Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.33 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,544 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,972 miles to BBQ on the Bow.
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 7 years after SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SMOKE SIGNALS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0572 | 134.8000 | 153.92 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 142.7544 | 150.70 | top 80% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 134.2972 | 151.53 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0628 | 134.2516 | 146.60 | top 84% |
“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 | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 93% | 2016-09-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.7 | Barbecue on the Bow | 2014-08-30 |
| -10.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-06-26 |
| -8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-09-02 |
| -7.9 | Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) | 2014-09-27 |
| -3.7 | BBQ on the Bow | 2015-09-05 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 85.4% | 82.5% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 87.8% | 84.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-02 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI | 27 / 30 (610.7204) | 28 (157.0972) | 30 (142.7544) | 22 (158.8572) | 27 (152.0116) |
| 2015-09-05 | BBQ on the Bow Calgary, AB | 24 / 35 (614.7892) | 14 (168.0572) | 29 (143.9088) | 20 (157.7144) | 29 (145.1088) |
| 2015-06-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI | 29 / 30 (573.6460) | 30 (134.8000) | 25 (151.4744) | 26 (153.1200) | 29 (134.2516) |
| 2014-09-27 | Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA | 28 / 34 (631.8744) | 22 (163.4516) | 27 (157.7028) | 32 (153.6572) | 24 (157.0628) |
| 2014-08-30 | Barbecue on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA | 32 / 32 (582.7200) | 31 (146.2168) | 18 (157.6456) | 32 (134.2972) | 26 (144.5604) |
| 2014-08-08 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-09 | 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #2785 (55 pts) | #2790 (55 pts) | #2783 (55 pts) |