High-water mark
690.1940
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.1940 at Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 18, 2019
Mid-West Coatings
Mid-West Coatings is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 6th of 19 at the Evansville BBQ (2019). They are ranked #2784 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1512 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2019
latest Oct 18, 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
671.58 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 664.98 (+6.60)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.04 · weakest Brisket (161.36)
Road miles
1,793
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 396 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.98 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #456 (716 pts) | #352 (901 pts) | #434 (791 pts) | #324 (976 pts) | #404 (826 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Mid-West Coatings, each with one reason worth a look.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Mid-West Coatings's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Mid-West Coatings's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Mid-West Coatings on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1526
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,788 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 165.7028 | 169.04 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 155.4400 | 165.63 | top 50% |
| Pork | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.7600 | 161.1088 | 168.96 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 177.7028 | 142.8344 | 161.36 | top 59% |
“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 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
MI
3 of 7 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
183
finished ahead 100 times, behind 138
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20198 milestones
- First tracked contest 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
- First call 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8856 Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Evansville BBQ
- Career-best overall score690.1940 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1512) Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | Oct 18, 2019 |
| +8.8 | Evansville BBQ | Aug 16, 2019 |
| +1.8 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival | Aug 30, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | Sep 13, 2019 |
| -4.8 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off | Jul 12, 2019 |
| -1.6 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 2, 2019 |
| -0.9 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off | Jun 21, 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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2019 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Munfordville, KY | 7 / 31 (690.1940) | 18 (168.5256) | 10 (172) | 9 (171.9656) | 2 (177.7028) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 21 / 35 (656.4344) | 6 (171.9656) | 20 (165.7028) | 24 (161.1088) | 27 (157.6572) |
| Aug 30, 2019 | PigMania Hilliard State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Hilliard, OH | 17 / 28 (672.4456) | 15 (169.6800) | 4 (173.1316) | 12 (169.6800) | 24 (159.9540) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Evansville BBQ 🏅 Evansville, IN | 6 / 19 (679.9316) | 5 (169.1316) | 9 (163.4172) | 7 (169.6800) | 2 (177.7028) |
| Aug 2, 2019 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 21 / 40 (658.8912) | 21 (165.7028) | 33 (155.4400) | 3 (173.7600) | 18 (163.9884) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Kettering, OH | 25 / 33 (655.8856) | 14 (168.5372) | 11 (169.7028) | 19 (168) | 31 (149.6456) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI | 19 / 30 (641.0856) | 6 (169.7028) | 25 (159.9884) | 5 (168.5600) | 29 (142.8344) |