A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
BBQ CARTEL
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1438
peak 1438 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2022-09-29
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
617.97 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 621.27 (-3.30)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.31)
Road miles
39
mi across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.27 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 153.31
- Chicken avg 157.51
- 0 calls in 9 entries
A strong matchup
6–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke & Beer BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST (2022-09-29).
- last seen 2019-09-12
- back 2022-09-29
Chicken nemesis
9 of 9
shared chicken entries lost
GETTIN' BASTED ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.92%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 86.3% 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.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to BBQ CARTEL)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — MESQUITO BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5883 of the rated field
- Contests
- 55
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1563
1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to BBQ CARTEL)
They've been 1563 at their best, 125 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5861 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before BBQ CARTEL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5870 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ CARTEL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rub You Long Time | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN ELVISES | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke & Beer BBQ | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork & Boots | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| HI-TECH SMOKERS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK RADIO 810 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Tractor Shed BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| UTB BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| DUSTY ROADS BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| On the Dotte Smokers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| DIXIE MOON | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 151.4744 | 157.51 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.6056 | 141.1428 | 153.31 | top 74% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5712 | 142.8000 | 154.97 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.1200 | 155.48 | top 70% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.4 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2022-09-29
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
9
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
9 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.51 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.31)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 9 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 9 contests
Master average
621.27
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
1,918
755–3,384 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
39
9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$68,425
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-09-12 → 2022-09-29
Power rating
1438
peak 1438 · #5872 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1493) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.2280 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.6056 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- 2022
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.7 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| -9.6 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-05-10 |
| -8.9 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| -8.4 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| -8.1 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 88.8% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 438 / 505 (631.3028) | 458 (154.8112) | 328 (164.5488) | 437 (156.5256) | 414 (155.4172) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 422 / 468 (612.5600) | 251 (164.5716) | 447 (145.1428) | 391 (153.7256) | 416 (149.1200) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 415 / 467 (614.8340) | 370 (158.3316) | 451 (142.7884) | 313 (160.5712) | 388 (153.1428) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 363 / 407 (616.4568) | 291 (160.5484) | 296 (158.8684) | 396 (142.8000) | 322 (154.2400) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 492 / 557 (614.7196) | 480 (153.0972) | 514 (147.3712) | 416 (158.8456) | 392 (155.4056) |
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 355 / 606 (646.2280) | 492 (155.3940) | 61 (172.6056) | 409 (159.9772) | 377 (158.2512) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 516 / 552 (599.9088) | 481 (152.5488) | 527 (146.2400) | 522 (145.6912) | 381 (155.4288) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 257 / 535 (639.4288) | 434 (151.4744) | 222 (161.0972) | 311 (158.2972) | 73 (168.5600) |
| 2013-05-10 | Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO | 42 / 52 (616.0000) | 12 (166.8572) | 50 (141.1428) | 37 (158.2858) | 44 (149.7142) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #1650 (140 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |