MR. PINK BBQ

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

Rating

1478

peak 1478 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2018-04-20

Best ToY finish

#1372

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6800 / 720

Master · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational

Perfect 180s

Current form

640.05

last 5 Master vs avg 640.05 (+0.00)

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Pork · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational

Consistency

±24.03

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.62 · weakest Chicken (156.44)

Road miles

393

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

640.05 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

673.6800 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6800 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-10-02

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 56%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 56%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.2 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.18 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Chicken avg 156.44
Pork avg 166.62
0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Double D's BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest (2018-04-20).

last seen 2015-10-03
back 2018-04-20

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.

MR. PINK BBQ has 4 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 148 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.

Midwest Meat Masters

#4229 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MR. PINK BBQ)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Bleed Blue BBQ

#4234 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN 3's BBQ

#4209 of the rated field

1478 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after MR. PINK BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

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Home City BBQ

#4210 of the rated field

1478 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-03-21

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I-35 BBQ

#4222 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

CANDY APPLE'S BBQ

#4221 of the rated field

1478 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1478

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-09-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	0	170.8572	134.2172	156.44	top 63%
Pork Ribs	5	0	0	171.4056	134.2854	156.66	top 61%
Pork	5	1	1	173.1544	153.1312	166.62	top 36%
Brisket	5	0	0	167.4172	155.3944	160.32	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.

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2018-04-20

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.62 · weakest Chicken (156.44)

Walk rate 20% a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 5 contests

Master average 640.05 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 688 365–563 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 393 5 mapped stops · furthest 118 mi

Schedule strength 1542 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2.5 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2018-04-20

Power rating 1478 peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 First call Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1489) Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
2015
Oct 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6800 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
Oct 2 Career-best overall score673.6800 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Pork)173.1544 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
2018
Apr 20 Most recent contest *Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+0.2	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2013-04-19
-6.3	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2015-04-17
-4.6	*Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2018-04-20

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)
2018	1	0%	top 75%	87.8%	87.8%
2015	3	0%	top 56%	93.6%	90.8%
2013	1	100%	top 86%	84.3%	84.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-04-20	*Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	30 / 40 (632.4344)	40 (134.2172)	16 (166.2744)	21 (164.5256)	16 (167.4172)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	228 / 606 (660.5372)	116 (170.8572)	263 (165.1428)	136 (169.1428)	419 (155.3944)
2015-10-02	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	99 / 187 (673.6800)	133 (166.2744)	60 (171.4056)	29 (173.1544)	146 (162.8456)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	38 / 49 (626.7312)	14 (168.0116)	46 (146.2056)	42 (153.1312)	25 (159.3828)
2013-04-19	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	43 / 50 (606.8570)	49 (142.8574)	49 (134.2854)	3 (173.1430)	29 (156.5712)

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)	#1800 (105 pts)	#1923 (80 pts)	#1776 (105 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1372 (180 pts)	#1275 (235 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1505 (180 pts)	#1431 (180 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#1168 (250 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)