High-water mark
665.0172
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.0172 at Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 15, 2019
Red Dirt Steak & BBQ
Red Dirt Steak & BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 12th of 21 at the Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 (2019). They finished #1009 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2019
latest Apr 9, 2021 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.97 · weakest Pork (153.82)
Road miles
223
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 223 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.14 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 157.6800 | 162.97 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.6688 | 158.82 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 146.7656 | 153.82 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 141.0400 | 158.53 | top 61% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 38 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → Apr 9, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off
20196 milestones
- First tracked contest Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1
- First call Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0172 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Career-best overall score665.0172 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8344 Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
- Peak power rating (1494) Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.3 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 | Mar 15, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 | Mar 14, 2019 |
| -8.3 | High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off | Apr 9, 2021 |
| -0.3 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 23, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 92.4% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2021 | High Plains Wine, Brews & BBQ Cook Off Lubbock, TX | 16 / 18 (631.8284) | 11 (165.1200) | 16 (157.0740) | 17 (146.8000) | 12 (162.8344) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 37 / 62 (634.1368) | 43 (158.2628) | 36 (159.9656) | 51 (146.7656) | 15 (169.1428) |
| Mar 15, 2019 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 🏅 Ruidoso, NM | 12 / 21 (665.0172) | 8 (170.8344) | 10 (168.5600) | 13 (164.5256) | 16 (161.0972) |
| Mar 14, 2019 | Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 🏅 Ruidoso, NM | 16 / 18 (605.5660) | 15 (157.6800) | 15 (149.6688) | 14 (157.1772) | 14 (141.0400) |