CALLAWAY CREAMATORS

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

Power ranking

#5737

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1443

peak 1443 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2018-10-12

Best ToY finish

#843

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

664.5484 / 720

Master · Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.43 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.85 (+12.58)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Pork · Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

Consistency

±12.41

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.42 · weakest Brisket (157.26)

Road miles

646

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi

Schedule strength

49%

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

Master avg

640.85 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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

664.5484 career-best overall

92.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 664.5484 at Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest — 92.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-04-21

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.16 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 157.26
Chicken avg 164.42
1 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Jonnie O's in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 13 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has out-cooked them in 11 of 13 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Beta BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.72% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.72% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
16 contests

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

GLAZED & CONFUSED

#5734 of the rated field

1443 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2019-04-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN MAN GAME DAY BBQ

#5745 of the rated field

1443 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1443

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Daddy Dutch BBQ

#5731 of the rated field

1444 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1444

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

BLOWIN' SMOKE NWA

#5726 of the rated field

1444 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1444

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2018-11-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Swine BBQ

#5727 of the rated field

1444 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1444

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-07-01

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN IN THE BOARDROOM

#5730 of the rated field

1444 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1502 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2022-06-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
SPICEWINE IRONWORKS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
IN DEEP SAUCE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
HOG HAVEN BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Shootin' Smoke	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	4	0	0	172.5600	154.2854	164.42	top 59%
Pork Ribs	16	1	0	0	168.0000	147.3828	159.55	top 68%
Pork	16	2	1	1	177.1428	139.9088	159.62	top 69%
Brisket	16	1	0	0	170.2744	145.1430	157.26	top 70%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 67%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 79%
Large (40+)	3	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Anchor City Cook Off	3	18	top 81%	2018-10-12
Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	3	21	top 79%	2016-05-06
Hott Butts BBQ Contest	2	15	top 76%	2016-06-03

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.4 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2018-10-12

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 16 of 16 contests

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.42 · weakest Brisket (157.26)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 6 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 16 contests

Master average 640.85 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 203 124–339 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 646 16 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2017-07-07 → 2018-10-12

Power rating 1443 peak 1443 · #5737 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 Peak power rating (1487) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
2015
Jun 5 First call Hott Butts BBQ Contest
Sep 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6916 Q'ing for a Cause
2016
May 6 First category win (Pork) Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 10th tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 6 Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
2017
Apr 21 Career-best overall score664.5484 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
2018
Oct 12 Most recent contest *Anchor City Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.1	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest	2017-04-21
+0.1	Smoking in the Woods	2016-07-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2013-05-03
-7.7	Anchor City Cook Off	2015-10-09
-7.2	Hott Butts BBQ Contest	2015-06-05
-6.7	7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2014-07-11
-5.3	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2015-05-01

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0%	top 82%	89.3%	89.3%
2017	2	0	0%	top 65%	92.3%	91.4%
2016	4	1	75%	top 68%	91.2%	89.9%
2015	6	0	50%	top 80%	90.2%	88.2%
2014	2	0	0%	top 75%	89.1%	88.3%
2013	1	0	0%	top 92%	86.7%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-12	*Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	27 / 33 (642.7084)	12 (169.6684)	32 (147.3828)	31 (155.3828)	11 (170.2744)
2017-07-07	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	21 / 25 (652.0228)	24 (160.5600)	16 (165.1428)	12 (167.4400)	18 (158.8800)
2017-04-21	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	18 / 40 (664.5484)	22 (165.1428)	25 (163.4172)	11 (171.9656)	22 (164.0228)
2016-07-22	Smoking in the Woods Kingdom City, MO	12 / 18 (656.4684)	8 (168.5600)	17 (151.3828)	7 (167.9656)	7 (168.5600)
2016-07-08	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	19 / 26 (651.3944)	19 (165.6800)	14 (162.8344)	21 (161.7372)	19 (161.1428)
2016-06-03	Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO	15 / 22 (628.9372)	8 (166.2516)	19 (147.9428)	16 (161.6800)	16 (153.0628)
2016-05-06	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	21 / 32 (653.6464)	28 (156.5488)	25 (159.9660)	1 (177.1428)	18 (159.9888)
2015-10-09	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	18 / 20 (629.0744)	6 (172.5600)	18 (151.9772)	18 (151.4400)	15 (153.0972)
2015-09-04	Q'ing for a Cause Columbia, MO	17 / 21 (649.6916)	4 (172.0116)	14 (163.9772)	19 (151.9656)	15 (161.7372)
2015-07-10	8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	25 / 31 (639.2112)	14 (166.2400)	19 (161.6684)	19 (163.4056)	28 (147.8972)
2015-06-05	Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO	27 / 32 (620.4344)	24 (158.8456)	10 (168.0000)	31 (139.9088)	25 (153.6800)
2015-05-01	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	29 / 37 (634.2056)	25 (162.8572)	21 (161.1316)	34 (153.1312)	29 (157.0856)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	31 / 49 (635.9312)	23 (165.1772)	26 (161.1656)	41 (153.6572)	31 (155.9312)
2014-10-10	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	19 / 27 (641.6344)	15 (166.8572)	17 (165.1544)	24 (156.5028)	22 (153.1200)
2014-07-11	7th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	33 / 41 (629.6228)	35 (159.4172)	25 (161.1084)	31 (156.5600)	33 (152.5372)
2013-05-03	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	23 / 25 (623.9994)	23 (154.2854)	19 (160.5712)	14 (163.9998)	24 (145.1430)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#2501 (58 pts)	#1587 (123 pts)	#2496 (58 pts)	#2507 (58 pts)	#1551 (128 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1516 (165 pts)	#1745 (130 pts)	#1641 (155 pts)	#1267 (245 pts)	#1607 (160 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#927 (363 pts)	#888 (418 pts)	#1067 (323 pts)	#679 (593 pts)	#878 (413 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#843 (399 pts)	#589 (659 pts)	#705 (539 pts)	#870 (419 pts)	#848 (424 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1657 (148 pts)	#1591 (168 pts)	#1619 (158 pts)	#1919 (123 pts)	#1823 (133 pts)