High-water mark
677.7260
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.7260 at 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-04-13
EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1513 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-10-20
latest 2022-07-23
Best ToY finish
#1046
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
649.83
last 4 Master vs avg 649.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (158.13)
Road miles
415
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Master avg
649.83 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LOS GRILLOS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (2022-07-23).
- last seen 2019-07-20
- back 2022-07-23
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.
EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ has 4 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 105 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.
#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2877 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2882 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 9 years before EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ'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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 162.2744 | 167.99 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 150.2400 | 160.99 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 160.0228 | 162.72 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 149.1200 | 158.13 | top 56% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.8 yrs
2018-10-20 → 2022-07-23
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.99 · weakest Brisket (158.13)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
649.83
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
57–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
415
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-07-20 → 2022-07-23
Power rating
1508
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
- First call SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
- 2019
- First category win (Chicken) 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7260 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score677.7260 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1513) 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- 2022
- Most recent contest 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.4 | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition | 2019-04-13 |
| +1.9 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2019-07-20 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2022-07-23 |
| -0.6 | SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN | 2018-10-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 36% | 94.1% | 91.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival , | 15 / 20 (632.5484) | 13 (165.7028) | 18 (150.2400) | 14 (160.0228) | 11 (156.5828) |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 22 / 44 (645.7144) | 24 (162.2744) | 34 (154.8916) | 12 (166.2856) | 17 (162.2628) |
| 2019-04-13 | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol, A-6380 | 6 / 28 (677.7260) | 1 (179.4400) | 6 (170.8572) | 17 (162.8572) | 14 (164.5716) |
| 2018-10-20 | SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz, 5735 | 12 / 20 (643.3484) | 10 (164.5484) | 4 (167.9772) | 12 (161.7028) | 16 (149.1200) |
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 | #1046 (243 pts) | #886 (343 pts) | #1156 (228 pts) | #1189 (218 pts) | #1197 (208 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1732 (110 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1298 (195 pts) | #1781 (110 pts) | #1852 (90 pts) |