RACCOON FLATS

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

Power ranking

#2475

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1521

peak 1521 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-09-06

latest 2016-06-17

Best ToY finish

#1281

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

675.3256 / 720

Master · State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.13 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 661.72 (-1.59)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.9772

Chicken · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±9.57

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.40)

Road miles

628

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 194 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Master avg

661.72 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

675.3256 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.3256 at State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-17

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY has finished one call ahead of RACCOON FLATS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG T'Z Q CRU ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG T'Z Q CRU has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.6 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 83%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.40
Chicken avg 170.00
2 calls in 6 entries

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

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX

#2465 of the rated field

1521 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 123
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1820

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to RACCOON FLATS)

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

rated over 114 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

MADAB'S BBQ

#2477 of the rated field

1521 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1530

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 2025-03-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Gilded Swine

#2473 of the rated field

1521 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after RACCOON FLATS did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2022-09-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BERRY PATCH BBQ

#2461 of the rated field

1521 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before RACCOON FLATS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

DAN'S RIGHTEOUS RIBS

#2483 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

That Oil Money BBQ

#2467 of the rated field

1521 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	5	171.9772	165.7372	170.00	top 26%
Pork Ribs	6	2	170.8344	156.5600	163.40	top 54%
Pork	6	1	171.4056	155.9428	164.07	top 55%
Brisket	6	0	169.6800	159.9544	164.25	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
IA	4	top 57%
IL	1	top 29%
SD	1	top 30%

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

On the trail 2.8 yrs 2013-09-06 → 2016-06-17

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

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

Contests visited 6 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.40)

Walk rate 83% a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 2 of 6 contests

Master average 661.72 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 135 91–80 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 628 6 mapped stops · furthest 194 mi

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests

Power rating 1521 peak 1521 · #2475 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Sep 6 First tracked contest Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 6 First call Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 6 First overall top-10 Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
Sep 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6456 Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll
2014
Jul 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Jun 17 Career-best overall score675.3256 State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)
Jun 17 Peak power rating (1521) State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)
Jun 17 Most recent contest State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10	Smoke on the Prairie	2014-06-13
+9.1	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll	2013-09-06
+3.9	State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full)	2016-06-17
+2.5	State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship	2015-06-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-07-25
-0.8	Kings of BBQ 2013	2013-09-20

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	100%	top 48%	93.8%	93.8%
2015	1	0	100%	top 52%	91%	91%
2014	2	1	100%	top 50%	92.4%	91.9%
2013	2	1	50%	top 43%	93%	91.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-17	State Center Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Judges Full) State Center, IA	15 / 31 (675.3256)	9 (171.4284)	14 (166.8228)	15 (167.3944)	16 (169.6800)
2015-06-19	State Center Rose Festival BBQ Championship State Center, IA	14 / 27 (655.3260)	6 (168.5372)	20 (161.0972)	18 (163.4288)	16 (162.2628)
2014-07-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA	21 / 29 (658.7088)	7 (171.9772)	8 (170.8344)	26 (155.9428)	21 (159.9544)
2014-06-13	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	8 / 28 (665.0744)	5 (170.8572)	18 (157.1088)	4 (171.4056)	13 (165.7028)
2013-09-20	Kings of BBQ 2013 Des Moines, IA	20 / 35 (646.2172)	15 (165.7372)	27 (156.5600)	19 (161.6800)	21 (162.2400)
2013-09-06	Ribs, Rods & Rock 'n Roll Vermillion, SD	8 / 27 (669.6456)	5 (171.4400)	9 (167.9656)	15 (164.5600)	14 (165.6800)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1281 (222 pts)	#1019 (337 pts)	#1289 (237 pts)	#1235 (257 pts)	#1481 (187 pts)