STANDING ROCK

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

Power ranking

#5407

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1452

peak 1452 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2015-05-01

Best ToY finish

#1366

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

661.0400 / 720

Master · Knights of Columbus

Perfect 180s

Current form

634.23 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 636.03 (-1.80)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4284

Pork Ribs · Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

Consistency

±15.27

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.72 · weakest Brisket (157.69)

Road miles

580

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 165 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

636.03 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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 tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN O BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN O BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Going the wrong way

-27 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 27 points across 5 contests since 2014-05-02 — from 1480 down to 1452.

5 contests since 2014-05-02
now 1452

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.

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

Driftwood Smokers

#5402 of the rated field

1453 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-08-15

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POP'S SMOKEHOUSE BBQ

#5400 of the rated field

1453 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

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Good Ole Boys

#5404 of the rated field

1453 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-11-04

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BEEHIVE BARBEQUE

#5413 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 2026-06-26

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#5412 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 2022-08-05

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OLD COACHES BBQ

#5409 of the rated field

1452 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

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 2020-10-17

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN O BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
Shootin' Smoke	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GILLY'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	163.4172	153.0856	159.72	top 82%
Pork Ribs	7	1	171.4284	146.2056	159.63	top 68%
Pork	7	1	168.5828	151.9428	158.99	top 72%
Brisket	7	1	166.2744	146.7884	157.69	top 67%

“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
MO	5	0	top 83%
IL	2	0	top 71%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 76%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 89%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	3	19	0	top 84%	2015-05-01

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2015-05-01

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 5 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.72 · weakest Brisket (157.69)

Walk rate 29% a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 636.03 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 164 48–204 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 580 7 mapped stops · furthest 165 mi

Schedule strength 1537 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Power rating 1452 peak 1452 · #5407 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4284 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 Peak power rating (1492) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
2014
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0400 Knights of Columbus
Jun 20 Career-best overall score661.0400 Knights of Columbus
2015
May 1 Most recent contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+1.4	Knights of Columbus	2014-06-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.4	7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2014-07-11
-10.1	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2015-05-01
-8.1	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off	2014-09-18
-7.8	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2013-05-03
-6.8	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2014-05-02

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0%	top 95%	85.2%	85.2%
2014	4	25%	top 79%	91.8%	88.8%
2013	2	50%	top 74%	89.7%	89%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-05-01	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	35 / 37 (613.5308)	31 (160.5712)	35 (146.2056)	28 (159.9656)	34 (146.7884)
2014-09-18	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL	49 / 57 (635.2224)	46 (161.6684)	51 (155.9428)	49 (155.9656)	37 (161.6456)
2014-07-11	7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	38 / 41 (617.4968)	33 (160.5256)	34 (158.2056)	38 (151.9428)	34 (146.8228)
2014-06-20	Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL	14 / 25 (661.0400)	22 (159.9428)	13 (166.2400)	7 (168.5828)	9 (166.2744)
2014-05-02	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	28 / 35 (643.8632)	26 (163.4172)	35 (153.6572)	24 (162.2400)	19 (164.5488)
2013-09-27	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO	28 / 39 (635.3484)	33 (153.0856)	16 (165.7028)	28 (158.8228)	22 (157.7372)
2013-05-03	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	19 / 25 (645.7136)	20 (158.8572)	4 (171.4284)	20 (155.4282)	20 (159.9998)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1366 (201 pts)	#1449 (201 pts)	#1440 (201 pts)	#1429 (206 pts)	#1281 (231 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1576 (144 pts)	#1660 (139 pts)	#1002 (309 pts)	#1696 (139 pts)	#1489 (154 pts)