A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead in 100% of their meetings
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BLIND BOX BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-04-22
latest 2017-06-02
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.94
last 3 Master vs avg 619.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.25 · weakest Pork (151.22)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
619.94 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
BLIND BOX BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BLIND BOX BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLIND BOX BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 149.1544 | 154.08 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 146.2972 | 159.25 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1656 | 145.1200 | 151.22 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 151.4056 | 155.39 | top 64% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2016-04-22 → 2017-06-02
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.25 · weakest Pork (151.22)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
619.94
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
136
46–117 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1489) 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8800 Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ)
- 2017
- Career-best overall score630.6744 *Kelley Wilson BBQ
- Most recent contest *Kelley Wilson BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ | 2017-06-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge | 2016-04-22 |
| -4.1 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) | 2016-06-03 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 56% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.1% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-02 | *Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO | 34 / 61 (630.6744) | 29 (161.1200) | 24 (164.5600) | 40 (151.3600) | 36 (153.6344) |
| 2016-06-03 | Kelley Wilson Memorial BBQ Competition (KWBBQ) Kansas City, MO | 31 / 45 (627.4284) | 37 (151.9772) | 17 (166.8800) | 27 (157.1656) | 35 (151.4056) |
| 2016-04-22 | 8th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS | 55 / 60 (601.7144) | 56 (149.1544) | 56 (146.2972) | 59 (145.1200) | 34 (161.1428) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2271 (65 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2138 (100 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |