Happy hunting ground
Top 19%
average finish here
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 19% across 4 visits.
- 4 visits
- best finish 11th
- average top 19%
MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ
MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 11th of 184 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2014). They are ranked #1754 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1550
peak 1550 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 23, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.35 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 653.91 (+2.44)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.52
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.05 · weakest Chicken (162.76)
Road miles
1,531
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 765 mi
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.91 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2057 (85 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #1623 (155 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,752 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1553
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1550
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,757 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1550
They turned up 6 years after MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#1,753 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1550
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1550
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before MIDNIGHT RAMBLER'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fired Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Animal House BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Grill on Grill Action | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| J Adams Rib | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Rubbers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Meaty Bone BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Notorious P.I.G. | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 150.8228 | 162.76 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.3200 | 156.5714 | 165.05 | top 31% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 155.4286 | 162.77 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 154.2628 | 163.32 | top 29% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 18% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 19% | Jun 24, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
356
finished ahead 769 times, behind 167
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jun 21, 2013 → Jun 27, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Peak power rating (1550) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20162 milestones
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.3200 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20142 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.2972 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score666.2972 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2014 |
| +11.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| +10 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2015 |
| +7.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2016 |
| +6.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 100% | top 11% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 90.6% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 17% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 6% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 30% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 20 / 184 (660.6288) | 34 (166.8916) | 59 (163.4172) | 106 (158.3200) | 8 (172) |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg | 12 / 25 (645.1428) | 21 (158.8572) | 7 (165.7028) | 3 (166.3200) | 16 (154.2628) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 43 / 183 (652.5828) | 149 (150.8228) | 3 (178.3200) | 114 (157.1428) | 36 (166.2972) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 32 / 183 (657.0740) | 52 (165.1428) | 80 (160.5600) | 25 (168.5484) | 60 (162.8228) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 11 / 184 (666.2972) | 34 (167.4400) | 39 (165.7144) | 12 (170.8800) | 51 (162.2628) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 55 / 183 (641.7142) | 27 (167.4286) | 107 (156.5714) | 116 (155.4286) | 51 (162.2856) |