High-water mark
667.4284
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.4284 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-02-22
BENNY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-02-22
latest 2014-08-30
Best ToY finish
#1739
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.88
last 3 Master vs avg 640.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.80 · weakest Brisket (152.16)
Road miles
2,188
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1946 mi
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
640.88 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BENNY'S BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 119 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BENNY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Level with BENNY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9998 | 165.6800 | 167.80 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.4516 | 162.2628 | 164.76 | top 40% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 147.3828 | 156.15 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 132.5256 | 152.16 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2013-02-22 → 2014-08-30
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.80 · weakest Brisket (152.16)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
640.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
50–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,188
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,946 mi
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2014-08-30
Power rating
1497
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4284 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score667.4284 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9998 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1504) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Most recent contest Barbecue on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-02-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | Barbecue on the Bow | 2014-08-30 |
| -1.4 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-08-23 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 92.7% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | Barbecue on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 22 / 32 (613.0744) | 9 (165.7144) | 3 (167.4516) | 28 (147.3828) | 32 (132.5256) |
| 2013-08-23 | Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA | 31 / 54 (642.1256) | 23 (165.6800) | 24 (162.2628) | 40 (157.6456) | 37 (156.5372) |
| 2013-02-22 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL | 12 / 29 (667.4284) | 4 (171.9998) | 19 (164.5716) | 17 (163.4286) | 9 (167.4284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1739 (119 pts) | #1317 (204 pts) | #1994 (84 pts) | #1988 (94 pts) | #1635 (139 pts) |