Rack's BBQ

Rack's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 10th of 31 at the Clayton BBQ Cook-off (2019). They finished #983 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1484

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 13, 2018

latest Jul 26, 2019 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#983

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9656 / 720

Master · Clayton BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5600

Chicken · Clayton BBQ Cook-off

Consistency

±25.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.83)

Road miles

230

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Purse competed for

$31K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

637.74 / 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

675.9656 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9656 at Clayton BBQ Cook-off — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 12, 2019

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

BULL MARKET BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BULL MARKET BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' AXE BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A July team

Top 63% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 63% across 3 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 71% the rest of the year

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	#983 (266 pts)	#930 (311 pts)	#1071 (261 pts)	#1053 (261 pts)	#996 (291 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	172.5600	154.2628	161.56	top 67%
Pork Ribs	4	0	167.9772	151.9888	157.83	top 73%
Pork	4	1	169.7028	151.9540	160.26	top 63%
Brisket	4	0	168.5600	145.6116	158.10	top 66%

“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 79%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 68%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Clayton BBQ Cook-off	2	10	0	top 56%	Jul 12, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CA 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 87 finished ahead 46 times, behind 77

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

20195 milestones

Jul 12 First overall top-10 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9656 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 12 Career-best overall score675.9656 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5600 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 26 Most recent contest Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge

20183 milestones

Jul 13 First tracked contest 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 First call 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off
Jul 13 Peak power rating (1492) 2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	Clayton BBQ Cook-off	Jul 12, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Throwdown in the Vineyards	May 31, 2019
-7.6	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off	Jul 13, 2018
-4.7	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge	Jul 26, 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	3	0	1	0	33%	top 68%	93.9%	88.7%
2018	1	0	0	0	100%	top 79%	88.1%	88.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 26, 2019	Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge 🏅 Gilroy, CA	28 / 36 (637.0172)	18 (162.8800)	29 (157.6916)	33 (152.5028)	19 (163.9428)
Jul 12, 2019	Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA	10 / 31 (675.9656)	9 (172.5600)	12 (167.9772)	13 (166.8684)	13 (168.5600)
May 31, 2019	Throwdown in the Vineyards 🏅 Murphy, CA	19 / 20 (603.8172)	19 (154.2628)	18 (151.9888)	17 (151.9540)	17 (145.6116)
Jul 13, 2018	2018 Clayton BBQ Cook-off Clayton, CA	15 / 19 (634.1716)	18 (156.5372)	16 (153.6572)	6 (169.7028)	16 (154.2744)