A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY ahead in 100% of their meetings
PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Arno's Hausstil
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1420
peak 1420 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-06-21
latest 2023-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.77 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 575.65 (+38.12)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±70.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 153.36 · weakest Pork (142.70)
Road miles
1,749
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 599 mi
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Purse competed for
$104K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
575.65 / 720
8 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.
The weak link
−10.7
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.66 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 0%.
- Pork avg 142.70
- Pork Ribs avg 153.36
- 1 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Nice Rack in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
- last seen 2019-06-21
- back 2021-06-25
Going the wrong way
-43
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 43 points across 6 contests since 2022-06-24 — from 1463 down to 1420.
- 6 contests since 2022-06-24
- now 1420
Boom or bust
±9.83%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±9.83% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 80.0% of a perfect score
- best 88.4%
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.
25 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Arno's Hausstil)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#6159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to Arno's Hausstil)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6162 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Arno's Hausstil's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#6165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
No shared contest yet.
Level with Arno's Hausstil on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1420
No shared contest yet.
19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Clue BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 133.0284 | 152.02 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9540 | 146.2512 | 153.36 | top 87% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 20.0000 | 142.70 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 133.6800 | 146.74 | top 89% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 87% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 99% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 3 | 111 | 0 | top 88% | 2023-06-23 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2023-06-23
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 153.36 · weakest Pork (142.70)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
575.65
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
488
92–833 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,749
8 mapped stops · furthest 599 mi
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$103,650
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2021-06-25
Power rating
1420
peak 1420 · #6161 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1485) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2022
- First call 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque
- 2023
- Career-best overall score636.4460 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| -14.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| -11 | Minnesota in May | 2023-05-12 |
| -10.5 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque | 2022-08-26 |
| -10.3 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2023-03-31 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 88.4% | 85.9% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 91% | 86.5% | 84.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 66.3% | 66.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 60.5% | 60.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 111 / 167 (636.4460) | 101 (161.0972) | 114 (159.9540) | 108 (161.1316) | 121 (154.2632) |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI | 42 / 43 (594.7084) | 40 (153.0972) | 39 (154.8684) | 43 (143.3600) | 41 (143.3828) |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 59 / 59 (614.6744) | 55 (156.5144) | 55 (157.6800) | 48 (161.1428) | 59 (139.3372) |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 45 / 47 (628.4456) | 45 (159.4172) | 47 (146.2512) | 43 (161.6916) | 41 (161.0856) |
| 2022-08-26 | 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI | 26 / 26 (594.5708) | 26 (133.0284) | 26 (147.3484) | 3 (176.5600) | 25 (137.6340) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 133 / 164 (622.8112) | 151 (149.6800) | 113 (157.7256) | 102 (161.7256) | 138 (153.6800) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 143 / 145 (477.6116) | 111 (157.0972) | 127 (149.6916) | 145 (20.0000) | 111 (150.8228) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 183 / 183 (435.8968) | 173 (146.2396) | — | 137 (155.9772) | 177 (133.6800) |