High-water mark
665.5656
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5656 at New Holland Summer Fest — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 26, 2016
GALVINELL'S MEAT MONKEYS
GALVINELL'S MEAT MONKEYS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 10th of 66 at the New Holland Summer Fest (2016). They finished #1161 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 17, 2015
latest Aug 25, 2017 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.68 · weakest Chicken (161.11)
Road miles
209
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 187 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
653.60 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 153.1084 | 161.11 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 160.5600 | 166.68 | top 33% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 155.3828 | 162.71 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 156.5144 | 163.11 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 37% | Aug 25, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
156
finished ahead 137 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Apr 17, 2015 → Jun 10, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
20164 milestones
- First overall top-10 New Holland Summer Fest
- Career-best overall score665.5656 New Holland Summer Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)176 New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1525) New Holland Summer Fest
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
- First call 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7084 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.4 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 26, 2016 |
| +8.2 | The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park | Jun 10, 2016 |
| +4.8 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition | Apr 17, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.8 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 25, 2017 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 89% | 89% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 92.4% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2017 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 40 / 69 (641.0052) | 52 (153.1084) | 25 (163.3712) | 55 (155.3828) | 7 (169.1428) |
| Aug 26, 2016 | New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA | 10 / 66 (665.5656) | 31 (161.0856) | 8 (171.9656) | 3 (176) | 29 (156.5144) |
| Jun 10, 2016 | The Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition at Battery Park New Castle, DE | 12 / 39 (653.1316) | 10 (165.7144) | 26 (160.5600) | 23 (160.5944) | 10 (166.2628) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | 2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA | 19 / 46 (654.7084) | 21 (164.5256) | 8 (170.8228) | 30 (158.8572) | 17 (160.5028) |