TEXAS OIL DUST TX
Rating
1604
peak 1628
Contests
36
in the data
First seen
2019-08-30
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#112
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
4
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
13
of 36 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
675.19
last 5 vs career avg 675.24 (-0.05)
Walk rate
72%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±33.05
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.37)
Road miles
16292
mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 2924 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
4 LEGS UP BBQ has finished one call ahead of TEXAS OIL DUST 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SCOOTERS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of TEXAS WARPIG BBQ in 13 of their 14 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 2 visits.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 29% across 8 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 58 at their very first tracked contest, Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2019-08-30).
Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 34 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5140 | 171.38 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 37 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 157.0744 | 169.37 | top 43% |
| Pork | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 154.7884 | 170.37 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 34 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 162.2284 | 169.99 | top 37% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 11 | 0 | top 27% |
| KS | 8 | 0 | top 37% |
| OK | 5 | 0 | top 38% |
| WY | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| AK | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 51% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 24 | 0 | top 34% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2021 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TX (11 of 36 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (37 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 675.24
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 674.1944 | 671.30 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 682.7428 | 677.79 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 698.2172 | 691.63 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 684.4684 | 673.62 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 689.0400 | 663.91 |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 695.9084 | 682.42 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 695.3712 | 695.11 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 23 / 31 (674.1944) | 23 (168.5256) | 14 (173.1316) | 28 (159.9772) | 14 (172.5600) |
| 2026-05-15 | Luna County Heritage Days Festival Deming, NM | 7 / 16 (668.4000) | 4 (171.9772) | 11 (157.0744) | 3 (176.5600) | 9 (162.7884) |
| 2024-08-16 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 13 / 41 (682.7428) | 7 (175.4056) | 4 (177.7028) | 14 (170.2628) | 17 (168.5256) |
| 2024-07-26 | Last Frontier BBQ Throwdown Eagle River, AK | 6 / 8 (681.0516) | 8 (166.2284) | 4 (173.7144) | 2 (172.5600) | 6 (168.5488) |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 39 / 58 (669.5656) | 55 (163.9544) | 41 (165.6800) | 32 (166.8112) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 17 / 487 (698.2172) | 21 (177.7144) | 152 (171.9656) | 133 (171.9772) | 21 (176.5600) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 96 / 211 (685.0512) | 185 (165.0972) | 156 (167.9540) | 27 (176.0000) | 21 (176.0000) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 157 / 249 (677.0856) | 221 (163.9656) | 202 (165.6684) | 79 (172.5944) | 39 (174.8572) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 177 / 505 (676.4684) | 277 (166.8228) | 227 (167.9656) | 104 (173.1200) | 172 (168.5600) |
| 2022-08-26 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 23 / 48 (674.2172) | 21 (168.5600) | 32 (161.6916) | 8 (176.0000) | 26 (167.9656) |
| 2022-08-19 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX | 12 / 59 (680.5256) | 3 (178.3200) | 12 (174.8572) | 15 (169.1200) | 22 (163.4056) |
| 2022-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 9 / 56 (684.4684) | 14 (171.9656) | 9 (173.1200) | 14 (172.0000) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2022-03-19 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout Amarillo, TX | 11 / 17 (648.9252) | 14 (160.5140) | 5 (166.8344) | 14 (159.3484) | 10 (162.2284) |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 54 / 70 (669.6228) | 45 (167.4172) | 48 (169.1428) | 65 (161.0856) | 23 (171.9772) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 77 / 467 (491.3136) | 106 (171.4400) | 6 (178.2972) | 181 (166.8572) | 251 (163.3828) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 130 / 185 (674.7196) | 88 (171.4056) | 170 (159.9312) | 124 (167.9772) | 28 (175.4056) |
| 2021-08-20 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 2 / 43 (689.0284) | 9 (169.6800) | 12 (170.8228) | 3 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2021-08-06 | SLV Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 6 / 42 (689.0400) | 9 (174.2744) | 7 (174.2744) | 25 (167.3828) | 6 (173.1084) |
| 2021-05-28 | The Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 3 / 26 (683.9884) | 11 (168.5256) | 9 (165.1428) | 6 (173.1772) | 1 (177.1428) |
| 2021-05-15 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX | 10 / 22 (675.3484) | 6 (175.4172) | 13 (169.1200) | 17 (164.5256) | 9 (166.2856) |
| 2021-05-14 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX | 8 / 33 (678.7656) | 2 (177.7372) | 11 (167.3944) | 15 (167.3828) | 12 (166.2512) |
| 2021-04-09 | High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off Lubbock, TX | 8 / 18 (681.0280) | 4 (174.8456) | 11 (169.7028) | 9 (171.9656) | 11 (164.5140) |
| 2021-03-20 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 21 / 50 (686.2400) | 7 (175.4400) | 32 (167.9772) | 11 (173.7028) | 25 (169.1200) |
| 2021-03-19 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 19 / 56 (683.9540) | 10 (175.4400) | 34 (167.9656) | 37 (166.8228) | 12 (173.7256) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 11 / 41 (683.3484) | 31 (166.2284) | 10 (172.0344) | 10 (173.1200) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 22 / 41 (673.6572) | 27 (166.8228) | 32 (162.2972) | 6 (175.4172) | 18 (169.1200) |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 14 / 56 (687.9084) | 14 (175.4172) | 3 (176.0000) | 13 (174.2628) | 48 (162.2284) |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 20 / 56 (682.7428) | 13 (173.1200) | 12 (173.7144) | 26 (170.8228) | 41 (165.0856) |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails Gardner, KS | 6 / 48 (695.9084) | 1 (180.0000) | 19 (170.8228) | 7 (174.2628) | 19 (170.8228) |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off Nevada, MO | 18 / 37 (684.5260) | 15 (172.5600) | 32 (163.3944) | 5 (175.4172) | 11 (173.1544) |
| 2020-08-07 | 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 30 / 54 (660.4224) | 21 (168.5600) | 3 (173.7028) | 49 (154.7884) | 35 (163.3712) |
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 4 / 42 (690.8112) | 17 (170.8456) | 8 (173.1428) | 18 (169.1084) | 4 (177.7144) |
| 2019-11-01 | Viking Grillfestivalen Waco, TX | 4 / 15 (694.8572) | 5 (172.5600) | 7 (171.4172) | 1 (178.3200) | 6 (172.5600) |
| 2019-08-30 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 5 / 58 (695.3712) | 2 (180.0000) | 7 (174.2856) | 25 (170.8228) | 15 (170.2628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #459 (212 pts) | #472 (257 pts) | #540 (222 pts) | #409 (272 pts) | #439 (237 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #713 (208 pts) | #794 (188 pts) | #741 (243 pts) | #618 (293 pts) | #632 (283 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #829 (160 pts) | #958 (140 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #887 (160 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #475 (447 pts) | #529 (412 pts) | #498 (492 pts) | #458 (487 pts) | #553 (377 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #115 (1364 pts) | #96 (1444 pts) | #184 (1069 pts) | #164 (1094 pts) | #104 (1409 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #112 (925 pts) | #97 (995 pts) | #92 (1085 pts) | #71 (1165 pts) | #148 (785 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #791 (375 pts) | #778 (425 pts) | #963 (310 pts) | #927 (325 pts) | #1061 (265 pts) |