High-water mark
671.3256
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3256 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-16
LETHAL INJECTORS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2014-06-06
latest 2016-09-16
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.49 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.38 (+3.11)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.32)
Road miles
88
mi across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Master avg
658.38 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
6 of 7
shared chicken entries lost
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY ahead 86% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.39%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 91.4% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
98 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1532
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LETHAL INJECTORS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LETHAL INJECTORS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2398 of the rated field
- Contests
- 130
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1702
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LETHAL INJECTORS)
They've been 1702 at their best, 179 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
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#2393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after LETHAL INJECTORS did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2426 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with LETHAL INJECTORS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2406 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1523
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SLAPS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 154.2400 | 165.62 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 149.0628 | 162.32 | top 60% |
| Pork | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 143.9428 | 164.97 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 155.9428 | 165.47 | top 35% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 49% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 3 | 11 | 0 | top 40% | 2016-09-16 |
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 53% | 2016-08-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2014-06-06 → 2016-09-16
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.32)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
658.38
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
260
209–189 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
88
8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1546
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Power rating
1523
peak 1523 · #2408 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Smokin on the Summit
- First call Smokin on the Summit
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7428 Smokin' with Woods
- 2015
- First category win (Brisket) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2016
- Career-best overall score671.3256 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1523) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2016-09-16 |
| +4 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2016-08-19 |
| +3.2 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2015-09-18 |
| +3 | Smokin' with Woods | 2014-08-08 |
| +2.9 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2015-08-14 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 40% | 93.2% | 93% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 54% | 91.6% | 90.6% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 48% | 92% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 11 / 35 (671.3256) | 8 (168.0000) | 21 (164.5372) | 4 (174.8456) | 16 (163.9428) |
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 27 / 56 (668.4568) | 36 (164.5600) | 36 (165.1200) | 17 (170.8228) | 17 (167.9540) |
| 2015-09-18 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 18 / 41 (659.3256) | 9 (171.4056) | 15 (167.4172) | 39 (143.9428) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2015-08-14 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 43 / 67 (645.6572) | 48 (159.9884) | 34 (165.1316) | 53 (154.8344) | 26 (165.7028) |
| 2014-09-19 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 22 / 49 (662.6972) | 22 (169.6800) | 25 (165.0972) | 12 (171.9772) | 35 (155.9428) |
| 2014-08-15 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 24 / 51 (656.4688) | 13 (170.8228) | 36 (159.4172) | 24 (166.2400) | 27 (159.9888) |
| 2014-08-08 | Smokin' with Woods Odessa, MO | 14 / 28 (662.7428) | 16 (166.2628) | 18 (162.8000) | 10 (167.4056) | 7 (166.2744) |
| 2014-06-06 | Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO | 38 / 79 (640.3884) | 56 (154.2400) | 66 (149.0628) | 10 (169.6684) | 13 (167.4172) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2114 (100 pts) | #2112 (100 pts) |