High-water mark
678.7884
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7884 at Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-08-15
BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-08-15
latest 2018-05-05
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
668.21
last 4 Master vs avg 668.21 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.83)
Road miles
48
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
668.21 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of UNCOMMON Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Atlanta BBQ Festival (2018-05-05).
- last seen 2016-03-04
- back 2018-05-05
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.
BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS has 4 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 85 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.
#2536 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before BAR-B-QUE MONSTERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 163.9888 | 165.55 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 156.5256 | 164.83 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 155.3828 | 168.41 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 158.2400 | 169.42 | top 30% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 37% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 25% | 2015-08-14 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2018-05-05
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.83)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
668.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
104–69 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2016-03-04 → 2018-05-05
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- First call Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- First overall top-10 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.7884 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- Career-best overall score678.7884 Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA)
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1518) Atlanta BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.2 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-08-15 |
| +4.7 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| +3.4 | Atlanta BBQ Festival | 2018-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-03-04 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 93% | 93% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 14% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-05 | Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA | 13 / 27 (669.6688) | 17 (163.9888) | 15 (166.2628) | 10 (169.7144) | 8 (169.7028) |
| 2016-03-04 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lawrenceville, GA | 37 / 59 (657.5884) | 35 (165.6800) | 52 (156.5256) | 5 (177.1428) | 43 (158.2400) |
| 2015-08-14 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival Atlanta, GA | 17 / 48 (666.8116) | 23 (166.8456) | 12 (170.2972) | 41 (155.3828) | 6 (174.2860) |
| 2014-08-15 | Atlanta BarB-Que Festival (SBBQA) Atlanta, GA | 6 / 43 (678.7884) | 23 (165.7028) | 17 (166.2400) | 8 (171.4056) | 3 (175.4400) |
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) | #1536 (185 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |