OLD 99 MEAT CO.

OLD 99 MEAT CO. is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 29 at the Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #884 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#884

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1618

peak 1619 · rated over 21 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 6, 2015

latest Feb 14, 2020 · 4.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#385

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

36% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

692.0232 / 720

Master · Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.06 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 666.63 (+9.44)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship

Consistency

±18.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.50 · weakest Brisket (163.00)

Road miles

5,993

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 1,031 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

666.63 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

692.0232 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.0232 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Feb 16, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has finished one call ahead of OLD 99 MEAT CO. 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

13–5 behind in the head-to-head

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 72% of their meetings

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 163.00
Chicken avg 169.50
4 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Texas Smoke Whisperer in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

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The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (Feb 14, 2020).

last seen Feb 16, 2018
back Feb 14, 2020

Chicken nemesis

12 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has out-cooked them in 12 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A February team

Top 28% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 28% across 6 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

6 February contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,993 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,993 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,031 miles to Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship.

22 mapped stops
furthest 1,031 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020 ↗	Master	#821 (75 pts)	#555 (185 pts)	#644 (145 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#922 (320 pts)	#766 (445 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#882 (370 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#385 (959 pts)	#355 (1,044 pts)	#517 (769 pts)	#383 (999 pts)	#669 (594 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#473 (849 pts)	#474 (849 pts)	#372 (1,019 pts)	#289 (1,204 pts)	#562 (714 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1858 (114 pts)	#1167 (264 pts)	#1681 (144 pts)	#1901 (119 pts)	#1928 (114 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to OLD 99 MEAT CO., each with one reason worth a look.

YARD TIME BBQ

#888 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1618

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OLD 99 MEAT CO.)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OLD 99 MEAT CO. has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG NEWTON

#882 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 94
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1657

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to OLD 99 MEAT CO.)

They've been 1657 at their best, 39 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 94 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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SASSY SMOKE BBQ

#883 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1625

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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Butts-N-Racks BBQ

#886 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1618

30 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 37% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Pappy & Roleys

#887 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1636

They turned up 5 years after OLD 99 MEAT CO. did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jan 9, 2025

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WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ

#885 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1628

Level with OLD 99 MEAT CO. on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
OTAKU SMOKE N BREW	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
TEX'S SMOKE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Lolli Q	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	8	0	5	180 🔥	150.8456	169.50	top 32%
Pork Ribs	22	7	1	2	177.1544	147.4056	165.94	top 44%
Pork	22	10	0	1	177.1428	152.5716	168.19	top 36%
Brisket	22	4	0	2	175.4400	143.3488	163.00	top 50%

“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)	7	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	15	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	14	top 33%
OK	3	top 40%
KS	3	top 54%
NV	1	top 31%
LA	1	top 86%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	4	8	top 35%	Feb 14, 2020
38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	91	top 55%	Sep 1, 2017
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	16	top 59%	Sep 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 9 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 14 of 22 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 17 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,066 finished ahead 1,047 times, behind 612

Longest layoff 2 yrs Feb 16, 2018 → Feb 14, 2020

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

20201 milestone

Feb 14 Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

20181 milestone

Feb 16 Peak power rating (1619) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown

20173 milestones

Feb 16 Career-best overall score692.0232 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL)
Jun 9 First overall podium Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1
Jun 9 First Reserve Championship Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1

20165 milestones

Feb 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5028 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Apr 22 First overall top-10 Bynum School's Best of the Basin
May 6 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
Aug 26 First category win (Pork Ribs) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Sep 3 10th tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20152 milestones

Mar 6 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 6 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1	Jun 9, 2017
+13.1	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship	Aug 26, 2016
+11.8	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship	May 6, 2016
+11.8	Bynum School's Best of the Basin	Apr 22, 2016
+11.4	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	Feb 2, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
-9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 6, 2015
-0.6	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 14, 2020
-0.6	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 1, 2016

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 52%	92.9%	92.9%
2018	2	2	0	100%	top 14%	95%	94.6%
2017	9	4	0	56%	top 33%	96.1%	93.6%
2016	8	2	1	100%	top 37%	95%	92.1%
2015	2	0	0	50%	top 88%	88.9%	87.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 14, 2020	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX	22 / 42 (669.0972)	5 (173.7372)	9 (173.1200)	25 (165.6800)	31 (156.5600)
Feb 16, 2018	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	9 / 38 (678.2168)	3 (174.8456)	8 (173.1200)	28 (158.2512)	3 (172)
Feb 2, 2018	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	6 / 145 (683.9548)	4 (173.7144)	20 (170.2628)	30 (167.9888)	10 (171.9888)
Sep 22, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Edmond, OK	21 / 30 (681.6684)	18 (173.1428)	23 (167.9656)	4 (177.1428)	26 (163.4172)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	162 / 407 (667.3824)	35 (176)	142 (168.5484)	207 (165.7256)	298 (157.1084)
Aug 31, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	91 / 129 (675.3372)	112 (163.3828)	88 (167.4288)	68 (170.8228)	40 (173.7028)
Jun 9, 2017	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK	2 / 29 (687.9432)	14 (171.9656)	2 (174.8572)	6 (172.5832)	11 (168.5372)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	5 / 70 (668.5488)	3 (175.4172)	18 (164)	18 (165.7028)	16 (163.4288)
Mar 24, 2017	Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK	37 / 87 (675.8972)	20 (173.7028)	50 (165.1316)	57 (165.0972)	28 (171.9656)
Mar 10, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour White Settlement, TX	6 / 30 (662.8112)	3 (173.7028)	24 (154.8344)	3 (170.2512)	10 (164.0228)
Feb 16, 2017	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX	8 / 41 (692.0232)	3 (178.2972)	6 (175.4288)	6 (176.0344)	29 (162.2628)
Feb 3, 2017	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	34 / 136 (656.5712)	31 (165.7028)	81 (158.3200)	24 (169.6912)	49 (162.8572)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	16 / 58 (665.1428)	13 (170.8684)	36 (159.9544)	4 (176.0344)	36 (158.2856)
Aug 26, 2016	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	8 / 72 (678.8572)	20 (169.1428)	1 (177.1544)	38 (163.9656)	18 (168.5944)
Jul 22, 2016	The Kansas Smithfield Guinea Pig Desoto, KS	26 / 49 (683.9660)	14 (175.4628)	46 (163.9660)	6 (176.5600)	29 (167.9772)
May 6, 2016	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	11 / 35 (677.0972)	2 (180)	17 (166.2628)	17 (167.9772)	26 (162.8572)
Apr 22, 2016	Bynum School's Best of the Basin Midland, TX	9 / 46 (667.9884)	27 (150.8456)	8 (171.4400)	7 (170.2628)	2 (175.4400)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	39 / 67 (623.3940)	42 (153.1428)	40 (152.5944)	10 (167.3712)	43 (150.2856)
Mar 11, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	16 / 29 (647.8856)	18 (160.5484)	5 (168.5716)	8 (167.3828)	24 (151.3828)
Feb 25, 2016	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	18 / 42 (660.5028)	25 (163.4400)	13 (165.6916)	4 (172.5484)	26 (158.8228)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	63 / 70 (621.1088)	42 (160)	65 (147.4056)	64 (152.5716)	34 (161.1316)
Mar 6, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	25 / 29 (640.3772)	4 (171.9772)	19 (164.5256)	24 (160.5256)	28 (143.3488)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

OLD 99 MEAT CO.

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A February team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)