KISS MY RACK TX

Power ranking

#528

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1590

peak 1590 · rated over 15 contests

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-11

latest 2019-08-23

Best ToY finish

#142

Master 2019

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

694.8116 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.30 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 679.47 (+1.82)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Humble Rodeo and BBQ

Consistency

±10.03

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.13)

Road miles

5672

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 889 mi

Schedule strength

19%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)

Purse competed for

$140K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

679.47 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Texas-car-b-que has finished one call ahead of KISS MY RACK 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ONE MAN PITS in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.8916 points of the Grand Championship at Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 (2019-03-15).

😤 Pork nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has out-cooked them in 11 of 13 shared pork entries.

Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)

Big Daddy G's BBQ #459 · 1603 · TX TEXAS OIL DUST #457 · 1604 · TX Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas #415 · 1615 · TX Smoking OCD #715 · 1564 · TX HONKY-TONK SMOKERS #786 · 1556 · TX THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE #847 · 1550 · TX

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
ONE MAN PITS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisper	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BarrelHead Cookers	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
DJS SMOKIN' BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
SHO DAWG BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Smoking OCD	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	5	1	177.7028	161.6916	169.81	top 38%
Pork Ribs	15	4	1	174.2972	158.2400	168.13	top 39%
Pork	15	7	3	179.4400	163.3828	170.92	top 31%
Brisket	15	9	3	177.1428	159.9312	170.61	top 29%

“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	6	top 22%
NM	4	top 24%
CO	2	top 52%
AZ	2	top 16%
AR	1	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 33%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 35%
Large (40+)	8	top 23%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2)	2	9	0	top 27%	2019-06-29
Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	2	7	0	top 34%	2019-05-11

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in TX (6 of 15 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (15 entries)
Average Master overall score: 679.47 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-01-11 — First tracked contest · National Western BBQ Throwdown
📣 2019-02-01 — First call · Humble Rodeo and BBQ
⭐ 2019-04-05 — Career-best overall score (694.8116) · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
📈 2019-08-23 — Peak power rating (1590) · Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2019-02-01
+13.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2019-04-05
+13.6	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2	2019-03-15
+11.8	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down	2019-05-03
+9	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2019-01-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.7	National Western BBQ Throwdown	2019-01-11
-4.4	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship	2019-02-08
-0.7	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1)	2019-05-10

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	15	0	7	0	80%	top 28%	96.5%	94.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-23	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	13 / 62 (673.6912)	31 (164.5600)	9 (171.4056)	22 (166.2972)	10 (171.4284)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	21 / 54 (674.1828)	22 (170.2628)	46 (158.2400)	14 (171.9772)	6 (173.7028)
2019-06-29	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) 🏅 Artesia, NM	11 / 34 (686.2284)	13 (172.0000)	16 (169.1200)	19 (167.9656)	6 (177.1428)
2019-06-28	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) 🏅 Artesia, NM	9 / 41 (685.0512)	3 (177.7028)	6 (174.2972)	19 (169.6800)	23 (163.3712)
2019-05-11	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX	7 / 21 (687.3368)	7 (173.1200)	13 (170.2628)	5 (173.7028)	8 (170.2512)
2019-05-10	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX	13 / 38 (670.2516)	19 (161.7260)	11 (168.5828)	18 (163.3828)	2 (176.5600)
2019-05-03	7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down 🏅 Show Low, AZ	4 / 45 (682.8456)	14 (172.0000)	11 (170.2628)	10 (170.2856)	9 (170.2972)
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	2 / 61 (694.8116)	9 (173.1200)	16 (167.9772)	2 (177.7144)	2 (176.0000)
2019-03-15	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 🏅 Ruidoso, NM	2 / 21 (694.2284)	7 (170.8572)	3 (174.2628)	3 (174.2628)	2 (174.8456)
2019-03-14	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 🏅 Ruidoso, NM	6 / 18 (669.6912)	6 (172.5484)	10 (161.6800)	9 (166.8572)	5 (168.6056)
2019-02-15	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX	11 / 33 (688.4684)	11 (173.1200)	12 (172.5716)	5 (175.4056)	20 (167.3712)
2019-02-08	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 Little Rock, AR	57 / 92 (671.2568)	56 (169.6684)	48 (166.8228)	46 (168.5256)	58 (166.2400)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	7 / 126 (682.3084)	37 (164.5484)	30 (166.2972)	2 (179.4400)	12 (172.0228)
2019-01-18	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	15 / 63 (674.2168)	20 (170.2856)	39 (161.6800)	17 (170.8456)	12 (171.4056)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	25 / 38 (657.5544)	29 (161.6916)	16 (168.5372)	15 (167.3944)	28 (159.9312)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#142 (1608 pts)	#243 (1143 pts)	#239 (1158 pts)	#107 (1663 pts)	#120 (1613 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#693 (487 pts)	#804 (422 pts)	#729 (492 pts)	#1056 (282 pts)	#638 (577 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#480 (783 pts)	#571 (703 pts)	#244 (1293 pts)	#530 (738 pts)	#461 (868 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1161 (260 pts)	#1327 (235 pts)	#1399 (215 pts)	#1288 (250 pts)	#1396 (215 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#767 (450 pts)	#788 (465 pts)	#795 (460 pts)	#849 (430 pts)	#839 (430 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#2001 (105 pts)	#1157 (275 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#1573 (170 pts)