High-water mark
664.5144
career-best overall
92.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.5144 at *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off — 92.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-08-19
OUTTA THE BOX BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1500 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2017-09-02
Best ToY finish
#1121
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.52 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 637.24 (+3.28)
Walk rate
30%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.52)
Road miles
4,393
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1681 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
637.24 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.6
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.55 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 10%.
- Pork Ribs avg 157.52
- Pork avg 163.07
- 2 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN PENDEJOS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
6 of 7
shared pork entries lost
BUTCHER BBQ ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared pork entries.
An August team
Top 50%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 63% the rest of the year
The long haul
4,393
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,393 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,681 miles to *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off.
- 10 mapped stops
- furthest 1,681 mi
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 34th
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3909 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with OUTTA THE BOX BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3936 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Hot J's | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN PENDEJOS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| ELLIS COUNTY BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| DEJA Q | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas-car-b-que | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 142.2744 | 158.85 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.6056 | 143.9772 | 157.52 | top 62% |
| Pork | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 155.4400 | 163.07 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 147.4172 | 157.80 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 7 | 0 | top 62% |
| OK | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 58% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 4 | 34 | 0 | top 59% | 2016-09-03 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
7 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.07 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.52)
Walk rate
30%
a top-10 call in 3 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
637.24
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
309
188–287 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,393
10 mapped stops · furthest 1,681 mi
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1500 · #3926 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6572 Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff
- 2016
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First overall top-10 *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best overall score664.5144 *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
- 10th tracked contest *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-02 |
| +6.6 | *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off | 2017-08-19 |
| +0.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2016-09-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-03-14 |
| -7.6 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2016-02-25 |
| -7 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ | 2016-07-02 |
| -3 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2015-09-04 |
| -1.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 92.3% | 92.1% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 79% | 89.4% | 86.9% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 91.3% | 90.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.2% | 85.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX | 12 / 46 (661.6568) | 5 (170.2972) | 26 (161.6684) | 11 (167.4400) | 20 (162.2512) |
| 2017-08-19 | *Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 7 / 18 (664.5144) | 14 (164.5372) | 6 (168.5716) | 2 (174.2628) | 12 (157.1428) |
| 2016-09-03 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 34 / 58 (643.9884) | 48 (156.5484) | 6 (172.6056) | 34 (163.4628) | 49 (151.3716) |
| 2016-07-02 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK | 25 / 27 (617.6568) | 23 (158.8800) | 26 (145.6684) | 14 (165.6912) | 22 (147.4172) |
| 2016-02-25 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 36 / 42 (614.7888) | 38 (153.1428) | 40 (144.5260) | 35 (155.4400) | 19 (161.6800) |
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 46 / 70 (642.8000) | 12 (169.1544) | 69 (143.9772) | 23 (167.4056) | 31 (162.2628) |
| 2015-06-05 | Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK | 20 / 30 (657.6572) | 23 (158.2628) | 11 (167.4172) | 15 (166.8572) | 14 (165.1200) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 45 / 76 (635.3600) | 52 (156.5716) | 50 (157.7028) | 57 (157.0856) | 21 (164.0000) |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 26 / 29 (602.1028) | 29 (142.2744) | 23 (154.8000) | 18 (157.0628) | 23 (147.9656) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 46 / 89 (631.9080) | 43 (158.8684) | 46 (158.2512) | 50 (156.0000) | 33 (158.7884) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1121 (273 pts) | #1172 (283 pts) | #1370 (218 pts) | #989 (373 pts) | #1436 (193 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1531 (172 pts) | #1541 (182 pts) | #1164 (287 pts) | #1390 (227 pts) | #1390 (217 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1575 (140 pts) | #1440 (190 pts) | #1441 (185 pts) | #1537 (175 pts) | #1506 (170 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1794 (129 pts) | #1883 (129 pts) | #1781 (139 pts) | #1615 (164 pts) | #1637 (159 pts) |