EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ

EIGHTY ONE POWER BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 28 at the 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition (2019). They finished #1046 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1508

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 20, 2018

latest Jul 23, 2022 · 3.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1046

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

677.7260 / 720

Master · 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition

Consistency

±16.85

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.99 · weakest Brisket (158.13)

Road miles

415

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

649.83 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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
Apr 13, 2019

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 (Jul 23, 2022).

last seen Jul 20, 2019
back Jul 23, 2022

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
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)

Overall rank by season

By 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	3	0	0	0	162.8572	160.0228	161.53	top 64%
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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 50%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 74 finished ahead 57 times, behind 51

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jul 20, 2019 → Jul 23, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20221 milestone

Jul 23 Most recent contest 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20196 milestones

Apr 13 First category win (Chicken) 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Apr 13 First overall top-10 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Apr 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7260 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Apr 13 Career-best overall score677.7260 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Apr 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Jul 20 Peak power rating (1513) 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20182 milestones

Oct 20 First tracked contest SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN
Oct 20 First call SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.4	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	Apr 13, 2019
+1.9	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 20, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.5	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 23, 2022
-0.7	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN	Oct 20, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.9%	87.9%
2019	2	1	1	50%	top 36%	94.1%	91.9%
2018	1	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
Jul 23, 2022	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	15 / 20 (632.5484)	13 (165.7028)	18 (150.2400)	14 (160.0228)	11 (156.5828)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	22 / 44 (645.7144)	24 (162.2744)	34 (154.8916)	—	17 (162.2628)
Apr 13, 2019	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol	6 / 28 (677.7260)	1 (179.4400)	6 (170.8572)	17 (162.8572)	14 (164.5716)
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz	12 / 20 (643.3484)	10 (164.5484)	4 (167.9772)	12 (161.7028)	16 (149.1200)