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
- Mar 18, 2016
BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE
BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 19th of 25 at the Hog Wild BBQ Festival (2015). They are ranked #4733 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 14, 2015
latest May 13, 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±52.85
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.62 · weakest Brisket (126.23)
Road miles
146
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 35 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
624.89 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE, each with one reason worth a look.
151 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,743 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#4,735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE)
They've been 1517 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Level with BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
They turned up 7 years after BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
165
finished ahead 68 times, behind 191
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20164 milestones
- 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
20153 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | Mar 18, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest | May 13, 2016 |
| -10.8 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 14, 2015 |
| -6.6 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 | Mar 19, 2016 |
| -6.2 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | Oct 1, 2015 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2016 | Mississippi Springfest BBQ Contest Ashland, MS | 26 / 26 (520.4456) | 7 (173.1084) | 18 (163.3944) | 20 (163.9428) | 26 (20) |
| Mar 19, 2016 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS | 54 / 61 (648.3196) | 28 (171.9656) | 39 (165.6684) | 41 (163.9428) | 59 (146.7428) |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 44 / 95 (663.9544) | 65 (163.4056) | 10 (173.7372) | 16 (173.1544) | 79 (153.6572) |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 19 / 25 (652.9604) | 11 (169.1200) | 14 (167.3944) | 20 (161.6572) | 21 (154.7888) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 53 / 57 (638.7544) | 56 (160.5144) | 37 (163.9772) | 50 (158.2856) | 51 (155.9772) |