On the rise
Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 4 contests since 2015-08-07 — from 1522 up to 1547.
- 4 contests since 2015-08-07
- now 1547
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Their power rating has climbed 25 points across 4 contests since 2015-08-07 — from 1522 up to 1547.
A call in 7 of 11 contests
A top-10 category call in 64% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.1200 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.92 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 45%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of IRWIN'S PIT CREW BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BURNT FINGER BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork entries.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,047 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 593 miles to Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge.
Their overall lands within ±2.49% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SHAKIN NOT STIRRED has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than SHAKIN NOT STIRRED has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1584 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after SHAKIN NOT STIRRED did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SHAKIN NOT STIRRED on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORK PATROL BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 146.2858 | 162.12 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 146.2854 | 160.97 | top 52% |
| Pork | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 174.8800 | 162.8228 | 167.89 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 146.7772 | 161.06 | top 44% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 45% |
| NE | 3 | 0 | top 44% |
| CO | 2 | 0 | top 34% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 33% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 35% | 2014-09-26 |
| Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 34% | 2014-08-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2015-08-28 |
| +13.6 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | 2015-10-03 |
| +8.5 | NKC MO State Championship BBQ | 2014-03-14 |
| +7.3 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | 2013-09-27 |
| +6.3 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge | 2014-08-15 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| -4.6 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship | 2015-08-07 |
| -2.7 | Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo | 2015-09-25 |
| -0.3 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 36% | 95.2% | 91.9% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 33% | 90.9% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 92.2% | 89.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-03 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 32 / 606 (685.1200) | 162 (169.1200) | 25 (175.4400) | 95 (170.8572) | 121 (169.7028) |
| 2015-09-25 | Aksarben Stock Show & Rodeo Omaha, NE | 11 / 18 (651.8972) | 11 (168.0000) | 16 (155.3716) | 10 (162.8228) | 11 (165.7028) |
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 5 / 65 (673.1084) | 14 (168.5484) | 37 (162.2628) | 2 (174.8800) | 11 (167.4172) |
| 2015-08-07 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO | 18 / 26 (635.8860) | 9 (168.0344) | 20 (155.9888) | 12 (165.0856) | 22 (146.7772) |
| 2014-09-26 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 18 / 47 (652.4912) | 25 (163.4056) | 34 (156.5372) | 7 (169.7028) | 18 (162.8456) |
| 2014-08-15 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO | 14 / 43 (654.1944) | 10 (169.1428) | 15 (164.5600) | 10 (168.5716) | 29 (151.9200) |
| 2014-03-14 | NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO | 17 / 61 (648.5032) | 15 (165.7372) | 29 (159.9544) | 23 (162.8572) | 25 (159.9544) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 285 / 535 (635.9200) | 333 (158.2744) | 359 (154.8456) | 39 (172.0000) | 389 (150.8000) |
| 2013-09-27 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 18 / 56 (663.9428) | 50 (153.1428) | 8 (172.5600) | 9 (169.7144) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2013-08-16 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO | 12 / 33 (655.3372) | 29 (153.6572) | 8 (166.8228) | 12 (166.2972) | 7 (168.5600) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 54 / 79 (615.9994) | 69 (146.2858) | 68 (146.2854) | 22 (163.9998) | 32 (159.4284) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #902 (358 pts) | #1109 (288 pts) | #1370 (208 pts) | #824 (438 pts) | #1051 (303 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1281 (222 pts) | #1468 (197 pts) | #1719 (147 pts) | #1220 (262 pts) | #1510 (182 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2003 (90 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |