (155.9656) | 33 (162.2972) | 36 (149.1200) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 41 / 183 (651.4628) | 32 (168.5944) | 92 (159.4056) | 62 (163.4628) | 74 (160.0000) |
| 2015-05-08 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 43 / 45 (606.1824) | 37 (159.9656) | 45 (138.8112) | 31 (158.8684) | 39 (148.5372) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 165 / 184 (594.2288) | 173 (144.6288) | 126 (153.1200) | 167 (143.9428) | 111 (152.5372) |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 53 / 54 (594.6852) | 50 (151.9428) | 53 (144.5828) | 53 (145.6340) | 43 (152.5256) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 110 / 183 (623.4280) | 42 (164.5716) | 100 (157.7140) | 176 (136.5712) | 42 (164.5712) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 38 / 49 (621.1418) | 39 (155.9998) | 43 (150.8568) | 46 (146.2854) | 12 (167.9998) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1458 (190 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1799 (120 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1775 (120 pts) | #1883 (120 pts) | #1884 (120 pts) | #1872 (120 pts) | #1839 (120 pts) |
| 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) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1536 (149 pts) | #1599 (149 pts) | #1629 (149 pts) | #1623 (149 pts) | #1274 (214 pts) |