BBQ COUNCIL

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

Rating

1498

peak 1498 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-26

latest 2013-07-26

Best ToY finish

#1970

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 1 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

649.0972 / 720

Master · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

163.9772

Brisket · Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 163.98 · weakest Chicken (158.82)

Master avg

649.10 / 720

1 Master contest · 0 GCs

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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.

BBQ COUNCIL has 1 rated contest — 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 121 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.

CIRCLE W BARBECUE

#3278 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1498

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BBQ COUNCIL)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-07-17

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Pool Crew BBQ

#3297 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BBQ COUNCIL's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

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Flower of the Flame

#3295 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-09-15

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BEAR NAKED BBQ

#3261 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-07-22

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NEWSOME'S BBQ

#3285 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BBQ COUNCIL's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

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E Z Q

#3288 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where BBQ COUNCIL's is still finding its level.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-09-29

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By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	1	158.8228	158.8228	158.82	top 80%
Pork Ribs	1	163.4400	163.4400	163.44	top 52%
Pork	1	162.8572	162.8572	162.86	top 56%
Brisket	1	163.9772	163.9772	163.98	top 36%

“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 (11 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0 yrs 2013-07-26 → 2013-07-26

Busiest season 2013 1 contest

Cooks most in IA 1 of 1 contests

Contests visited 1 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 163.98 · weakest Chicken (158.82)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 1 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 1 contests

Master average 649.10 out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 65 27–38 across every shared overall standing

Power rating 1498 peak 1498 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 26 First tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0972 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 26 Career-best overall score649.0972 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
Jul 26 Career-best single call (Brisket)163.9772 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash

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)
2013	1	0	0	0	0%	top 59%	90.2%	90.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-07-26	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	39 / 66 (649.0972)	53 (158.8228)	34 (163.4400)	37 (162.8572)	24 (163.9772)

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	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2008 (80 pts)