A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BORN FREE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-22
latest 2019-09-27
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.83
last 3 Master vs avg 627.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.30)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Purse competed for
$6K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.83 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Hoo-Haa Barbeque 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.
BORN FREE BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with BORN FREE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 145.6344 | 154.24 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 149.6688 | 153.30 | top 83% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 157.0972 | 160.54 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 145.6344 | 159.76 | top 51% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 64 | 0 | top 78% | 2018-09-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-09-22 → 2019-09-27
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.30)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.83
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
157
79–239 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$6,175
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2018-09-21 → 2019-09-27
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1485) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- 2018
- Career-best overall score641.0396 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.5372 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2017-09-22 |
| -4.6 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2019-09-27 |
| -2.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2018-09-21 |
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)
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89% | 89% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 70 / 102 (636.3888) | 98 (145.6344) | 76 (157.6572) | 50 (164.5600) | 21 (168.5372) |
| 2018-09-21 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 64 / 107 (641.0396) | 55 (163.4172) | 92 (152.5600) | 71 (159.9656) | 41 (165.0968) |
| 2017-09-22 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 108 / 112 (606.0576) | 94 (153.6572) | 99 (149.6688) | 91 (157.0972) | 105 (145.6344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |