8-BIT BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4364

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1475

peak 1475 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2016-09-09

Best ToY finish

#1775

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

652.4460 / 720

Master · 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.58 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 636.15 (+1.43)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4288

Pork Ribs · Platte City BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±14.32

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.94 · weakest Brisket (151.47)

Road miles

118

mi across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Master avg

636.15 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 57%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 57%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.47 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 151.47
Chicken avg 165.94
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN PHATTY'S in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

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.

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

MOO PIG BARBEQUE

#4371 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to 8-BIT BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 8-BIT BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-06-10

⚔ Head-to-head

Warped BBQ

#4353 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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DIXIE PORKERS

#4376 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

Level with 8-BIT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-03-17

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MEAT MAFIA BBQ

#4347 of the rated field

1476 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-10-06

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KESNER FAMILY BBQ

#4351 of the rated field

1475 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

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S.O.L. BBQ

#4378 of the rated field

1475 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1475

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2021-08-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRT ROAD BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
50 SHADES OF QUE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	0	171.4172	160.5256	165.94	top 40%
Pork Ribs	7	2	171.4288	143.9200	158.34	top 58%
Pork	7	0	169.7600	151.4056	160.39	top 63%
Brisket	7	0	160.5144	141.7142	151.47	top 81%

“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.

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2	27	0	top 70%	2014-05-16

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2016-09-09

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.94 · weakest Brisket (151.47)

Walk rate 29% a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 636.15 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 302 141–285 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 118 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1530 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Power rating 1475 peak 1475 · #4364 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First call Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4288 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 Peak power rating (1500) Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
Sep 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5372 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
2016
May 13 Career-best overall score652.4460 21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort
Sep 9 Most recent contest *Independence Fire & Ice BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.4	21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort	2016-05-13
+1.8	Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off	2013-09-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2014-05-16
-9.9	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	2016-09-09
-6.2	SMOKIN on the Summit	2013-06-07
-1.6	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2015-05-15
-0.2	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2013-05-10

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	2	50%	top 73%	90.6%	88.4%
2015	1	0%	top 63%	90.1%	90.1%
2014	1	0%	top 88%	85.8%	85.8%
2013	3	33%	top 57%	90.1%	88.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-09	*Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	70 / 76 (620.9256)	41 (165.0856)	73 (143.9200)	73 (151.4056)	51 (160.5144)
2016-05-13	21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	27 / 51 (652.4460)	18 (166.8228)	9 (169.1200)	24 (165.0972)	43 (151.4060)
2015-05-15	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	32 / 51 (648.4456)	18 (169.1544)	29 (162.2512)	19 (165.6800)	44 (151.3600)
2014-05-16	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	44 / 50 (617.5308)	33 (160.5256)	48 (148.5484)	39 (159.3712)	47 (149.0856)
2013-09-06	Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO	35 / 72 (648.5372)	13 (171.4172)	43 (158.8572)	24 (169.7600)	60 (148.5028)
2013-06-07	SMOKIN on the Summit Lees Summit, MO	57 / 81 (621.1426)	22 (165.1428)	58 (154.2858)	41 (159.9998)	72 (141.7142)
2013-05-10	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	27 / 52 (644.0002)	23 (163.4286)	4 (171.4288)	50 (151.4284)	31 (157.7144)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1693 (155 pts)	#1441 (205 pts)	#1840 (125 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)