ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 33rd of 42 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) (2019). They finished #2158 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 130 rated teams sit within a point of it.
Fewer contests behind them than ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than ROCKET CITY MOONSWINERS has cooked, 5 to 10, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 158.2516 | 161.33 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 142.7772 | 157.57 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 153.0972 | 159.55 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 158.2284 | 163.40 | top 56% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 84% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 56 | 0 | top 87% | May 6, 2016 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 8, 2019 |
| -11.7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 1, 2015 |
| -8.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 6, 2016 |
| -6.7 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 25, 2019 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 89.7% | 88.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 33 / 42 (484.5140) | 36 (158.8112) | 32 (158.8456) | 19 (166.8572) | — |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Corums Building Center BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Harselle, AL | 33 / 34 (316.5260) | 23 (162.8116) | 33 (153.7144) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 16 (167.4056) | 9 (169.6800) | 22 (165.1200) | — |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 56 / 67 (623.8172) | 52 (159.3600) | 66 (142.7772) | 64 (153.1084) | 20 (168.5716) |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 57 / 63 (632.4000) | 51 (158.2516) | 40 (162.8228) | 57 (153.0972) | 52 (158.2284) |