DANCING MOOSE BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4975

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1463

peak 1463 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2021-07-23

Best ToY finish

#1599

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

672.4568 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.40 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.89 (+6.51)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.6916

Pork · Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

Consistency

±16.24

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.05 · weakest Brisket (155.53)

Road miles

190

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$23K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

635.89 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

High-water mark

672.4568 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.4568 at Peak City Pigfest — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-17

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Pharm-A-Que has finished one call ahead of DANCING MOOSE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.52 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 155.53
Pork avg 164.05
1 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2021-07-23).

last seen 2019-06-14
back 2021-07-23

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.3% 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.

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

RUBBIN N GRUBBIN

#4985 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to DANCING MOOSE BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DANCING MOOSE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

RIVER RATS

#4984 of the rated field

1463 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1500 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2024-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Half Ass BBQ

#4998 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before DANCING MOOSE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Two Drummer's Q-Crew

#5000 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-01-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Whiskey Business BBQ

#5001 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

THE SMOKIN' WALZS

#4968 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN SKULLIES	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
RECYCLED SMOKE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
TOO SAUCED	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
THE ROOKIES	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BANGIN' BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
EVEL QUE-NIEVEL	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	167.9772	146.2172	157.23	top 78%
Pork Ribs	9	1	168.5256	146.8000	159.08	top 63%
Pork	9	2	169.6916	155.4172	164.05	top 52%
Brisket	9	1	168.5716	136.5488	155.53	top 63%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 71%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	3	22	top 79%	2021-07-23
Peak City Pig Fest	3	26	top 80%	2017-06-16
Peak City Pigfest	2	8	top 42%	2016-06-17

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8.1 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2021-07-23

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 4 3 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.05 · weakest Brisket (155.53)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 635.89 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 208 111–286 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 190 9 mapped stops · furthest 79 mi

Schedule strength 1546 average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests

Purse competed for $23,425 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs 2019-06-14 → 2021-07-23

Power rating 1463 peak 1463 · #4975 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 21 First call Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 21 Peak power rating (1494) Peak City Pig Fest
2016
Jun 17 First overall top-10 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4568 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 17 Career-best overall score672.4568 Peak City Pigfest
2019
Jun 14 Career-best single call (Pork)169.6916 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
2021
Jul 23 Most recent contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Peak City Pigfest	2016-06-17
+2.7	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2019-06-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.4	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20
-10.7	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2013-09-20
-8.3	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2021-07-23
-7.8	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2018-06-15
-6.5	Peak City Pig Fest	2013-06-21

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	1	0	0%	top 93%	87.6%	87.6%
2019	1	0	100%	top 58%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	1	0	0%	top 86%	86.6%	86.6%
2017	1	0	0%	top 74%	88.3%	88.3%
2016	1	1	100%	top 17%	93.4%	93.4%
2015	1	0	0%	top 67%	89%	89%
2014	1	0	0%	top 94%	85.1%	85.1%
2013	2	0	50%	top 80%	87.7%	87.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-07-23	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC	28 / 30 (630.6744)	30 (154.1940)	24 (161.0972)	22 (163.4288)	28 (151.9544)
2019-06-14	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC	22 / 38 (649.0176)	37 (146.2172)	19 (164.5372)	7 (169.6916)	4 (168.5716)
2018-06-15	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	38 / 44 (623.8744)	41 (150.8000)	37 (151.3828)	35 (158.2628)	15 (163.4288)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	35 / 47 (635.9776)	20 (164.5944)	16 (167.4172)	14 (167.4172)	45 (136.5488)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	8 / 46 (672.4568)	17 (167.9772)	17 (168.5256)	10 (169.1084)	13 (166.8456)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	30 / 45 (641.0172)	38 (157.6456)	29 (158.8228)	27 (164.0116)	28 (160.5372)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	45 / 48 (612.4000)	37 (159.3712)	44 (148.5372)	41 (155.4172)	42 (149.0744)
2013-09-20	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	63 / 72 (626.1712)	52 (161.7028)	68 (146.8000)	51 (162.8228)	53 (154.8456)
2013-06-21	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	26 / 36 (631.4288)	35 (152.5714)	10 (164.5716)	12 (166.2856)	31 (148.0002)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2118 (85 pts)	#2032 (105 pts)	#1937 (115 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1599 (155 pts)	#2124 (100 pts)	#2138 (100 pts)	#1793 (135 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2458 (73 pts)	#2505 (73 pts)	#2505 (73 pts)	#2525 (73 pts)	#2494 (73 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1623 (136 pts)	#1681 (136 pts)	#1328 (211 pts)	#1328 (201 pts)	#1656 (136 pts)