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.
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ'D
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1505 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2017-06-17
latest 2019-08-02
Best ToY finish
#1338
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.80
last 5 Master vs avg 645.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.06)
Road miles
2,077
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 915 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
645.80 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.83 / 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 (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.
High-water mark
665.5768
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5768 at *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-23
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN FIRE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3214 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 8.
⚔ Head-to-head#3215 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with DOUBLE BARREL BBQ'D on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3216 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before DOUBLE BARREL BBQ'D's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3231 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before DOUBLE BARREL BBQ'D's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3200 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 146.7656 | 162.96 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.3088 | 146.2400 | 162.06 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 155.3600 | 163.05 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 154.2172 | 162.36 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 5 | 0 | top 65% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 63% | 2018-09-28 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2017-06-17 → 2019-08-02
Busiest season
2018
5 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.06)
Walk rate
63%
a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
645.80
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
338.83
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
64–109 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,077
8 mapped stops · furthest 915 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$2,025
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1500
peak 1505 · #3211 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Smoke Out in the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3140 *Smoking in the Golden Valley
- 2018
- First call *Tasty Expo BBQ Battle of the Grill (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score665.5768 *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Peak power rating (1505) *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.3088 Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2019-08-02 |
| +6.6 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2018-06-23 |
| +0.9 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2017-09-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-07-06 |
| -3 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley | 2018-09-28 |
| -2.3 | Smoke Out in the Valley | 2017-06-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | top 67% | 92.4% | 89.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 91.6% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-02 | Smokin on The Harbor (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | 5 / 15 (338.8344) | 7 (164.5256) | 2 (174.3088) | — | — |
| 2018-09-28 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 17 / 25 (646.1488) | 16 (161.6800) | 10 (164.0116) | 9 (166.2400) | 20 (154.2172) |
| 2018-08-04 | *Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | — | 5 (165.7028) | 11 (162.8572) | — | — |
| 2018-07-06 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Warrensburg, MO | 43 / 47 (614.0456) | 47 (146.7656) | 45 (146.2400) | 41 (155.3600) | 18 (165.6800) |
| 2018-06-23 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 18 / 42 (665.5768) | 11 (170.8228) | 33 (158.2284) | 20 (163.3828) | 5 (173.1428) |
| 2018-05-19 | *Tasty Expo BBQ Battle of the Grill (BACKYARD ONLY) Overland Park, KS | — | 4 (167.9772) | 8 (162.8228) | — | — |
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 17 / 29 (659.3140) | 20 (162.2400) | 15 (167.4172) | 16 (166.2512) | 16 (163.4056) |
| 2017-06-17 | Smoke Out in the Valley Buckner, MO | 15 / 21 (643.8976) | 19 (163.9544) | 15 (160.5716) | 16 (164.0000) | 19 (155.3716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1400 (150 pts) | #1452 (155 pts) | #1329 (185 pts) | #1286 (195 pts) | #1405 (170 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1338 (190 pts) | #1631 (155 pts) | #1423 (200 pts) | #1442 (190 pts) | #1538 (175 pts) |