High-water mark
672.5832
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.5832 at Route 66 Smoke Out — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-05-01
No Prep BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1502 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2020-07-10
latest 2021-07-17
Best ToY finish
#598
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.89
last 5 Master vs avg 663.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.67
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.98)
Road miles
361
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
84%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1612)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
663.89 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Heavy Smoke BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Heavy Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.23 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 80%.
- Pork Ribs avg 160.98
- Brisket avg 172.21
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HOG CALL BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1612
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 84% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1612 power rating — a tougher draw than 84% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated contests
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
MACHETE BOYS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with No Prep BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3227 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 2018, 3 years before No Prep BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up From The Pits BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SmokinGhost BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ BUS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rusty Pig BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 159.9428 | 166.61 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 155.3716 | 160.98 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 156.5484 | 164.09 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 168.5600 | 172.21 | top 24% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2020-07-10 → 2021-07-17
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 172.21 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.98)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
663.89
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
66–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
361
5 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
1612
average field rating faced — tougher than 84% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$27,050
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1500
peak 1502 · #3206 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Harvest On the Fire At the Winery
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8516 Harvest On the Fire At the Winery
- First call CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0000 CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2
- 2021
- Career-best overall score672.5832 Route 66 Smoke Out
- Peak power rating (1502) Route 66 Smoke Out
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.1 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2021-05-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.1 | CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 | 2020-07-18 |
| -2.5 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery | 2020-07-10 |
| -1.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 2 | 2021-07-17 |
| -1.1 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) | 2021-06-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 93.4% | 92.4% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 75% | 92.6% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-17 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 2 🏅 Eureka, IL | 13 / 19 (660.3884) | 7 (168.5372) | 15 (163.9428) | 15 (157.0856) | 7 (170.8228) |
| 2021-06-26 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 🏅 Belvidere, IL | 31 / 43 (663.9084) | 20 (170.8572) | 38 (163.9428) | 37 (156.5484) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2021-05-01 | Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL | 16 / 44 (672.5832) | 29 (164.0000) | 29 (160.0116) | 2 (175.4400) | 6 (173.1316) |
| 2020-07-18 | CIBBQ Red Devil Edition Day 2 🏅 Eureka, IL | 19 / 25 (666.7428) | 13 (169.7144) | 23 (161.6456) | 25 (159.3828) | 2 (176.0000) |
| 2020-07-10 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery 🏅 Marshall, IL | 39 / 53 (655.8516) | 48 (159.9428) | 47 (155.3716) | 11 (171.9772) | 25 (168.5600) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #598 (269 pts) | #585 (294 pts) | #752 (214 pts) | #457 (414 pts) | #411 (489 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #614 (140 pts) | #595 (170 pts) | #701 (120 pts) | #553 (180 pts) | #384 (310 pts) |