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SLACK'S RACKS
SLACK'S RACKS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 31st of 32 at the Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival (2018). They finished #1955 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2017
latest Sep 13, 2019 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.39
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.80 · weakest Brisket (149.09)
Road miles
7
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
606.06 / 720
3 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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to SLACK'S RACKS, each with one reason worth a look.
SLACK'S RACKS has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 137 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They've been 1510 at their best, 43 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Compare careers#4,837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Level with SLACK'S RACKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 134.2972 | 149.10 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3716 | 153.6572 | 154.80 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 142.7656 | 153.07 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 139.9428 | 149.09 | top 88% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
103
finished ahead 6 times, behind 131
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 11, 2015 → Sep 15, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest RiverFest
20182 milestones
- Career-best overall score634.0688 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.0972 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
20171 milestone
- Peak power rating (1488) Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -10.6 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival | Sep 14, 2018 |
| -10.6 | RiverFest | Sep 13, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 84% | 84% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 80.5% | 80.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2019 | RiverFest 🏅 Decatur, AL | 33 / 37 (604.8684) | 28 (159.3828) | 32 (155.3716) | 35 (142.7656) | 34 (147.3484) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | 31 / 32 (634.0688) | 31 (153.6344) | 26 (155.3600) | 22 (165.0972) | 24 (159.9772) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | 38 / 39 (579.2572) | 37 (134.2972) | 33 (153.6572) | 38 (151.3600) | 38 (139.9428) |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |