Maverick's BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3588

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1505 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2020-06-19

latest 2021-10-29

Best ToY finish

#731

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

677.6000 / 720

Master · DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.77 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 659.58 (-2.80)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±14.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 170.75 · weakest Brisket (158.72)

Road miles

591

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi

Schedule strength

73%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$48K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.58 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

677.6000 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.6000 at DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-06-18

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

RAZORRACKS ahead in 100% of their meetings

RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.03 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 158.72
Pork avg 170.75
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of K & K KOOKERS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

A June team

Top 53% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 53% across 3 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 67% the rest of the year

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.

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

Rack to the Future Barbeque

#3614 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-04-25

⚔ Head-to-head

CARLEE QUE'S

#3587 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-10-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Bearded Dude BBQ

#3576 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-11-01

⚔ Head-to-head

BOLO BBQ

#3579 of the rated field

1491 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Maverick's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

KEITH'S KICKIN BBQ

#3598 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 6 years before Maverick's BBQ's first contest.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-04-22

⚔ Head-to-head

BABY BACK BBQ

#3591 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 6 years before Maverick's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RAZORRACKS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	178.8572	155.9312	167.01	top 59%
Pork Ribs	6	0	0	171.4172	156.5028	163.10	top 69%
Pork	6	2	1	176.0344	166.2400	170.75	top 36%
Brisket	6	0	0	167.9772	149.6228	158.72	top 74%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MS	3	top 64%
IL	1	top 79%
TN	1	top 56%
MO	1	top 72%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 74%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 52%

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.4 yrs 2020-06-19 → 2021-10-29

Busiest season 2021 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 3 of 6 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 170.75 · weakest Brisket (158.72)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 3 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 659.58 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 162 82–148 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 591 6 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi

Schedule strength 1592 average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests

Purse competed for $48,200 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Power rating 1491 peak 1505 · #3588 of 6,413 rated

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

2020
Jun 19 First tracked contest Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.5768 Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
2021
May 1 First call 39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off
Jun 18 Career-best overall score677.6000 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 18 Peak power rating (1505) DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 29 Most recent contest Southaven Springfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.4	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	2021-06-18
+2.5	Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest	2021-06-04
+1.3	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off	2020-06-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	Southaven Springfest	2021-10-29
-5.2	Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off	2021-09-24
-2.4	39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off	2021-05-01

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)
2021	5	0	0	0	60%	top 69%	94.1%	91.2%
2020	1	0	0	0	0%	top 55%	93.6%	93.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-10-29	Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS	32 / 36 (639.1884)	27 (165.0856)	34 (156.5028)	23 (166.2400)	35 (151.3600)
2021-09-24	Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	31 / 39 (646.1372)	36 (155.9312)	24 (164.5488)	2 (176.0344)	35 (149.6228)
2021-06-18	DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS	23 / 48 (677.6000)	5 (178.8572)	43 (157.6456)	11 (173.1200)	26 (167.9772)
2021-06-04	Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest 🏅 Covington, TN	19 / 34 (666.1716)	16 (170.2628)	17 (166.2400)	17 (167.3944)	21 (162.2744)
2021-05-01	39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	23 / 32 (654.7768)	20 (164.5256)	23 (162.2400)	6 (174.8800)	29 (153.1312)
2020-06-19	Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hernando, MS	26 / 47 (673.5768)	32 (167.3712)	21 (171.4172)	25 (166.8228)	25 (167.9656)

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	#731 (190 pts)	#570 (305 pts)	#818 (185 pts)	#414 (460 pts)	#782 (180 pts)