High-water mark
663.9544
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.9544 at Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-03-18
BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-08-14
latest 2016-05-13
Best ToY finish
#1534
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.89
last 5 Master vs avg 624.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.62 · weakest Brisket (126.23)
Road miles
146
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
624.89 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−41.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 41.39 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 126.23
- Chicken avg 167.62
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
163 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 160.5144 | 167.62 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 163.3944 | 166.83 | top 53% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 158.2856 | 164.20 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9772 | 20.0000 | 126.23 | top 91% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2015-08-14 → 2016-05-13
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.62 · weakest Brisket (126.23)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
624.89
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
68–191 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
146
5 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
1572
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #4700 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
- Peak power rating (1489) Stand By Your Grill
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9604 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- 2016
- First call Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Career-best overall score663.9544 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7372 Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
- Most recent contest Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.2 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | 2016-03-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest | 2016-05-13 |
| -10.8 | Stand By Your Grill | 2015-08-14 |
| -6.6 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 | 2016-03-19 |
| -6.2 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2015-10-01 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 78% | 92.2% | 84.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 90.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-13 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS | 26 / 26 (520.4456) | 7 (173.1084) | 18 (163.3944) | 20 (163.9428) | 26 (20.0000) |
| 2016-03-19 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS | 54 / 61 (648.3196) | 28 (171.9656) | 39 (165.6684) | 41 (163.9428) | 59 (146.7428) |
| 2016-03-18 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 44 / 95 (663.9544) | 65 (163.4056) | 10 (173.7372) | 16 (173.1544) | 79 (153.6572) |
| 2015-10-01 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 19 / 25 (652.9604) | 11 (169.1200) | 14 (167.3944) | 20 (161.6572) | 21 (154.7888) |
| 2015-08-14 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 53 / 57 (638.7544) | 56 (160.5144) | 37 (163.9772) | 50 (158.2856) | 51 (155.9772) |
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 | #1534 (171 pts) | #1196 (276 pts) | #1174 (281 pts) | #1319 (241 pts) | #1588 (171 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1575 (140 pts) | #1476 (180 pts) | #1565 (165 pts) | #1695 (135 pts) | #1699 (130 pts) |