The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
QUE-N-BREW has finished one call ahead of TRIPLETS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
TRIPLETS BBQ
TRIPLETS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 36 at the Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (). They are ranked #4797 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 18, 2022
latest Jul 22, 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.54 · weakest Brisket (151.93)
Road miles
815
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 217 mi
Schedule strength
92%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1635)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
637.30 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #611 (303 pts) | #577 (368 pts) | #622 (353 pts) | #607 (328 pts) | #644 (303 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TRIPLETS BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
135 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#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#4,770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.
⚔ 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#4,777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Level with TRIPLETS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,773 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before TRIPLETS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 153.6456 | 164.54 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 155.3832 | 164.45 | top 68% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 149.6572 | 158.47 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 143.3604 | 151.93 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
139
finished ahead 44 times, behind 152
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke on The Shores
- Career-best overall score658.1488 Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Most recent contest EffingHAM-JAM
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First call Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score511.3716 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 | May 13, 2022 |
| -7.5 | Smoke on The Shores | Mar 18, 2022 |
| -7 | EffingHAM-JAM | Jul 22, 2022 |
| -6.9 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 | May 14, 2022 |
| -3.6 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | May 20, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 91.4% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2022 | EffingHAM-JAM 🏅 Effingham, IL | 23 / 25 (628.9712) | 25 (155.4056) | 16 (166.2516) | 23 (159.9428) | 24 (147.3712) |
| May 20, 2022 | Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 23 / 30 (658.1488) | 15 (168.5372) | 27 (160.5144) | 20 (167.4400) | 21 (161.6572) |
| May 14, 2022 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 2 🏅 Union City, TN | 22 / 23 (634.1376) | 15 (171.4056) | 17 (169.7144) | 23 (149.6572) | 23 (143.3604) |
| May 13, 2022 | 2nd Annual Obion County Fair BBQ Cook Off - Day 1 🏅 Union City, TN | 24 / 25 (626.6060) | 24 (153.6456) | 24 (155.3832) | 21 (162.8000) | 24 (154.7772) |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN | 55 / 63 (638.6288) | 49 (165.0972) | 29 (168.5484) | 59 (152.4916) | 56 (152.4916) |
| — | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 11 / 36 (511.3716) | 3 (173.1200) | 13 (166.2744) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.