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
- Oct 2, 2015
MR. PINK BBQ
MR. PINK BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 30th of 40 at the Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest (2018). They finished #1372 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2013
latest Apr 20, 2018 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Best overall
673.6800 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.62 · weakest Chicken (156.44)
Road miles
393
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MR. PINK BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
MR. PINK BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 166 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,922 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,921 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
They turned up 5 years after MR. PINK BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Compare careers#3,951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
Level with MR. PINK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 134.2172 | 156.44 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 134.2854 | 156.66 | top 61% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1544 | 153.1312 | 166.62 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
688
finished ahead 494 times, behind 433
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
Oct 3, 2015 → Apr 20, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
20154 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6800 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Career-best overall score673.6800 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1544 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational
- Peak power rating (1489) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
- First call Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Apr 19, 2013 |
| -6.4 | 7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest | Apr 17, 2015 |
| -4.9 | Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest | Apr 20, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 93.6% | 90.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2018 | Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO | 30 / 40 (632.4344) | 40 (134.2172) | 16 (166.2744) | 21 (164.5256) | 16 (167.4172) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 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) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | 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) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | 7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO | 38 / 49 (626.7312) | 14 (168.0116) | 46 (146.2056) | 42 (153.1312) | 25 (159.3828) |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO | 43 / 50 (606.8570) | 49 (142.8574) | 49 (134.2854) | 3 (173.1430) | 29 (156.5712) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.