BIG BEE'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#6002

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1432

peak 1432 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-03-07

latest 2018-08-24

Best ToY finish

#883

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 85%

overall standings

Best overall

646.8572 / 720

Master · Table Rock Boats and Bones

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.26 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 628.14 (-2.88)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Pork · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±14.65

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 162.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.41)

Road miles

1,734

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 544 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Master avg

628.14 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

OTAKU SMOKE N BREW has finished one call ahead of BIG BEE'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.15 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.41
Pork avg 162.56
0 calls in 10 entries

Pork nemesis

4 of 5 shared pork entries lost

A Good Rub BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, A Good Rub BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.03% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.03% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.2% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

PIG PIRATES BBQ

#5993 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

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.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

2 Smokin J's

#6008 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

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.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-07-26

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STEEL N SMOKE

#5999 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-06-09

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SWAMPCAT BBQ

#5990 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SIXTY & STILL SMOKIN M&M BBQ

#5994 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

⚔ Head-to-head

RIBANATOR RUB BBQ TEAM

#6000 of the rated field

1432 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-11-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Behind	Win rate
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
A Good Rub BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
SLEEPY HOLLOW	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	5	5	0%	⚔ compare
BIG WOODIE BBQ	5	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	0	0	167.9884	153.6228	159.91	top 76%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	161.6684	135.9428	152.41	top 84%
Pork	10	2	1	173.1544	150.2400	162.56	top 59%
Brisket	10	1	0	172.0000	135.9428	153.28	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.

By state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	5	top 81%
LA	3	top 89%
TX	2	top 90%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 88%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 86%
Large (40+)	1	top 80%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	23	0	top 90%	2017-03-03

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

On the trail 4.5 yrs 2014-03-07 → 2018-08-24

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 162.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.41)

Walk rate 30% a top-10 call in 3 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 10 contests

Master average 628.14 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 211 48–249 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,734 10 mapped stops · furthest 544 mi

Schedule strength 1572 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs 2017-03-03 → 2018-08-24

Power rating 1432 peak 1432 · #6002 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Mar 7 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 Peak power rating (1490) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Mar 6 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 6 Career-best single call (Pork)173.1544 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Sep 19 Career-best overall score646.8572 Table Rock Boats and Bones
2018
Aug 24 10th tracked contest *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Aug 24 Most recent contest *Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.1	Table Rock Boats and Bones	2015-09-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-03-11
-10.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-07
-9.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-03
-9.1	Rock'n Freedom	2015-06-19
-8.5	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship)	2015-05-22

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)
2018	1	0%	top 80%	86%	86%
2017	1	0%	top 100%	85.4%	85.4%
2016	1	0%	top 100%	83.4%	83.4%
2015	6	50%	top 81%	89.8%	88.3%
2014	1	0%	top 87%	88%	88%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-08-24	*Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	43 / 54 (619.3140)	34 (159.9544)	50 (135.9428)	30 (162.3084)	32 (161.1084)
2017-03-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	29 / 29 (614.7316)	20 (163.3944)	29 (143.9772)	26 (153.1200)	27 (154.2400)
2016-03-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	29 / 29 (600.4344)	22 (154.2744)	19 (159.9772)	29 (150.2400)	29 (135.9428)
2015-09-19	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	20 / 33 (646.8572)	20 (165.1544)	23 (161.6684)	11 (169.7028)	29 (150.3316)
2015-06-26	3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	22 / 31 (644.9828)	24 (158.2400)	25 (151.3600)	18 (163.3828)	7 (172.0000)
2015-06-19	Rock'n Freedom Seymour, MO	34 / 36 (624.2856)	31 (162.8000)	34 (154.2172)	33 (156.5028)	34 (150.7656)
2015-06-05	Smokin' Summer Kick-off Branson, MO	15 / 17 (639.2228)	17 (153.6228)	12 (161.0972)	5 (167.9656)	15 (156.5372)
2015-05-22	Table Rock and Ribs (GC receives Golden Ticket to the World Food Championship) Kimberling City, MO	24 / 26 (616.4116)	23 (158.2744)	24 (150.2172)	19 (162.2628)	25 (145.6572)
2015-03-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	23 / 29 (641.6112)	13 (167.9884)	28 (145.6228)	3 (173.1544)	24 (154.8456)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	20 / 23 (633.5772)	21 (155.3600)	17 (159.9772)	12 (166.9144)	19 (151.3256)

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	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2898 (54 pts)	#2162 (79 pts)	#2895 (54 pts)	#2883 (54 pts)	#2879 (54 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2951 (54 pts)	#2304 (69 pts)	#2228 (84 pts)	#2950 (54 pts)	#2955 (54 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#883 (370 pts)	#893 (400 pts)	#996 (345 pts)	#573 (675 pts)	#839 (430 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2458 (73 pts)	#2572 (68 pts)	#2104 (88 pts)	#1973 (113 pts)	#2135 (78 pts)