TEXAS TUMBLEWEED

TEXAS TUMBLEWEED is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 10th of 44 at the Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship (2015). They are ranked #3724 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,724

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2013

latest Apr 17, 2015 · 2.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1011

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

17% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

653.7372 / 720

Master · Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

628.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 624.06 (+4.13)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±24.52

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.38 · weakest Pork (152.86)

Road miles

4,115

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 814 mi

Schedule strength

10%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)

Master avg

624.06 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.

Pork avg 152.86
Chicken avg 160.38
1 call in 6 entries

The long haul

4,115 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,115 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 814 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

6 mapped stops
furthest 814 mi

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1596 (135 pts)	#2073 (85 pts)	#1612 (155 pts)	#1577 (165 pts)	#2057 (85 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1011 (307 pts)	#716 (527 pts)	#1063 (312 pts)	#1167 (277 pts)	#937 (357 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#1885 (105 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TEXAS TUMBLEWEED, each with one reason worth a look.

144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

RJ's Bob-E-Que

#3,725 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TEXAS TUMBLEWEED)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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BID WIZ PLAYER BBQ TEAM

#3,706 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1551

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TEXAS TUMBLEWEED)

They've been 1551 at their best, 61 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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Grillers Anonymous

#3,721 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1500

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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Wildhart BBQ

#3,726 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

They turned up 9 years after TEXAS TUMBLEWEED did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 6 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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Brown Dog BBQ

#3,713 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1503

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Apr 3, 2026

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Beefis and Butt-Head

#3,723 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	1	176	151.4400	160.38	top 49%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	167.4172	142.8228	156.55	top 58%
Pork	6	1	0	168.0688	139.4056	152.86	top 66%
Brisket	6	0	0	161.0856	143.4284	154.26	top 57%

“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.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	3	top 44%
MO	1	top 68%
UT	1	top 100%
LA	1	top 61%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	10	0	top 38%	Apr 17, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 3 of 6 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 718 finished ahead 273 times, behind 489

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

20153 milestones

Apr 17 First overall top-10 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Apr 17 Career-best overall score653.7372 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Apr 17 Most recent contest Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship

20143 milestones

Mar 7 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)176 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20132 milestones

Mar 22 First tracked contest Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 Peak power rating (1498) Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Apr 17, 2015
+0.1	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 11, 2014
-3.1	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014
-1.6	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	Mar 22, 2013
-1.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 7, 2014

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	1	100%	top 23%	90.8%	90.8%
2014	4	0	50%	top 71%	90.3%	86.4%
2013	1	0	0%	top 56%	83.8%	83.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 17, 2015	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	10 / 44 (653.7372)	20 (159.4172)	8 (167.4172)	7 (168.0688)	20 (158.8340)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	376 / 552 (638.7544)	409 (158.8344)	419 (156.5144)	310 (162.3200)	306 (161.0856)
Apr 25, 2014	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	33 / 62 (607.9196)	10 (164.0228)	50 (142.8228)	47 (142.7768)	14 (158.2972)
Apr 11, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	29 / 29 (590.2856)	28 (151.4400)	25 (150.8572)	29 (139.4056)	22 (148.5828)
Mar 7, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	14 / 23 (650.2172)	2 (176)	13 (164.5600)	20 (154.2972)	18 (155.3600)
Mar 22, 2013	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	33 / 59 (603.4282)	32 (152.5712)	19 (157.1430)	36 (150.2856)	38 (143.4284)

TEXAS TUMBLEWEED

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (2 found in their record)

The weak link

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)