BBQ MANIACS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5467

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1451 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-20

latest 2020-07-17

Best ToY finish

#854

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 79%

overall standings

Best overall

652.4680 / 720

Master · *Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 628.15 (+10.63)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Brisket · *Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Consistency

±17.15

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 159.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.70)

Road miles

1,616

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 181 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

628.15 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIREHOUSE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIREHOUSE SMOKE has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.90 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.70
Brisket avg 159.60
0 calls in 9 entries

Brisket nemesis

8 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±2.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.2% of a perfect score
9 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.

124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Black Ace Barbeque

#5455 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BBQ MANIACS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ MANIACS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-08-05

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Chisholm Trail Smokers

#5460 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

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2 DUDES BACKYARD BBQ

#5453 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-05-03

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Drumline BBQ

#5470 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after BBQ MANIACS did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-07

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Greenway Equipment

#5482 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Level with BBQ MANIACS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

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Smokey J's BBQ

#5461 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1504 at their best, 53 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-07-23

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KEVLAR BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
S & G BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
B&R SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PapaDads BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' IN THE D	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
40 CALIBER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TWO CRACKERS Q-ING	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	167.9772	134.7884	155.27	top 73%
Pork Ribs	9	0	0	163.9772	142.7888	154.70	top 79%
Pork	9	1	0	170.2744	144.5144	158.58	top 66%
Brisket	9	2	1	173.7028	149.1316	159.60	top 60%

“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)	8	0	top 80%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 65%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	3	19	0	top 84%	2020-07-17

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2016-05-20 → 2020-07-17

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 159.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.70)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 628.15 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 128 63–226 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,616 9 mapped stops · furthest 181 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Purse competed for $19,500 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2017-07-21 → 2018-08-17

Power rating 1451 peak 1451 · #5467 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
May 20 First tracked contest *2nd Annual Pork in the Park
May 20 First call *2nd Annual Pork in the Park
May 20 Peak power rating (1489) *2nd Annual Pork in the Park
2018
Aug 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4680 *Bordertown BBQ Brawl
Aug 17 Career-best overall score652.4680 *Bordertown BBQ Brawl
Aug 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 *Bordertown BBQ Brawl
2020
Jul 17 Most recent contest Bordertown BBQ Brawl

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park	2016-05-20
-9.8	Blues.Brews & Barbecue	2016-07-29
-9.7	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2019-07-19
-4.2	*Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2018-08-17
-3.9	*BBQ Throw Down	2017-05-19

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	100%	top 77%	89%	89%
2019	2	0%	top 81%	90.1%	88.7%
2018	2	50%	top 75%	90.6%	88.6%
2017	2	50%	top 69%	87.9%	87.2%
2016	2	50%	top 91%	84.2%	83.6%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-07-17	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	24 / 31 (640.5032)	27 (156.0000)	30 (152.5488)	8 (170.2744)	21 (161.6800)
2019-08-02	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	26 / 40 (648.4800)	13 (167.9772)	26 (163.4172)	15 (166.2628)	34 (150.8228)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	27 / 28 (628.4452)	28 (147.9540)	16 (163.9772)	22 (164.5484)	28 (151.9656)
2018-10-12	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	27 / 38 (623.9996)	33 (149.1428)	28 (154.2512)	27 (156.5600)	13 (164.0456)
2018-08-17	*Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	19 / 24 (652.4680)	15 (165.6912)	23 (156.5600)	22 (156.5140)	3 (173.7028)
2017-07-21	*BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	24 / 37 (632.9824)	20 (162.7996)	22 (158.2744)	24 (157.0972)	25 (154.8112)
2017-05-19	*BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	16 / 22 (622.7312)	10 (161.1084)	15 (153.6912)	19 (144.5144)	11 (163.4172)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	36 / 39 (606.1948)	33 (151.9772)	38 (146.7888)	24 (158.2972)	34 (149.1316)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	25 / 28 (597.5428)	28 (134.7884)	27 (142.7888)	22 (153.1084)	9 (166.8572)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#854 (61 pts)	#1102 (56 pts)	#1116 (56 pts)	#628 (151 pts)	#841 (76 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1645 (113 pts)	#1353 (173 pts)	#1393 (158 pts)	#1331 (178 pts)	#1684 (113 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1442 (139 pts)	#1439 (159 pts)	#1725 (119 pts)	#1596 (124 pts)	#933 (344 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1558 (157 pts)	#1402 (207 pts)	#1576 (172 pts)	#1677 (142 pts)	#1528 (177 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2967 (53 pts)	#2957 (53 pts)	#2965 (53 pts)	#2288 (68 pts)	#1744 (138 pts)