The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars (2019-11-04).
- last seen 2018-02-03
- back 2019-11-04
Moist BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-02-04
latest 2019-11-04
Best ToY finish
#828
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.34
last 3 Master vs avg 640.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.14)
Road miles
26
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
640.34 / 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.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 43 at their very first tracked contest, Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival (2017-02-04).
- 2017-02-04
- 43-team field
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.
Moist BBQ 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 102 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.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Moist BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Moist BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before Moist BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Moist BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172.6172 | 160.5140 | 166.66 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 152.0116 | 157.14 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 154.8456 | 158.46 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 145.1200 | 158.08 | top 51% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.7 yrs
2017-02-04 → 2019-11-04
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.66 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.14)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
640.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
79
54–40 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
26
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2018-02-03 → 2019-11-04
Power rating
1501
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First category win (Chicken) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.6056 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best overall score656.6056 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.6172 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1513) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- 2019
- Most recent contest Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars | 2019-11-04 |
| -4.8 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2018-02-03 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 12% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-04 | Heatbeads BBQ Turf Wars Cranbourne Melbourne, 3950 | 21 / 28 (641.0056) | 22 (160.5140) | 25 (152.0116) | 15 (162.8000) | 13 (165.6800) |
| 2018-02-03 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn, 8008 | 17 / 26 (623.4172) | 4 (166.8572) | 14 (156.5944) | 17 (154.8456) | 22 (145.1200) |
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 5 / 43 (656.6056) | 1 (172.6172) | 10 (162.8228) | 23 (157.7256) | 10 (163.4400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #828 (73 pts) | #882 (68 pts) | #1131 (53 pts) | #792 (103 pts) | #756 (113 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1873 (73 pts) | #1996 (68 pts) | #2565 (53 pts) | #1777 (103 pts) | #1684 (113 pts) |