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3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE MN

Power ranking

#2966
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1381
peak 1504

Contests

18
in the data

First seen

2019-05-31
latest 2026-05-08

Best ToY finish

#752
Master 2025

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
1 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 83%
overall standings

Best overall

678.3092

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

654.09 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 645.38 (+8.71)

Walk rate

17%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144
Brisket · Minnesota in May

Consistency

±18.04
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 164.31 · weakest Pork (158.99)

Road miles

4578
mi across 18 mapped stops · furthest 351 mi

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Storylines

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Steel Smoke BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ATTITUDES OF SMOKE in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 18 1 0 0 174.8800 149.0972 164.31 top 67%
Pork Ribs 18 1 0 0 174.2628 149.0856 161.60 top 74%
Pork 18 0 0 0 171.4172 145.1196 158.99 top 81%
Brisket 18 1 0 1 177.7144 145.0628 160.48 top 69%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MN120top 84%
KS60top 80%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)50top 95%
Large (40+)130top 78%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026100 662.7884 662.79
2025300 661.6112 656.29
2024300 678.3092 646.99
2023300 654.1944 646.95
2022300 662.2748 644.88
2021200 646.1940 621.58
2019300 658.3544 641.85

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 72 / 77 (662.7884) 57 (168.0000) 48 (167.9656) 75 (158.2628) 44 (168.5600)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 288 / 401 (661.6112) 233 (168.5484) 86 (174.2628) 367 (157.1200) 305 (161.6800)
2025-05-30 Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN 27 / 28 (648.4456) 24 (165.1316) 28 (158.2744) 26 (159.9312) 20 (165.1084)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 52 / 58 (658.8000) 13 (174.8800) 38 (166.8688) 56 (159.4056) 52 (157.6456)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 375 / 444 (638.8004) 371 (160.5716) 359 (161.7144) 409 (153.6800) 311 (162.8344)
2024-05-31 Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN 32 / 32 (623.8740) 31 (158.8456) 26 (161.1200) 32 (151.9656) 32 (151.9428)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 34 / 58 (678.3092) 48 (166.2744) 52 (162.9032) 28 (171.4172) 2 (177.7144)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 351 / 487 (651.9312) 205 (169.7256) 422 (157.1316) 424 (156.5484) 205 (168.5256)
2023-06-02 Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN 28 / 29 (634.7200) 12 (168.5600) 27 (155.4288) 17 (165.6684) 28 (145.0628)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 50 / 59 (654.1944) 7 (174.8800) 56 (157.0744) 50 (161.1200) 47 (161.1200)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 415 / 505 (638.7996) 407 (159.9768) 401 (159.9888) 390 (160.5368) 388 (158.2972)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN 30 / 40 (662.2748) 24 (168.0116) 37 (159.3944) 18 (169.1660) 22 (165.7028)
2022-06-03 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) Owatonna, MN 33 / 33 (633.5772) 32 (149.0972) 16 (167.9656) 32 (156.5372) 24 (159.9772)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 434 / 467 (596.9708) 378 (157.0856) 440 (149.0856) 442 (145.1196) 432 (145.6800)
2021-08-20 13th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN 29 / 35 (646.1940) 31 (157.1084) 8 (170.2972) 30 (157.6912) 25 (161.0972)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 360 / 468 (636.4568) 377 (157.6800) 417 (153.0856) 316 (161.6684) 226 (164.0228)
2019-08-16 SMSU Smokefest MARSHALL, MN 44 / 46 (630.7312) 31 (166.2856) 28 (166.2400) 46 (147.9656) 42 (150.2400)
2019-05-31 Smokin In Steele Owatonna, MN 17 / 43 (658.3544) 21 (166.8456) 26 (160.0116) 17 (168.0228) 20 (163.4744)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #791 (60 pts) #866 (60 pts) #903 (60 pts) #823 (60 pts) #814 (60 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #752 (173 pts) #708 (238 pts) #867 (173 pts) #798 (173 pts) #732 (198 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #767 (177 pts) #824 (177 pts) #860 (177 pts) #810 (177 pts) #530 (377 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #797 (174 pts) #564 (344 pts) #941 (174 pts) #733 (214 pts) #849 (174 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #827 (178 pts) #865 (183 pts) #827 (223 pts) #784 (213 pts) #806 (198 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #917 (120 pts) #978 (120 pts) #746 (215 pts) #960 (120 pts) #957 (120 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1118 (220 pts) #1239 (200 pts) #1287 (180 pts) #1189 (220 pts) #1210 (205 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1086 (240 pts) #1152 (240 pts) #1173 (240 pts) #1087 (265 pts) #1154 (240 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1046 (312 pts) #1070 (332 pts) #1038 (347 pts) #1021 (352 pts) #1074 (317 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #840 (423 pts) #918 (398 pts) #832 (473 pts) #726 (548 pts) #707 (568 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #889 (366 pts) #967 (351 pts) #687 (556 pts) #911 (396 pts) #957 (356 pts)

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