MR TONY'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3797

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1487

peak 1487 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-29

latest 2017-07-14

Best ToY finish

#1088

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2400 / 720

Master · Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.62 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.35 (+3.26)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7256

Chicken · Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat

Consistency

±16.33

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.77 · weakest Pork (155.21)

Road miles

425

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Master avg

638.35 / 720

7 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.

High-water mark

674.2400 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2400 at Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-07-08

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

T-MAC SMOKIN ahead in 86% of their meetings

T-MAC SMOKIN has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.55 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.

Pork avg 155.21
Chicken avg 162.77
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE HOUND BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A July team

Top 50% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 50% across 3 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 67% the rest of the year

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.

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

Soul Pig BBQ

#3800 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke on the Porker

#3788 of the rated field

1487 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after MR TONY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-14

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SWATTY CREW BBQ

#3802 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-04-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoldering Ash Holes

#3785 of the rated field

1487 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-05-25

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SIMPLY SWINE BBQ

#3798 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-09-29

⚔ Head-to-head

DRAWN TO SMOKE

#3807 of the rated field

1487 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1487

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
T-MAC SMOKIN	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
TIM'S FULL BELLI DELI	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
CRASH TEST SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Freeman Brothers BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BIG "E" BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
5 FINGER BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Two Brews BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
PLASTERED PORK BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
TOPPGATOR BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
FOX RIVER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	173.7256	153.6800	162.77	top 60%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	165.1772	153.7144	160.00	top 58%
Pork	7	0	0	170.8228	145.6228	155.21	top 78%
Brisket	7	1	1	169.7028	149.0856	160.37	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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 50%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ 4 ASTOP	2	22	0	top 92%	2016-05-20

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2015-05-29 → 2017-07-14

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.77 · weakest Pork (155.21)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 638.35 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 138 121–171 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 425 7 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Power rating 1487 peak 1487 · #3797 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 29 First tracked contest BBQ 4 ASTOP
May 29 First call BBQ 4 ASTOP
2016
Jul 8 First overall top-10 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Jul 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.2400 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Jul 8 Career-best overall score674.2400 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Jul 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7256 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
Jul 8 Peak power rating (1493) Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat
2017
Jul 14 Most recent contest *Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat	2016-07-08
+1.7	*The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Competition	2017-04-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	BBQ 4 ASTOP	2015-05-29
-9.2	BBQ 4 ASTOP	2016-05-20
-5.4	*Mazomanie BBQ Fest	2016-09-17
-2.6	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1	2017-07-14
-1.4	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay	2015-07-10

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0	50%	top 67%	87.8%	87.5%
2016	3	1	33%	top 60%	93.6%	90.2%
2015	2	0	50%	top 79%	88.5%	87.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-14	*Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat1 Green Bay, WI	42 / 58 (632.3656)	37 (161.1200)	33 (159.9428)	40 (158.2056)	46 (153.0972)
2017-04-28	*The Great Wisconsin Tune Up BBQ Competition Manawa, WI	14 / 23 (627.3256)	14 (159.4056)	20 (153.7144)	23 (145.6228)	2 (168.5828)
2016-09-17	*Mazomanie BBQ Fest Mazomanie, WI	16 / 21 (646.8344)	15 (165.7144)	11 (165.1772)	18 (156.0000)	17 (159.9428)
2016-07-08	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-1st Heat Green Bay, WI	9 / 66 (674.2400)	8 (173.7256)	36 (159.9888)	13 (170.8228)	18 (169.7028)
2016-05-20	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	25 / 28 (627.3140)	18 (163.4284)	15 (160.5944)	24 (154.2056)	27 (149.0856)
2015-07-10	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	50 / 80 (637.0856)	41 (162.2856)	46 (160.0000)	68 (152.5372)	37 (162.2628)
2015-05-29	BBQ 4 ASTOP Fond du Lac, WI	22 / 23 (623.3028)	22 (153.6800)	10 (160.5716)	23 (149.1084)	14 (159.9428)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1530 (163 pts)	#1613 (163 pts)	#1749 (133 pts)	#1918 (118 pts)	#1096 (308 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1088 (289 pts)	#1028 (339 pts)	#1184 (279 pts)	#1258 (259 pts)	#1327 (234 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1661 (123 pts)	#1760 (123 pts)	#1462 (183 pts)	#1906 (118 pts)	#1545 (163 pts)