High-water mark
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6572 at *Grand Lake BBQ & Festival — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-05-18
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6572 at *Grand Lake BBQ & Festival — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
MOVIN' THE CHAINS has finished one call ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 45 of their 45 shared contests.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BURNIN' SANDS BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead 84% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BUFFALO'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 38 of 45 shared pork entries.
A tougher draw than 80% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1604 power rating — a tougher draw than 80% of every rated contest in the data.
MOOCHEWSOOEY has landed one call behind them 3 times.
Something about August: average finish in the top 54% across 5 contests, versus top 65% the rest of the year.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,839 miles across 62 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 899 miles to Arizona National BBQ Stampede.
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.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ has cooked, 7 to 62, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headOne contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1513 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Hog Night Smokers | 46 | 2 | 44 | 4% | ⚔ compare |
| BUFFALO'S BBQ | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 42 | 1 | 41 | 2% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO | 36 | 1 | 35 | 3% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 34 | 1 | 33 | 3% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 33 | 1 | 32 | 3% | ⚔ compare |
| DIVINE SWINE | 33 | 1 | 32 | 3% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN DAN | 31 | 12 | 19 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ | 30 | 3 | 27 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| MOVIN' THE CHAINS | 30 | 2 | 28 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas-car-b-que | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE GRISWOLDS | 24 | 3 | 21 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BOOMERANG BBQ | 23 | 1 | 22 | 4% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 22 | 2 | 20 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 62 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 148.5140 | 163.78 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 146.2288 | 161.22 | top 66% |
| Pork | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 148.5028 | 163.85 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 61 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 179.4400 | 142.2060 | 163.11 | top 54% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 37 | 0 | top 68% |
| TX | 8 | 0 | top 56% |
| KS | 8 | 0 | top 58% |
| AR | 6 | 0 | top 71% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 35 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 26 | 0 | top 65% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 56% | 2018-05-18 |
| Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 73% | 2019-10-18 |
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 53% | 2019-05-11 |
| *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 66% | 2018-09-21 |
| *Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 63% | 2018-06-01 |
| *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2 | 32 | 0 | top 47% | 2018-05-04 |
| Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) | 2 | 63 | 0 | top 78% | 2017-03-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.1 | *Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ | 2017-09-29 |
| +9.6 | *Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | 2018-05-18 |
| +9.3 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival | 2017-05-19 |
| +8.6 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) | 2019-05-10 |
| +7.8 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff | 2017-08-11 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-04-05 |
| -10.7 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off | 2016-03-25 |
| -10.1 | *17th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2018-07-13 |
| -7.5 | 15th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2016-07-08 |
| -7.4 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | 2020-08-07 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53% | top 66% | 93.8% | 89.7% |
| 2018 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47% | top 65% | 95.8% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 73% | top 57% | 94.5% | 91.7% |
| 2016 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10% | top 67% | 91.7% | 89.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 48 / 54 (632.4112) | 50 (148.5140) | 37 (163.4172) | 47 (156.5028) | 32 (163.9772) |
| 2019-11-01 | Viking Grillfestivalen 🏅 Waco, TX | 10 / 15 (670.7888) | 12 (161.0972) | 9 (167.9772) | 8 (171.4172) | 8 (170.2972) |
| 2019-10-18 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ 🏅 Harper, KS | 18 / 25 (660.4688) | 23 (158.8116) | 19 (164.0000) | 16 (167.3944) | 10 (170.2628) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 140 / 468 (673.0856) | 49 (174.2628) | 213 (166.2628) | 75 (172.0000) | 280 (160.5600) |
| 2019-07-26 | Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 26 / 39 (659.9200) | 26 (165.7372) | 29 (162.8228) | 34 (154.7772) | 2 (176.5828) |
| 2019-07-12 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 31 / 59 (669.0856) | 47 (164.0000) | 38 (163.9428) | 27 (169.7028) | 12 (171.4400) |
| 2019-06-22 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship 🏅 Oklahoma City, OK | 19 / 27 (658.2396) | 23 (160.5484) | 12 (168.0000) | 21 (158.2628) | 6 (171.4284) |
| 2019-06-07 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK | 18 / 21 (646.1256) | 20 (155.9540) | 20 (155.9428) | 9 (169.6916) | 16 (164.5372) |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 18 / 21 (660.4456) | 15 (166.2628) | 15 (167.9656) | 17 (163.9656) | 17 (162.2516) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX | 8 / 38 (675.3252) | 14 (166.2628) | 6 (171.9656) | 12 (170.2512) | 13 (166.8456) |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ 🏅 Enid, OK | 30 / 39 (629.5776) | 32 (156.5372) | 21 (164.5716) | 28 (162.8228) | 33 (145.6460) |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 25 / 33 (632.9948) | 22 (160.5488) | 6 (174.8800) | 29 (153.6688) | 28 (143.8972) |
| 2019-04-05 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 61 / 61 (493.0056) | 5 (175.4056) | 43 (158.2400) | 34 (159.3600) | — |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 50 / 62 (654.7316) | 61 (157.1200) | 20 (171.4172) | 41 (166.2400) | 54 (159.9544) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 52 / 74 (656.4800) | 51 (164.5372) | 33 (167.4056) | 64 (157.6572) | 33 (166.8800) |
| 2019-02-01 | Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX | 43 / 126 (642.6972) | 78 (154.7656) | 90 (152.5144) | 17 (170.2744) | 33 (165.1428) |
| 2018-12-28 | Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ | 36 / 47 (651.8628) | 21 (171.9656) | 36 (161.1200) | 37 (162.2744) | 39 (156.5028) |
| 2018-10-26 | *10th Annual Smokin the Fort BBQ & Music Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 19 / 27 (620.4004) | 20 (157.6688) | 18 (153.6572) | 18 (154.8228) | 17 (154.2516) |
| 2018-10-13 | *Bedouin Brew & Bar-B-Que Muskogee, OK | 17 / 26 (659.9888) | 16 (165.1316) | 18 (161.7716) | 5 (171.4172) | 21 (161.6684) |
| 2018-09-28 | *Bikes, Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 25 / 49 (661.0628) | 14 (171.4172) | 33 (158.2628) | 15 (170.8572) | 29 (160.5256) |
| 2018-09-21 | *Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 18 / 29 (642.2628) | 7 (170.2856) | 11 (166.2972) | 24 (156.0000) | 24 (149.6800) |
| 2018-07-27 | *Canadian County CASA's All Fired Up for Kids BBQ El Reno, OK | 17 / 23 (647.8856) | 8 (170.2972) | 21 (147.3828) | 15 (165.0856) | 11 (165.1200) |
| 2018-07-13 | *17th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 32 / 32 (622.6628) | 27 (160.5256) | 30 (161.0972) | 31 (148.5028) | 29 (152.5372) |
| 2018-06-29 | Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO | 36 / 52 (659.3256) | 40 (162.2628) | 39 (162.2400) | 25 (168.5600) | 21 (166.2628) |
| 2018-06-01 | *Boots and BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Claremore, OK | 15 / 30 (667.8628) | 12 (170.8112) | 26 (146.7660) | 11 (170.8456) | 1 (179.4400) |
| 2018-05-25 | Burnt Ends Oklahoma Barbeque Championship Oklahoma City, OK | 14 / 24 (659.9084) | 4 (174.2628) | 17 (160.5828) | 21 (153.0972) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2018-05-18 | *Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK | 11 / 26 (689.6572) | 11 (173.7144) | 18 (166.8344) | 16 (171.4056) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2018-05-04 | *Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 32 / 68 (657.0632) | 20 (170.8572) | 54 (154.7888) | 18 (171.4172) | 38 (160.0000) |
| 2018-04-20 | 13th Annual Hanor Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 22 / 49 (673.6344) | 9 (174.2744) | 18 (170.2628) | 35 (164.0000) | 28 (165.0972) |
| 2018-03-24 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 70 / 79 (655.9200) | 54 (168.0000) | 66 (163.9772) | 67 (163.9312) | 68 (160.0116) |
| 2018-03-23 | Fire Lake BBQ Cook-off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 67 / 84 (649.6572) | 50 (166.8344) | 76 (155.4284) | 63 (163.4172) | 56 (163.9772) |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smokin-in-Sapulpa 4th Annual BBQ Sapulpa, OK | 10 / 30 (676.6056) | 9 (170.8344) | 20 (158.8684) | 16 (168.0228) | 1 (178.8800) |
| 2017-09-08 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK | 23 / 27 (642.7088) | 14 (167.9656) | 26 (146.2288) | 12 (169.1084) | 23 (159.4060) |
| 2017-08-11 | *Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX | 8 / 26 (658.7544) | 1 (177.7144) | 8 (166.2972) | 14 (154.2056) | 14 (160.5372) |
| 2017-08-04 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 18 / 44 (670.7544) | 25 (166.2628) | 37 (158.2400) | 5 (173.1316) | 5 (173.1200) |
| 2017-07-14 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS | 13 / 26 (649.5428) | 22 (158.7884) | 8 (166.8572) | 20 (159.9544) | 9 (163.9428) |
| 2017-07-07 | *16th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 22 / 31 (664.4572) | 6 (174.8572) | 27 (157.7032) | 19 (166.8112) | 16 (165.0856) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK | 15 / 26 (654.1600) | 16 (163.9772) | 18 (159.4172) | 10 (168.5256) | 18 (162.2400) |
| 2017-06-09 | *Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship-Day 1 Okmulgee, OK | 18 / 29 (658.8004) | 22 (165.1316) | 7 (169.1316) | 26 (157.1200) | 12 (167.4172) |
| 2017-05-19 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK | 16 / 36 (680.4684) | 10 (173.1428) | 23 (168.5372) | 11 (171.9656) | 24 (166.8228) |
| 2017-03-25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off(Day 2) Shawnee, OK | 65 / 77 (653.6000) | 65 (161.6800) | 50 (166.8344) | 64 (161.1200) | 46 (163.9656) |
| 2017-03-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) Shawnee, OK | 63 / 87 (653.6228) | 63 (162.2628) | 40 (167.4172) | 65 (161.6800) | 64 (162.2628) |
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 307 / 557 (651.2800) | 397 (158.8456) | 479 (151.9200) | 47 (174.2628) | 197 (166.2516) |
| 2016-10-21 | Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK | 19 / 28 (652.9940) | 22 (157.6684) | 18 (163.3828) | 14 (166.2628) | 13 (165.6800) |
| 2016-10-14 | *Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 28 / 38 (658.2400) | 27 (167.4400) | 37 (153.6572) | 13 (170.2856) | 18 (166.8572) |
| 2016-09-30 | 3rd Annual Smokin in Sapulpa Sapulpa, OK | 22 / 37 (644.4228) | 25 (158.2400) | 33 (150.2400) | 18 (168.5600) | 12 (167.3828) |
| 2016-09-23 | Bikes Blues and BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 29 / 43 (644.4232) | 24 (165.6912) | 29 (156.5260) | 13 (169.7144) | 35 (152.4916) |
| 2016-09-16 | Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK | 30 / 43 (650.1600) | 12 (171.4056) | 25 (164.5600) | 25 (162.2400) | 35 (151.9544) |
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 25 / 38 (654.2056) | 30 (158.8572) | 31 (158.2628) | 23 (164.5256) | 14 (172.5600) |
| 2016-08-26 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 47 / 72 (640.4688) | 55 (153.7028) | 51 (158.8000) | 17 (169.7028) | 46 (158.2632) |
| 2016-08-13 | * Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff Russellville, AR | 13 / 28 (660.4692) | 15 (168.5256) | 9 (168.5716) | 15 (165.1316) | 20 (158.2404) |
| 2016-07-08 | 15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 35 / 39 (614.5828) | 34 (161.1084) | 30 (161.0972) | 37 (150.1712) | 37 (142.2060) |
| 2016-07-02 | *Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK | 23 / 27 (628.3424) | 27 (151.3484) | 20 (160.5372) | 16 (163.9656) | 21 (152.4912) |
| 2016-06-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Chandler, OK | 18 / 26 (648.9252) | 20 (160.5600) | 15 (167.3712) | 21 (158.2056) | 13 (162.7884) |
| 2016-06-17 | Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK | 16 / 31 (652.4340) | 18 (163.9656) | 12 (166.8456) | 22 (154.8000) | 12 (166.8228) |
| 2016-05-20 | Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK | 37 / 46 (648.9940) | 38 (162.8456) | 37 (164.5372) | 43 (158.7884) | 34 (162.8228) |
| 2016-05-13 | Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 21 / 28 (632.3428) | 23 (154.2056) | 25 (153.6572) | 26 (153.6456) | 10 (170.8344) |
| 2016-05-06 | *Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK | 39 / 83 (636.4684) | 59 (151.3944) | 36 (162.8340) | 34 (164.5600) | 37 (157.6800) |
| 2016-04-22 | Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK | 23 / 31 (646.7432) | 19 (167.4288) | 27 (157.0972) | 24 (163.9656) | 23 (158.2516) |
| 2016-04-15 | Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 41 / 63 (644.4572) | 52 (154.8228) | 49 (154.2172) | 25 (167.4172) | 24 (168.0000) |
| 2016-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 30 / 67 (633.0056) | 38 (154.2628) | 38 (154.2288) | 35 (157.1084) | 12 (167.4056) |
| 2016-03-25 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK | 62 / 66 (617.6116) | 65 (150.8228) | 61 (150.2744) | 45 (164.0344) | 57 (152.4800) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #555 (175 pts) | #601 (165 pts) | #560 (185 pts) | #532 (195 pts) | #541 (195 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #387 (839 pts) | #349 (907 pts) | #271 (1062 pts) | #381 (891 pts) | #220 (1229 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #391 (875 pts) | #225 (1260 pts) | #456 (815 pts) | #353 (976 pts) | #255 (1206 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #377 (970 pts) | #284 (1180 pts) | #418 (923 pts) | #351 (1046 pts) | #296 (1200 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #509 (779 pts) | #510 (797 pts) | #498 (825 pts) | #428 (955 pts) | #348 (1083 pts) |