High-water mark
686.2400
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2400 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-09-15
UNCLE SPANKY'S
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1526
peak 1526 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-01
latest 2018-09-15
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.93
last 3 Master vs avg 671.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.54 · weakest Pork (164.35)
Road miles
812
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Master avg
671.93 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of QUAU 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.
UNCLE SPANKY'S 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 69 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.
#2306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1526
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to UNCLE SPANKY'S)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team UNCLE SPANKY'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 42
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1603
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to UNCLE SPANKY'S)
They've been 1603 at their best, 78 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Level with UNCLE SPANKY'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before UNCLE SPANKY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 172.0228 | 173.54 | top 14% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 157.0972 | 165.87 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 159.3828 | 164.35 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 166.2972 | 168.17 | top 32% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-09-01 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.54 · weakest Pork (164.35)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
671.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
674
693–238 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
812
3 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi
Schedule strength
1589
average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests
Power rating
1526
peak 1526 · #null 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)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3256 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- 2018
- First call *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2)
- Career-best overall score686.2400 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3200 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1526) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| +6 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2017-09-01 |
| +4.3 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) | 2018-05-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 29% | 95.3% | 93.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 44 / 467 (686.2400) | 46 (174.3200) | 48 (174.2744) | 138 (169.1200) | 141 (168.5256) |
| 2018-05-26 | *RED, WHITE and BAR-B-Q ( DAY 2) Westmont, IL | 29 / 60 (662.2172) | 5 (174.2628) | 43 (157.0972) | 36 (164.5600) | 22 (166.2972) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 168 / 407 (667.3256) | 94 (172.0228) | 187 (166.2400) | 315 (159.3828) | 115 (169.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1524 (120 pts) | #1138 (245 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1610 (120 pts) | #1521 (135 pts) |