A tough matchup
2 CASE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
2 CASE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2 CASE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
2 CASE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.37 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Logan's Legendary BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with ORNERY UNCLE ROY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 150.8000 | 158.82 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 146.2744 | 155.99 | top 71% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 154.2400 | 160.78 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0744 | 139.3716 | 144.41 | top 88% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 4 | 0 | top 87% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! | 3 | 23 | 0 | top 83% | 2017-07-14 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! | 2015-07-17 |
| -11.7 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | 2017-06-16 |
| -8 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship | 2015-08-07 |
| -6 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too | 2016-07-15 |
| -5.1 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2015-08-21 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 85% | 86.5% | 86.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 85% | 87% | 65% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-14 | *BBQ 'Loo & Blues TOO! Waterloo, IA | 23 / 33 (622.7660) | 22 (159.9428) | 24 (152.5716) | 13 (165.6800) | 28 (144.5716) |
| 2017-06-16 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 17 / 17 (619.8404) | 16 (158.2516) | 16 (153.1088) | 6 (169.1084) | 17 (139.3716) |
| 2016-07-15 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too Waterloo, IA | 26 / 32 (613.0060) | 22 (163.4172) | 30 (146.2744) | 25 (154.2400) | 27 (149.0744) |
| 2015-08-21 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 42 / 58 (609.6000) | 42 (150.8000) | 31 (160.5600) | 38 (155.4172) | 48 (142.8228) |
| 2015-08-07 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO | 22 / 26 (626.1944) | 23 (153.1088) | 10 (167.4400) | 19 (159.4400) | 23 (146.2056) |
| 2015-07-17 | BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA | 38 / 39 (167.4172) | 19 (167.4172) | — | — | — |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2158 (68 pts) | #2206 (73 pts) | #2296 (63 pts) | #1918 (118 pts) | #2802 (58 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2879 (57 pts) | #2278 (72 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2896 (57 pts) | #2892 (57 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1352 (186 pts) | #1363 (211 pts) | #1437 (186 pts) | #1672 (141 pts) | #1759 (121 pts) |