Mistler's BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1432

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1569

peak 1570 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-11-06

latest 2023-03-24

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

670.6852 / 720

Master · MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)

Perfect 180s

Current form

334.83

last 5 Backyard vs avg 334.83 (+0.00)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest

Consistency

±6.45

std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.62 · weakest Brisket (164.40)

Road miles

511

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$17K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.09 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

334.83 / 360

5 Backyard contests · 1 GC

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

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Storylines (10 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.

The heartbreaker

0.5372 points from the title

Came within 0.5372 points of the Grand Championship at So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) (2021-09-11).

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships here

So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 16%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

670.6852 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.6852 at MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-11-06

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Damn Fine Beef & Swine has finished one call ahead of Mistler's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 1 Grand Championship

2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 12%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 12%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rucking Fidiculous BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League (2020-04-06).

last seen 2017-04-21
back 2020-04-06

The metronome

±1.45% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.45% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
12 contests

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.

60 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SOUTH RYLAND

#1427 of the rated field

1569 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1569

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-10-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BORDERTOWN BAR B QUE

#1439 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-08-14
on an 8-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

M R BBQ

#1434 of the rated field

1569 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1573

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

⚔ Head-to-head

Money$hot BBQ

#1426 of the rated field

1569 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 90%
Peak: 1569

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 90% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-10-04
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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CHARCOAL MONKEY

#1436 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1588

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Mistler's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SIMPLY Q

#1442 of the rated field

1568 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

Level with Mistler's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2017-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rucking Fidiculous BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	6	1	5	175.4056	163.4172	170.62	top 19%
Pork Ribs	9	5	1	3	172.5600	160.5372	164.75	top 45%
Pork	3	1	0	1	177.7028	160.5144	168.34	top 44%
Brisket	4	0	0	0	169.7488	152.5144	164.40	top 49%

“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)	3	1	top 14%
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 35%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	2	1	1	top 16%	2022-09-10
Anchor City Cook Off	2	2	0	top 29%	2021-10-08

The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.4 yrs 2015-11-06 → 2023-03-24

Busiest season 2022 3 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 1.5 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 7 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 9 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.62 · weakest Brisket (164.40)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 8 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 4 of 12 contests

Wins it all 8% 1 Grand Championship · 2 reserve

First title 2022-09-10 So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 667.09 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 334.83 out of 360 · 5 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 269 223–90 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 511 12 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Purse competed for $17,375 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2017-04-21 → 2020-04-06

Power rating 1569 peak 1570 · #1432 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Oct 10 First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off
2015
Nov 6 First call MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)
Nov 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.6852 MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)
Nov 6 Career-best overall score670.6852 MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)
2017
Apr 21 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest
2021
Sep 11 First category win (Chicken) So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First overall top-10 So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First overall podium So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 11 First Reserve Championship So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
2022
May 6 10th tracked contest Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff
Sep 10 First Grand Championship So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
Sep 10 Peak power rating (1570) So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)
2023
Mar 24 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	Anchor City Cook Off	2021-10-08
+13.4	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	2022-09-10
+13.4	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff	2022-05-06
+12.1	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD)	2021-09-11
+7.4	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute)	2015-11-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.2	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest	2023-03-24

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0	0	100%	top 49%	92.7%	92.7%
2022	3	1	2	0	67%	top 12%	94.6%	92.4%
2021	2	0	2	2	100%	top 15%	95.2%	93.8%
2020	1	0	0	0	0%	top 20%	—	—
2017	1	0	0	0	100%	top 50%	92.1%	92.1%
2016	1	0	0	0	100%	top 47%	92.7%	92.7%
2015	2	0	0	0	50%	top 46%	93.2%	93.2%
2014	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-03-24	American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO	18 / 37 (333.6572)	2 (173.1200)	29 (160.5372)	—	—
2022-09-10	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO	1 / 8 (324.5716)	2 (163.4172)	3 (161.1544)	—	—
2022-05-06	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbia, MO	3 / 25 (340.5256)	2 (174.2628)	3 (166.2628)	—	—
2022-05-06	Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff - One Meat Ribs Columbia, MO	—	—	13 (165.1428)	—	—
2021-10-08	Anchor City Cook Off 🏅 Centralia, MO	2 / 19 (342.8228)	3 (170.2628)	1 (172.5600)	—	—
2021-09-11	So.Bo.Co. BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD) Ashland, MO	2 / 10 (332.5828)	1 (171.4284)	4 (161.1544)	—	—
2020-04-06	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO	22 / 109 (169.7488)	—	—	—	22 (169.7488)
2017-04-21	Main Street BBQ & Blues Fest Washington, MO	20 / 40 (663.2916)	12 (169.6800)	26 (163.3944)	3 (177.7028)	34 (152.5144)
2016-10-14	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	16 / 34 (667.2916)	15 (167.3828)	6 (169.7144)	27 (160.5144)	11 (169.6800)
2015-11-06	MVH BBQ BIVOUAC (Armed Forces Tribute) St. James, MO	12 / 26 (670.6852)	4 (175.4056)	19 (162.8000)	12 (166.8112)	15 (165.6684)
2015-10-09	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	—	—	—	—	—
2014-10-10	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	—	—	—	—	—

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
2023 ↗	Backyard	—	#182 (260 pts)	#344 (60 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#158 (231 pts)	#129 (314 pts)	—	—
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#78 (470 pts)	#74 (445 pts)	—	—