A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (Jun 15, 2018).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
TWINNING BBQ
TWINNING BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 16 at the Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (2018). They are ranked #3586 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 31, 2017
latest Jun 14, 2019 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.71 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 628.78 (+7.93)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.10)
Road miles
690
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.78 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TWINNING BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
152 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TWINNING BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TWINNING BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,613 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Level with TWINNING BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before TWINNING BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piggin' Whiskey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164.5600 | 142.7544 | 156.45 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7488 | 139.9544 | 154.10 | top 71% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 149.6684 | 156.79 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 175.4172 | 146.7772 | 161.45 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 19% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 15% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 76% | Apr 27, 2019 |
| Que for the Troops | 2 | 50 | 0 | top 84% | Jun 1, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
3 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
190
finished ahead 85 times, behind 216
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20192 milestones
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4172 Hartford Rib Off
- Most recent contest Hartford Rib Off
20187 milestones
- First call Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First overall top-10 Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First overall podium Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First multi-meat day Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3828 Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Career-best overall score659.3828 Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest The Ironman
- Peak power rating (1493) The Ironman
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) | Jun 15, 2018 |
| +9.3 | Hartford Rib Off | Jun 14, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | Que for the Troops | Jun 2, 2017 |
| -8.4 | New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Apr 28, 2018 |
| -6.6 | The Ironman | Mar 31, 2017 |
| -6.5 | Que for the Troops | Jun 1, 2018 |
| -0.3 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Apr 27, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 39% | 90.9% | 89.7% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33% | top 64% | 91.6% | 87.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 85.1% | 84.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2019 | Hartford Rib Off 🏅 Hartford, CT | 4 / 27 (327.4056) | 5 (164.5600) | 18 (153.7144) | 12 (158.8456) | 3 (175.4172) |
| Apr 27, 2019 | New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 27 / 43 (636.4800) | 33 (158.8456) | 32 (154.8000) | 21 (161.1200) | 23 (161.7144) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Hartford Rib Off (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) Hartford, CT | 3 / 16 (659.3828) | 3 (163.9428) | 1 (173.7488) | 12 (152.5484) | 1 (169.1428) |
| Jun 1, 2018 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 50 / 61 (623.3144) | 56 (147.9772) | 52 (150.8116) | 18 (165.0856) | 35 (159.4400) |
| Apr 28, 2018 | New Jersey KnoQ-out-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Blairstown, NJ | 36 / 40 (611.8512) | 38 (142.7544) | 32 (156.5828) | 34 (150.2512) | 19 (162.2628) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Que for the Troops Levittown, PA | 54 / 63 (605.5540) | 40 (160.5256) | 62 (139.9544) | 55 (149.6684) | 39 (155.4056) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | The Ironman Greencastle, PA | 46 / 59 (612.3656) | 39 (156.5256) | 52 (149.0856) | 26 (159.9772) | 48 (146.7772) |