High-water mark
662.8000
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.8000 at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 28, 2016
PORK N THINGS BBQ
PORK N THINGS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 26th of 27 at the Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) (2014). They finished #2212 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1481
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 18, 2014
latest Sep 1, 2017 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Best overall
662.8000 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.36
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.46)
Road miles
818
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 283 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
644.58 / 720
5 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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PORK N THINGS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
PORK N THINGS BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 131 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,097 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PORK N THINGS BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORK N THINGS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,105 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
Level with PORK N THINGS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Compare careers#4,099 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,094 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 156.5028 | 161.34 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 153.0972 | 157.46 | top 81% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 157.0972 | 166.39 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 153.6684 | 159.39 | top 67% |
“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 96% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 72% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 147 | 0 | top 68% | Oct 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
757
finished ahead 373 times, behind 834
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Oct 18, 2014 → Oct 28, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20164 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8000 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score662.8000 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1492) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) | Oct 18, 2014 |
| -6.5 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 1, 2017 |
| -3.8 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest | Jul 28, 2017 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.6% | 88.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92.1% | 91.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 333 / 407 (628.3656) | 340 (156.5028) | 352 (153.0972) | 336 (157.0972) | 247 (161.6684) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS | 31 / 43 (645.0516) | 30 (165.1200) | 31 (161.6916) | 28 (164.5600) | 37 (153.6800) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 302 / 557 (652.4344) | 360 (161.0972) | 335 (162.2516) | 30 (174.8572) | 412 (154.2284) |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 147 / 180 (662.8000) | 168 (160.5484) | 171 (154.8344) | 28 (173.7028) | 40 (173.7144) |
| Oct 18, 2014 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ (Day 2) Marshalltown, IA | 26 / 27 (634.2284) | 25 (163.4172) | 25 (155.4172) | 23 (161.7256) | 25 (153.6684) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.