TEXAS TUMBLEWEED

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

Power ranking

#3704

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-22

latest 2015-04-17

Best ToY finish

#1011

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

176.0000

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±24.52

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.38 · weakest Pork (152.86)

Road miles

4,115

mi 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

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Storylines (2 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

−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 calls 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

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.

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

WHO DAT SMOKERS

#3685 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
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 6 contests
last seen 2017-03-24

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RJ's Bob-E-Que

#3698 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1500

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

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

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Dead Poultry Society

#3677 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

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

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2017-09-01

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ONE EYED SQUEALIE'S

#3689 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

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

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-10-03

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Juggy's Juicers

#3680 of the rated field

1489 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

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

They've been 1522 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica

#3705 of the rated field

1489 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-07-24

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	1	176.0000	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 state / province

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

By contest size

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

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2015-04-17

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2013-03-22 → 2015-04-17

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 3 of 6 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 160.38 · weakest Pork (152.86)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 1 of 6 contests

Master average 624.06 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 719 273–489 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,115 6 mapped stops · furthest 814 mi

Schedule strength 1515 average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests

Power rating 1489 peak 1489 · #3704 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 22 First tracked contest Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 Peak power rating (1498) Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
2014
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)176.0000 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2015-04-17
+0.1	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2014-04-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-11
-3.1	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02
-1.6	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	2013-03-22
-1.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-07

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	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
2015-04-17	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)
2014-10-02	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)
2014-04-25	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)
2014-04-11	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)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	14 / 23 (650.2172)	2 (176.0000)	13 (164.5600)	20 (154.2972)	18 (155.3600)
2013-03-22	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	33 / 59 (603.4282)	32 (152.5712)	19 (157.1430)	36 (150.2856)	38 (143.4284)

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
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)