High-water mark
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.1196 at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-03-31
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.1196 at Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
SUNSET BBQ & GRILLING has finished one call ahead of RUB IT ALL OVER 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.83 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 25%.
Ahead in 71% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SUNSET BBQ & GRILLING in 5 of their 7 shared contests.
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead 89% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUFFALO'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared brisket entries.
Something about May: average finish in the top 38% across 5 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.
They've cooked Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.
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.
74 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 16 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with RUB IT ALL OVER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1558 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before RUB IT ALL OVER's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KNOW BULL | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| IRON WHEEL COOKERS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SUNSET BBQ & GRILLING | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| DIVINE SWINE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| IT'S A LEAGUE GAME, SMOKEY | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| SPICY SPITFIRE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GRISWOLDS | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| EVIL MONKEY BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Camping Crew BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Men On Fire | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 144.5716 | 162.59 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 128.5712 | 152.72 | top 66% |
| Pork | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 144.5828 | 162.70 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 151.9428 | 163.55 | 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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 45% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 6 | 11 | 0 | top 55% | 2019-04-05 |
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 3 | 21 | 0 | top 34% | 2018-05-04 |
| Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 44% | 2019-05-03 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2017-03-31 |
| +7.9 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2014-04-04 |
| +7.3 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-05 |
| +6.7 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2018-05-04 |
| +6.3 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2014-05-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2015-04-03 |
| -6.4 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon | 2013-04-05 |
| -3.8 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2016-04-01 |
| -1.5 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon | 2018-04-06 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 91.8% | 91% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 47% | 93% | 91.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 93.5% | 93.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 89.7% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 90.4% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 31 / 56 (648.9600) | 30 (162.8000) | 52 (143.3832) | 26 (167.3712) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2019-04-05 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon 🏅 Stillwater, OK | 18 / 34 (661.0172) | 6 (173.1200) | 30 (154.8116) | 12 (168.5256) | 18 (164.5600) |
| 2018-05-04 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 22 / 68 (669.5312) | 29 (167.3828) | 22 (168.5372) | 29 (168.5256) | 23 (165.0856) |
| 2018-04-06 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 16 / 26 (642.1484) | 9 (170.2628) | 22 (142.8000) | 21 (158.2284) | 5 (170.8572) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival(JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK | 21 / 68 (667.8740) | 35 (163.9428) | 21 (166.8112) | 27 (165.1428) | 9 (171.9772) |
| 2017-03-31 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 11 / 37 (673.1196) | 4 (173.1428) | 11 (169.1084) | 20 (163.4400) | 13 (167.4284) |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 31 / 83 (646.1036) | 14 (171.9772) | 69 (147.3604) | 14 (170.8344) | 43 (155.9316) |
| 2016-04-01 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 30 / 44 (628.9716) | 36 (151.3716) | 40 (145.0400) | 20 (164.0228) | 14 (168.5372) |
| 2015-04-03 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 29 / 34 (606.6968) | 27 (149.1084) | 30 (147.9428) | 25 (157.7028) | 24 (151.9428) |
| 2014-05-02 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 26 / 80 (650.7428) | 35 (161.0856) | 49 (154.2400) | 8 (170.8228) | 21 (164.5944) |
| 2014-04-04 | Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 13 / 40 (624.5596) | 6 (162.3200) | 6 (163.9884) | 30 (144.5828) | 17 (153.6684) |
| 2013-04-05 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 37 / 52 (578.8570) | 36 (144.5716) | 49 (128.5712) | 23 (153.1426) | 23 (152.5716) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1351 (154 pts) | #1130 (234 pts) | #1666 (119 pts) | #1292 (184 pts) | #1021 (279 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1344 (171 pts) | #1277 (196 pts) | #1519 (141 pts) | #1540 (131 pts) | #1137 (246 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1277 (210 pts) | #1201 (270 pts) | #1398 (210 pts) | #1660 (145 pts) | #1187 (265 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2029 (115 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2024 (115 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2713 (59 pts) | #2714 (59 pts) | #2716 (59 pts) | #2733 (59 pts) | #2199 (64 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1372 (200 pts) | #1234 (255 pts) | #1213 (255 pts) | #1313 (235 pts) | #1434 (200 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2029 (85 pts) | #1973 (85 pts) |