They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BLACK FLAG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2014-06-13
latest 2023-04-07
Best ToY finish
#2004
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.20 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 640.89 (+9.30)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.68 · weakest Brisket (158.09)
Road miles
1,203
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 653 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.89 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
337.06 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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.
High-water mark
662.7888
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7888 at *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-16
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
One2BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
One2BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.59 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.
- Brisket avg 158.09
- Pork avg 162.68
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Camp's BB-Crew in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (2023-04-07).
- last seen 2018-05-04
- back 2023-04-07
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.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before BLACK FLAG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with BLACK FLAG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3546 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before BLACK FLAG BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| QUAU | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| One2BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 152.5372 | 160.83 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 168.5716 | 151.4172 | 161.41 | top 54% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 150.2512 | 162.68 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 150.2628 | 158.09 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 6 | 0 | top 65% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 80% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Route 66 Smoke Out | 3 | 14 | 0 | top 58% | 2018-05-04 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.8 yrs
2014-06-13 → 2023-04-07
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.68 · weakest Brisket (158.09)
Walk rate
63%
a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
640.89
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
337.06
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
204
104–171 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,203
8 mapped stops · furthest 653 mi
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2018-05-04 → 2023-04-07
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #3554 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout
- 2015
- First call Smoke on the Prairie
- 2017
- First category win (Pork) *Route 66 Smoke Out
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0060 *Route 66 Smoke Out
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 *Route 66 Smoke Out
- Career-best overall score662.7888 *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1492) Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.4 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 2023-04-07 |
| +4.4 | *Route 66 Smoke Out | 2017-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout | 2014-06-13 |
| -7.9 | Morton BBQ Throwdown | 2014-07-25 |
| -2.8 | Smoke on the Prairie | 2015-05-29 |
| -1.5 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2016-05-06 |
| -0.5 | *Route 66 Smoke Out | 2018-05-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 18% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 55% | 92.1% | 91.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 85.9% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 5 / 28 (337.0628) | 5 (168.5256) | 3 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2018-05-04 | *Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 23 / 38 (654.7544) | 26 (161.6688) | 33 (158.2628) | 19 (165.1428) | 9 (169.6800) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Kewanee, IL | 16 / 26 (662.7888) | 17 (166.2628) | 11 (168.5716) | 6 (171.4400) | 21 (156.5144) |
| 2017-05-05 | *Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 14 / 29 (657.0060) | 26 (157.1088) | 7 (167.9656) | 1 (178.8572) | 22 (153.0744) |
| 2016-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 26 / 40 (635.4060) | 30 (155.4288) | 26 (157.7028) | 24 (159.9656) | 18 (162.3088) |
| 2015-05-29 | Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL | 13 / 18 (641.0284) | 4 (168.5256) | 8 (163.3828) | 11 (158.8572) | 17 (150.2628) |
| 2014-07-25 | Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL | 39 / 48 (618.7656) | 41 (152.5372) | 34 (155.4288) | 45 (150.2512) | 18 (160.5484) |
| 2014-06-13 | Tonganoxie Days BBQ Blowout Tonganoxie, KS | 39 / 41 (616.5028) | 35 (156.5600) | 37 (151.4172) | 36 (154.2628) | 32 (154.2628) |
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 | #2004 (96 pts) | #2086 (91 pts) | #1815 (121 pts) | #1575 (166 pts) | #2190 (71 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2298 (65 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |