MERRY OAKS

MERRY OAKS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 27th of 27 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1687 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1481

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 31, 2013

latest Jul 9, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1687

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 70%

overall standings

Best overall

653.7134 / 720

Master · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9998

Chicken · Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

Consistency

±13.49

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.54)

Road miles

275

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

632.34 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

Bald Hawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Bald Hawg BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) (Jul 9, 2015).

last seen Jul 11, 2013
back Jul 9, 2015

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013 ↗	Master	#1687 (127 pts)	#1252 (222 pts)	#1774 (127 pts)	#1502 (162 pts)	#1726 (127 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	171.9998	155.4172	164.56	top 49%
Pork Ribs	4	160.5712	150.2056	153.54	top 79%
Pork	4	162.8000	154.8570	158.70	top 64%
Brisket	4	166.2854	148.5710	155.54	top 69%

“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)	1	0	top 100%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SC	3	0	top 81%
NC	1	0	top 34%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2	56	0	top 72%	Jul 9, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 209 finished ahead 111 times, behind 176

Longest layoff 2 yrs Jul 11, 2013 → Jul 9, 2015

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

20151 milestone

Jul 9 Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

20135 milestones

May 31 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7134 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 14 Career-best overall score653.7134 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9998 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 14 Peak power rating (1491) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.7	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	Jun 14, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 31, 2013
-5.8	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2013
-4.5	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	Jul 9, 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)
2015	1	0	0	0	0%	top 72%	88.1%	88.1%
2013	3	0	0	0	0%	top 69%	90.8%	87.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	65 / 90 (634.1256)	36 (167.9772)	75 (152.5372)	61 (158.8456)	64 (154.7656)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	56 / 78 (620.9600)	58 (155.4172)	65 (150.2056)	33 (162.8000)	62 (152.5372)
Jun 14, 2013	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	33 / 97 (653.7134)	13 (171.9998)	46 (160.5712)	78 (154.8570)	29 (166.2854)
May 31, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	27 / 27 (620.5706)	18 (162.8570)	27 (150.8572)	18 (158.2854)	26 (148.5710)