MANNY'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1999

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1538

peak 1538 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2016-10-29

Best ToY finish

#565

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

687.3944 / 720

Master · When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.35 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.29 (+13.06)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In

Consistency

±34.38

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.24 · weakest Brisket (161.07)

Road miles

1,028

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Master avg

651.29 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.3944 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.3944 at When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-08-22

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

4 LEGS UP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

4 LEGS UP BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their pork, and turns into a call 36% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 161.07
Pork avg 165.24
5 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of INDIGO PIG in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 9 shared pork entries lost

RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 35% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 49% the rest of the year

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.

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

SOMETHING BORROWED SOMETHING BLUE BBQ

#2002 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1538

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to MANNY'S BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MANNY'S BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2015-10-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Grinders BBQ

#2006 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BOURBON SMOKE BBQ

#1996 of the rated field

1538 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Pig Time BBQ

#2003 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Skinny's BBQ

#2009 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2016-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Jack9 BBQ-CA

#1988 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

Level with MANNY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2023-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
LAZY 2 BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
INDIGO PIG	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	6	0	1	176.6172	144.5372	163.09	top 50%
Pork Ribs	14	2	1	1	179.4400	137.0516	161.89	top 54%
Pork	14	4	0	1	175.4056	145.1428	165.24	top 44%
Brisket	14	5	1	1	172.5600	131.3600	161.07	top 50%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
KS	12	0	top 42%
OK	2	0	top 93%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	2	37	0	top 46%	2016-04-08

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

On the trail 3.5 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2016-10-29

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 12 of 14 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.24 · weakest Brisket (161.07)

Walk rate 71% a top-10 call in 10 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 29% 4 of 14 contests

Master average 651.29 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 825 650–494 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,028 14 mapped stops · furthest 169 mi

Schedule strength 1552 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Power rating 1538 peak 1538 · #1999 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest 8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
2014
Jul 11 First call Cowley County BBQ Contest
Jul 11 First overall top-10 Cowley County BBQ Contest
Jul 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0056 Cowley County BBQ Contest
Aug 22 First category win (Pork Ribs) When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
Aug 22 Career-best overall score687.3944 When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In
2015
Jul 3 10th tracked contest HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off
2016
Oct 29 Peak power rating (1538) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In	2014-08-22
+13.3	Wheatstock Grill Off	2015-05-08
+6.9	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29
+6.9	Smoke in the Spring	2016-04-08
+6.1	Cowley County BBQ Contest	2014-07-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2013-04-19
-12.1	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2014-04-11
-2	Eureka BBQ Bash	2015-06-19

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 34%	92.4%	92.4%
2015	7	2	1	86%	top 47%	95.2%	91.9%
2014	4	2	1	75%	top 50%	95.5%	89.2%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 92%	81.3%	81.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	187 / 557 (665.5884)	297 (163.9656)	234 (166.8228)	27 (175.4056)	335 (159.3944)
2016-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	37 / 109 (665.5884)	7 (175.4172)	44 (165.0856)	29 (169.1200)	73 (155.9656)
2015-09-25	Jammin in JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	10 / 25 (656.9940)	14 (158.8228)	11 (163.9428)	13 (161.6684)	1 (172.5600)
2015-08-07	Smokin on the Smoky Salina, KS	14 / 33 (673.0400)	29 (158.2400)	6 (175.4172)	15 (168.5600)	9 (170.8228)
2015-07-03	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS	16 / 31 (660.5492)	15 (167.3828)	20 (158.2976)	2 (174.2972)	17 (160.5716)
2015-06-19	Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS	18 / 27 (661.0744)	5 (169.1544)	23 (158.8344)	20 (163.3828)	8 (169.7028)
2015-06-05	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	16 / 30 (651.2920)	5 (169.1316)	18 (163.4060)	18 (162.8228)	22 (155.9316)
2015-05-08	Wheatstock Grill Off Abilene, KS	5 / 32 (685.6344)	7 (173.1316)	12 (169.1200)	9 (170.8228)	6 (172.5600)
2015-04-10	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	56 / 97 (645.6344)	86 (154.2972)	47 (162.8344)	34 (166.8344)	43 (161.6684)
2014-08-22	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	6 / 36 (687.3944)	3 (176.6172)	1 (179.4400)	5 (174.2628)	30 (157.0744)
2014-08-01	Rossville Tall Corn BBQ Contest Rossville, KS	17 / 37 (645.6000)	33 (155.4056)	20 (159.3716)	24 (160.5600)	7 (170.2628)
2014-07-11	Cowley County BBQ Contest Winfield, KS	9 / 20 (673.0056)	5 (172.0000)	14 (166.2400)	6 (171.9656)	12 (162.8000)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	60 / 64 (561.5316)	57 (144.5372)	61 (137.0516)	55 (148.5828)	61 (131.3600)
2013-04-19	8th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	58 / 63 (585.1430)	57 (145.1430)	60 (140.5714)	60 (145.1428)	39 (154.2858)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1363 (225 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#565 (654 pts)	#488 (789 pts)	#713 (534 pts)	#531 (734 pts)	#459 (819 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#724 (483 pts)	#700 (543 pts)	#691 (548 pts)	#763 (488 pts)	#837 (413 pts)