#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headOLD HABITS BARBECUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-21
latest 2017-05-05
Best ToY finish
#2967
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.66
last 3 Master vs avg 623.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.72 · weakest Pork (151.95)
Road miles
257
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
623.66 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
OLD HABITS BARBECUE 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 136 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.
#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after OLD HABITS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with OLD HABITS BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3712 | 147.9884 | 155.19 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 158.2400 | 160.72 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 138.2056 | 151.95 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 151.3488 | 155.79 | top 71% |
“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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2015-08-21 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
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 160.72 · weakest Pork (151.95)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
623.66
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
22–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
257
3 mapped stops · furthest 96 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1491) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3368 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score651.3368 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)167.4172 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-05-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off | 2016-05-27 |
| -9.3 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 2015-08-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO | 20 / 29 (651.3368) | 24 (163.3712) | 22 (159.4056) | 11 (167.4172) | 20 (161.1428) |
| 2016-05-27 | 35th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cook off Kennett, MO | 25 / 28 (620.3200) | 25 (154.2056) | 15 (164.5256) | 28 (150.2400) | 24 (151.3488) |
| 2015-08-21 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO | 48 / 58 (599.3140) | 52 (147.9884) | 38 (158.2400) | 54 (138.2056) | 33 (154.8800) |
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 | #2967 (53 pts) | #2957 (53 pts) | #2123 (103 pts) | #2963 (53 pts) | #2883 (58 pts) |