OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE

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

Power ranking

#4638

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-02-27

latest 2019-02-01

Best ToY finish

#1676

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

651.4060 / 720

Master · *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

509.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 556.47 (-46.94)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2628

Pork · 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ

Consistency

±120.64

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.36 · weakest Chicken (150.33)

Road miles

1,802

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

556.47 / 720

8 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.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.03 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Chicken avg 150.33
Pork avg 161.36
0 calls in 7 entries

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2017-09-02).

last seen 2015-10-03
back 2017-09-02

Boom or bust

±16.75% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±16.75% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 77.3% of a perfect score
best 90.5%

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.

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

Fill 'er Up BBQ

#4630 of the rated field

1470 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Tractor Shed BBQ

#4639 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE)

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

⚔ Head-to-head

HUMBLE PIT CREW COOKERS

#4657 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE)

Fewer contests behind them than OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-02-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Greenlight BBQ

#4634 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-10-25

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ ISLAND

#4624 of the rated field

1470 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Level with OUTLAW RAYS BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin'101

#4645 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1503 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	164.6172	141.6916	150.33	top 79%
Pork Ribs	8	167.4516	139.9428	153.89	top 71%
Pork	7	170.2628	155.3484	161.36	top 52%
Brisket	8	165.6800	146.2516	157.54	top 57%

“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
TX	6	top 73%
MO	1	top 21%
OK	1	top 75%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2	75	top 60%	2019-02-01
*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	45	top 80%	2018-08-31
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2	25	top 79%	2015-02-26

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.9 yrs 2014-02-27 → 2019-02-01

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.36 · weakest Chicken (150.33)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 556.47 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,032 544–618 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,802 8 mapped stops · furthest 552 mi

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests

Purse competed for $15,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2017-09-02

Power rating 1469 peak 1469 · #4638 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Feb 27 First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Feb 27 Peak power rating (1496) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
2015
Apr 17 Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
2018
Aug 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4060 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 Career-best overall score651.4060 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
2019
Feb 1 Most recent contest Humble Rodeo and BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.6	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+1.7	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2018-02-02
+0.1	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2018-08-31

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.2	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2017-09-02
-11.3	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2015-02-26
-4.4	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2015-04-17
-4.3	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2014-02-27
-3.9	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2019-02-01

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)
2019	1	0%	top 69%	84.6%	84.6%
2018	2	0%	top 56%	90.5%	88.4%
2017	1	0%	top 100%	45.9%	45.9%
2015	3	0%	top 62%	88.5%	72.6%
2014	1	0%	top 68%	84.9%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	87 / 126 (609.0060)	115 (141.6916)	107 (146.8228)	35 (165.1200)	72 (155.3716)
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	45 / 74 (651.4060)	38 (164.6172)	59 (157.0972)	35 (164.5716)	34 (165.1200)
2018-02-02	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	75 / 145 (622.1028)	92 (150.7772)	56 (162.8344)	78 (157.7028)	97 (150.7884)
2017-09-02	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	46 / 46 (330.2400)	—	12 (167.4516)	—	19 (162.7884)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	128 / 606 (334.9256)	575 (146.1944)	539 (149.0856)	478 (155.3484)	227 (165.6800)
2015-04-17	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	56 / 75 (637.0628)	63 (153.6684)	63 (152.5488)	25 (170.2628)	44 (160.5828)
2015-02-26	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	55 / 61 (596.0000)	57 (145.1656)	61 (139.9428)	43 (157.1428)	41 (153.7488)
2014-02-27	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	25 / 37 (611.2004)	27 (150.2056)	24 (155.3716)	19 (159.3716)	29 (146.2516)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#2049 (60 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	—	#1785 (125 pts)	—	#2079 (90 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2673 (62 pts)	#2686 (62 pts)	#2605 (67 pts)	#2087 (92 pts)	#2683 (62 pts)