The heartbreaker
1.0972
points from the title
Came within 1.0972 points of the Grand Championship at Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival (Apr 28, 2017).
CANNONBALL EXPRESS
CANNONBALL EXPRESS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 27 at the Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #1472 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2016
latest Mar 2, 2018 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.38
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.27 · weakest Pork (164.11)
Road miles
381
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 274 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
672.35 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1472 (131 pts) | #1561 (126 pts) | #1215 (231 pts) | #1567 (126 pts) | #1844 (91 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 157.7028 | 168.56 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.1316 | 169.1428 | 171.27 | top 21% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.3828 | 164.11 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 162.3200 | 168.42 | top 35% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
88
finished ahead 79 times, behind 37
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1532) Jack Town Throw Down
- Most recent contest Jack Town Throw Down
20175 milestones
- First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First overall podium Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First Reserve Championship Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best overall score685.0968 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First call Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1484 Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | Apr 28, 2017 |
| +8 | Jack Town Throw Down | Mar 2, 2018 |
| +6.5 | Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff | Aug 13, 2016 |
| +1.3 | Jack Town Throw Down | Mar 31, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 94% | 94% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 95.2% | 93.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2018 | Jack Town Throw Down Ridgeland, MS | 10 / 31 (677.1200) | 11 (171.4056) | 3 (173.1316) | 11 (170.2628) | 18 (162.3200) |
| Apr 28, 2017 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 2 / 27 (685.0968) | 2 (176.5600) | 12 (169.1428) | 13 (166.2856) | 4 (173.1084) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Jack Town Throw Down Jackson, MS | 18 / 34 (661.0284) | 29 (157.7028) | 4 (173.1084) | 30 (159.3828) | 7 (170.8344) |
| Aug 13, 2016 | Valley Music Fest BBQ Cookoff Russellville, AR | 11 / 28 (666.1484) | 13 (168.5600) | 5 (169.6916) | 21 (160.4912) | 13 (167.4056) |