Happy hunting ground
Top 15%
average finish here
SC Festival Of Discovery is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 12th
- average top 15%
NO NAME BBQ (FL)
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1542
peak 1542 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-07-09
latest 2018-09-15
Best ToY finish
#745
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 21%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
679.95
last 5 Master vs avg 679.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.03)
Road miles
933
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 780 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
679.95 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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
695.4400
career-best overall
96.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 695.4400 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 96.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-14
The weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.84 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Pork Ribs avg 166.03
- Chicken avg 171.87
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Uncle Kenny's Take-Away in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2018-05-11).
- last seen 2015-07-09
- back 2018-05-11
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
NO NAME BBQ (FL) has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 49 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#1913 of the rated field
- Contests
- 57
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1606
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to NO NAME BBQ (FL))
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NO NAME BBQ (FL) has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1559
No shared contest yet.
Level with NO NAME BBQ (FL) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1910 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1544
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1921 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 166.2400 | 171.87 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 157.0628 | 166.03 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 166.8572 | 171.54 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1772 | 160.0000 | 170.52 | top 29% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 19% | 2018-09-15 |
| SC Festival Of Discovery | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 15% | 2018-07-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2015-07-09 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.87 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.03)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
679.95
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
621
646–201 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
933
5 mapped stops · furthest 780 mi
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2015-07-09 → 2018-05-11
Power rating
1542
peak 1542 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- First call SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.8116 SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
- 2018
- First overall top-10 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score695.4400 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1772 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Peak power rating (1542) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | SC Festival Of Discovery | 2018-07-12 |
| +12.8 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| +8 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF | 2018-05-11 |
| +7.2 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 22% | 96.6% | 94.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 156 / 467 (672.0112) | 111 (171.9656) | 84 (172.0228) | 159 (168.0228) | 304 (160.0000) |
| 2018-09-14 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 8 / 164 (695.4400) | 36 (174.2856) | 95 (167.9772) | 21 (176.0000) | 14 (177.1772) |
| 2018-07-12 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 12 / 89 (685.0516) | 3 (175.4172) | 29 (168.5372) | 25 (169.6800) | 16 (171.4172) |
| 2018-05-11 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 15 / 42 (672.4456) | 9 (171.4172) | 28 (157.0628) | 2 (177.1428) | 21 (166.8228) |
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 15 / 90 (674.8116) | 41 (166.2400) | 38 (164.5372) | 29 (166.8572) | 4 (177.1772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #745 (450 pts) | #712 (500 pts) | #1173 (240 pts) | #766 (460 pts) | #895 (360 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1887 (110 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #1327 (210 pts) |