High-water mark
667.9772
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9772 at *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-06-23
Moe Cason
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1518 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2022-10-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.48
last 5 Master vs avg 656.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.30 · weakest Chicken (161.10)
Road miles
10,101
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 5039 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.48 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
−6.2
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.20 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.
- Chicken avg 161.10
- Pork avg 167.30
- 0 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
4.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water (2022-10-21).
- last seen 2018-08-25
- back 2022-10-21
The long haul
10,101
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,101 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,039 miles to Regahfest 2018 Green.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 5,039 mi
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.
86 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2649 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Moe Cason)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Moe Cason has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
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#2648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Moe Cason did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with Moe Cason on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
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#2645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Moe Cason's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 150.7656 | 161.10 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 150.8572 | 162.63 | top 56% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 162.2400 | 167.30 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 161.0856 | 165.46 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 72% |
| DC | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.1 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2022-10-21
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
1 of 5 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.30 · weakest Chicken (161.10)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
656.48
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
220
114–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
10,101
5 mapped stops · furthest 5,039 mi
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$50,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2018-08-25 → 2022-10-21
Power rating
1515
peak 1518 · #2646 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4228 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship
- 2018
- Career-best overall score667.9772 *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Peak power rating (1518) Regahfest 2018 Green
- 2022
- Most recent contest Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship | 2015-08-28 |
| +7.7 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2018-06-23 |
| +1.5 | Riverfest Community Festival | 2017-07-21 |
| +0.3 | Regahfest 2018 Green | 2018-08-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.7 | Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water | 2022-10-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 92% | 92% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 92.8% | 91.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-21 | Saracen Casino Smoke on the Water 🏅 Pine Bluff, AR | 34 / 47 (662.1140) | 34 (166.8228) | 17 (170.2628) | 33 (163.9428) | 36 (161.0856) |
| 2018-08-25 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA | 21 / 35 (643.3944) | 33 (151.9428) | 18 (161.7372) | 15 (162.8572) | 5 (166.8572) |
| 2018-06-23 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 16 / 42 (667.9772) | 17 (167.4172) | 23 (166.2972) | 6 (171.4400) | 23 (162.8228) |
| 2017-07-21 | Riverfest Community Festival Bellevue, NE | 25 / 46 (648.5028) | 17 (168.5484) | 41 (150.8572) | 30 (162.2400) | 16 (166.8572) |
| 2015-08-28 | Raider Red Meats BBQ and Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 17 / 57 (660.4228) | 50 (150.7656) | 27 (163.9772) | 2 (176.0000) | 8 (169.6800) |