A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead in 100% of their meetings
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2017-09-01
latest 2019-09-12
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.26
last 5 Master vs avg 637.26 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Road miles
54
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$78K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.26 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−7.4
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.42 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 156.55
- Pork avg 163.97
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokesdidier bbq in 3 of their 4 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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3910 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
Level with THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1526
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
They've been 1526 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 37
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1533
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to THE GANG STARTS A BBQ TEAM)
37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNIES BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Bunz BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.9084 | 159.28 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 150.2972 | 156.55 | top 70% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 151.3600 | 163.97 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 155.9884 | 157.45 | top 66% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-09-01 → 2019-09-12
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.55)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
637.26
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
981
407–1,171 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
54
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1561
average field rating faced — tougher than 47% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$78,425
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #3882 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1493) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7884 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best overall score650.7884 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| -4.3 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 2019-09-12 |
| -3.8 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -0.1 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) | 2019-05-31 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 90.4% | 90% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 89.2% | 89.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 285 / 468 (650.7884) | 131 (169.7028) | 428 (150.2972) | 82 (171.9656) | 317 (158.8228) |
| 2019-05-31 | Kelly Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO | 32 / 56 (645.6000) | 42 (154.8228) | 31 (159.3944) | 11 (172.0000) | 30 (159.3828) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 341 / 467 (641.0856) | 394 (156.5828) | 237 (165.6800) | 269 (162.8344) | 353 (155.9884) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 74 / 185 (642.2172) | 26 (167.4056) | 116 (156.5944) | 82 (161.7144) | 106 (156.5028) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 380 / 407 (606.6056) | 386 (147.9084) | 369 (150.8000) | 372 (151.3600) | 302 (156.5372) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #1513 (130 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |