Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4684 at Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(Judges Full) — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off (2014-03-07).
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.
BIGFISH BBQ has 2 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 83 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIGFISH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after BIGFISH BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BIGFISH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 162.2400 | 164.53 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 163.4400 | 166.28 | top 37% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 165.7372 | 168.58 | top 29% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 161.1084 | 168.27 | top 36% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-03 | Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief(Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO | 27 / 71 (668.4684) | 37 (166.8228) | 20 (169.1200) | 19 (171.4172) | 44 (161.1084) |
| 2014-03-07 | NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX | 4 / 22 (666.8572) | 12 (162.2400) | 10 (163.4400) | 7 (165.7372) | 2 (175.4400) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2063 (85 pts) | #2061 (90 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1384 (197 pts) | #1968 (112 pts) | #1898 (122 pts) | #1664 (152 pts) | #1229 (247 pts) |