High-water mark
691.3484
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3484 at Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-21
Ash Clowns
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2019-10-04
Best ToY finish
#969
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.61
last 3 Master vs avg 658.61 (-0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±33.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.99)
Road miles
623
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 498 mi
Schedule strength
77%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.61 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
6.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.3 years, then back at Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown (2019-09-21).
- last seen 2013-06-07
- back 2019-09-21
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.
Ash Clowns 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 124 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.
#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Ash Clowns did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ash Clowns on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.4286 | 164.55 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 138.8566 | 159.99 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 147.9998 | 164.18 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 166.2858 | 169.89 | top 31% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2019-10-04
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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
Brisket
averages 169.89 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.99)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
658.61
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
45–46 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
623
3 mapped stops · furthest 498 mi
Schedule strength
1599
average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.3 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2019-09-21
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Poor Que
- First call Poor Que
- 2019
- First overall top-10 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.3484 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Career-best overall score691.3484 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown
- Peak power rating (1513) Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.2 | Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown | 2019-09-21 |
| +3 | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown | 2019-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | Poor Que | 2013-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 39% | 96% | 94.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-04 | Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lebanon, MO | 16 / 27 (671.9196) | 21 (160.5140) | 11 (170.8572) | 12 (171.4172) | 12 (169.1312) |
| 2019-09-21 | Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Kimberling City, MO | 5 / 28 (691.3484) | 8 (173.7028) | 11 (170.2628) | 9 (173.1200) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2013-06-07 | Poor Que Montello, WI | 28 / 39 (612.5708) | 17 (159.4286) | 38 (138.8566) | 34 (147.9998) | 6 (166.2858) |
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 | #969 (275 pts) | #1170 (220 pts) | #1111 (245 pts) | #1068 (255 pts) | #1077 (255 pts) |