High-water mark
665.5884
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5884 at Laurie Hillbilly BBQ — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 31, 2015
MEAT RUSHMORE
MEAT RUSHMORE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 14 at the UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) (2018).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 13 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 31, 2015
latest May 4, 2018 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
75% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.25 · weakest Pork (158.11)
Road miles
113
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Master avg
653.17 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 151.3600 | 163.54 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 168.0116 | 159.9312 | 165.26 | top 28% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 150.2284 | 158.11 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 169.1084 | 160.5372 | 166.25 | top 23% |
“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 22% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 22% | May 4, 2018 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 55 times, behind 34
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- First overall podium UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series)
- Most recent contest UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series)
20163 milestones
- First call UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
- First overall top-10 UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series)
20154 milestones
- First tracked contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.5884 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
- Career-best overall score665.5884 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1084 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 90% | 90% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2018 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Only Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 3 / 14 (662.1944) | 5 (166.8344) | 3 (165.1316) | 7 (162.2628) | 3 (167.9656) |
| May 5, 2017 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 4 / 17 (647.8856) | 4 (168.5600) | 6 (159.9312) | 9 (158.8572) | 4 (160.5372) |
| May 6, 2016 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 5 / 24 (637.0056) | 19 (151.3600) | 1 (168.0116) | 14 (150.2284) | 2 (167.4056) |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO | 26 / 38 (665.5884) | 22 (167.4172) | 19 (167.9772) | 32 (161.0856) | 15 (169.1084) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.