MASTERTECH BBQ

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

Power ranking

#2531

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1519 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-07-25

latest 2018-08-25

Best ToY finish

#437

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

681.6228 / 720

Master · 10th Annual Big Island BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

671.80 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.66 (+15.14)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2)

Consistency

±19.72

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.33)

Road miles

1,900

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Master avg

656.66 / 720

15 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.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.6228 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.6228 at 10th Annual Big Island BBQ — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-08-25

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Luscious Loins BBQ has finished one call ahead of MASTERTECH BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 49%.

9 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 49%

A tough matchup

8–1 behind in the head-to-head

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA ahead in 89% of their meetings

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA has come out ahead in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

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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.

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

SIPPIN ON SMOKE

#2528 of the rated field

1519 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1536

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

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ROCK N SMOKE

#2533 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2016-01-08

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Sloppy Hogs

#2538 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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BIGMISTA'S BARBECUE

#2545 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before MASTERTECH BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

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SAUCE BOSSES

#2532 of the rated field

1519 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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BIG MO FROM AHO

#2536 of the rated field

1518 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2018-03-23

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIG-IN COOKERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
TRUE SMOKE BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
TREEFROG BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
WOODWARD BARBEQUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Hogline	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
LUCKY'S Q	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
The Q Crew	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
BLACK DOG BBQ IA	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	5	1	1	177.7028	142.2284	165.80	top 53%
Pork Ribs	15	3	0	1	173.1200	147.9544	162.33	top 59%
Pork	15	4	0	0	173.7028	146.8228	164.52	top 54%
Brisket	15	4	0	2	177.1428	145.6800	164.01	top 53%

“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
IA	13	0	top 66%
MN	2	0	top 19%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 63%
Large (40+)	6	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tri City BBQ Fest	3	13	top 56%	2017-09-22
*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	3	19	top 70%	2017-07-21
Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2)	2	22	top 74%	2017-04-29

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

On the trail 4.1 yrs 2014-07-25 → 2018-08-25

Busiest season 2017 9 contests

Contests a season 3 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IA 13 of 15 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.33)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 10 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 20% 3 of 15 contests

Master average 656.66 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 270 240–308 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,900 15 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi

Schedule strength 1581 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2015-07-24 → 2016-09-16

Power rating 1519 peak 1519 · #2531 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jul 25 First tracked contest Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
2015
Apr 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2404 Central Iowa Expo BBQ
2016
Sep 16 First call Tri City BBQ Fest
2017
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2)
Jun 2 First overall top-10 Smokin In Steele
Jun 30 10th tracked contest Back to Mayberry
Aug 25 Career-best overall score681.6228 10th Annual Big Island BBQ
Sep 22 Peak power rating (1519) Tri City BBQ Fest
2018
Aug 25 First category win (Chicken) *2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest
Aug 25 Most recent contest *2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Smokin In Steele	2017-06-02
+13.4	10th Annual Big Island BBQ	2017-08-25
+10.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-07-28
+8.5	Tri City BBQ Fest	2016-09-16
+7.7	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	2017-07-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	2014-07-25
-10.9	Tri-City BBQ Fest	2014-09-19
-4.8	Back to Mayberry	2017-06-30
-4.6	Central Iowa Expo BBQ	2015-04-24
-4.1	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash	2015-07-24

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)
2018	1	1	1	100%	top 63%	92.2%	92.2%
2017	9	2	0	89%	top 49%	94.7%	92.6%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 38%	91.7%	91.7%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 78%	90.9%	89.9%
2014	2	0	0	0%	top 96%	86.2%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-25	*2nd Annual Halfway to St.Pats BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	5 / 8 (663.9660)	1 (172.5600)	3 (168.0000)	4 (166.8572)	6 (156.5488)
2017-09-22	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	13 / 37 (677.6572)	10 (173.1316)	13 (169.1200)	12 (169.7256)	17 (165.6800)
2017-08-25	10th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN	10 / 56 (681.6228)	15 (171.4172)	22 (166.8228)	6 (173.7028)	18 (169.6800)
2017-07-28	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ankeny, IA	11 / 30 (675.8972)	27 (162.8000)	10 (168.5600)	9 (170.2744)	3 (174.2628)
2017-07-21	*Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	19 / 49 (659.8628)	44 (154.2056)	33 (160.5372)	22 (167.9772)	3 (177.1428)
2017-06-30	Back to Mayberry Rodney, IA	25 / 29 (659.3028)	18 (167.9656)	27 (160.5600)	12 (169.6800)	26 (161.0972)
2017-06-02	Smokin In Steele Owatonna, MN	9 / 46 (681.0172)	23 (167.3944)	4 (173.1200)	18 (168.5256)	8 (171.9772)
2017-05-12	BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	24 / 39 (658.2172)	5 (176.0000)	30 (154.8116)	22 (165.1200)	21 (162.2856)
2017-04-29	Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (DAY 2) Boone, IA	27 / 35 (656.4456)	4 (177.7028)	34 (147.9544)	17 (167.9772)	25 (162.8112)
2017-04-28	Central Iowa Expo BBQ & Cruise (Day 1) Boone, IA	22 / 31 (649.5656)	8 (172.5600)	27 (152.5144)	16 (165.1428)	24 (159.3484)
2016-09-16	Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	13 / 34 (659.9316)	21 (162.2628)	18 (163.9544)	7 (171.4172)	17 (162.2972)
2015-07-24	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	41 / 54 (640.9940)	51 (155.3712)	13 (170.2744)	50 (153.0856)	29 (162.2628)
2015-04-24	Central Iowa Expo BBQ Boone, IA	34 / 42 (654.2404)	35 (163.9772)	32 (161.1088)	39 (158.8344)	14 (170.3200)
2014-09-19	Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA	20 / 21 (610.6968)	21 (142.2284)	14 (162.8228)	21 (146.8228)	17 (158.8228)
2014-07-25	Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA	50 / 52 (620.4684)	27 (167.3828)	47 (154.8228)	50 (152.5828)	49 (145.6800)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1377 (158 pts)	#1112 (258 pts)	#1268 (208 pts)	#1332 (183 pts)	#1488 (148 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#437 (865 pts)	#344 (1065 pts)	#477 (825 pts)	#377 (1005 pts)	#355 (1070 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1932 (119 pts)	#2250 (79 pts)	#2177 (94 pts)	#1681 (164 pts)	#2130 (99 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1470 (180 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1480 (175 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1672 (146 pts)	#1778 (141 pts)	#1532 (176 pts)	#1774 (141 pts)	#1622 (161 pts)