The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at *3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES) (2018-10-20).
- last seen 2015-09-19
- back 2018-10-20
BIG TIME BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-26
latest 2015-09-19
Best ToY finish
#2578
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
609.83
last 3 Master vs avg 609.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.28 · weakest Brisket (146.42)
Road miles
2,143
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 859 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
609.83 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BIG TIME BBQ has 3 rated contests — 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 132 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BIG TIME BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Level with BIG TIME BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 148.5712 | 160.28 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 145.1426 | 151.39 | top 80% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 148.0000 | 154.67 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 151.4172 | 141.1312 | 146.42 | top 78% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2013-04-26 → 2015-09-19
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 160.28 · weakest Brisket (146.42)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
609.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
19–81 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,143
4 mapped stops · furthest 859 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2015-09-19 → 2018-10-20
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' in the Ozarks
- Peak power rating (1484) Smokin' in the Ozarks
- 2015
- Career-best overall score643.8968 Table Rock Boats and Bones
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2856 Table Rock Boats and Bones
- 2018
- First call *3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES)
- Most recent contest *3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.6 | Smokin' in the Ozarks | 2013-04-26 |
| -6.4 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-05-15 |
| -0.7 | Table Rock Boats and Bones | 2015-09-19 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.4% | 86.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-20 | *3rd Annual St. Louis Kosher BBQ Competition (KOSHER SERIES) Olivette, MO | — | 5 (164.0572) | — | — | 5 (151.4172) |
| 2015-09-19 | Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO | 22 / 33 (643.8968) | 24 (163.9656) | 20 (162.2284) | 15 (166.2856) | 28 (151.4172) |
| 2015-05-15 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 28 / 36 (600.4568) | 13 (164.5256) | 31 (146.8000) | 30 (148.0000) | 28 (141.1312) |
| 2013-04-26 | Smokin' in the Ozarks Rogers, AR | 34 / 34 (585.1424) | 32 (148.5712) | 32 (145.1426) | 34 (149.7144) | 32 (141.7142) |
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 | #2578 (59 pts) | #2596 (59 pts) | #2600 (59 pts) | #2598 (59 pts) | #2609 (59 pts) |