The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
O' Town Que has finished one call ahead of MONEY SHOT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
MONEY SHOT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2022-10-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.86
last 4 Master vs avg 626.86 (+0.00)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.89)
Road miles
240
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.86 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
443.54 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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.
Storylines (7 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.
Their season
2022
their best year
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 43%.
- 3 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 43%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.1
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.13 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 17%.
- Pork Ribs avg 155.89
- Pork avg 165.02
- 1 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Curly Bird BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
5.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.9 years, then back at Smokin on the Route (2022-07-29).
- last seen 2016-08-19
- back 2022-07-29
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked BBQ and Fly In on the River every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 27th
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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to MONEY SHOT BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MONEY SHOT BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MONEY SHOT BBQ)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 13 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#3728 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after MONEY SHOT BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before MONEY SHOT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with MONEY SHOT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3687 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 141.0396 | 161.18 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169.7144 | 143.3832 | 155.89 | top 74% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 153.0972 | 165.02 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 144.5484 | 157.13 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
| OK | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ and Fly In on the River | 4 | 27 | 0 | top 77% | 2016-08-19 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.1 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2022-10-08
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.89)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
29%
2 of 7 contests
Master average
626.86
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
443.54
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
193
100–222 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
240
7 mapped stops · furthest 239 mi
Schedule strength
1553
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,100
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2022-07-29
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #3718 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ and Fly In on the River
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7772 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best overall score654.7772 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- 2022
- First call Smokin on the Route
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin on the Route
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Route
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Peak power rating (1489) Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
- Most recent contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 | 2022-10-08 |
| +7.7 | Smokin on the Route | 2022-07-29 |
| +1.8 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2013-08-16 |
| -12 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2016-08-19 |
| -3.3 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | 2022-10-07 |
| -0.3 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2015-08-14 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 43% | 142.2% | 123.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90% | 90% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-08 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 Tahlequah, OK | 10 / 32 (511.9316) | 2 (177.7028) | 20 (166.8460) | 16 (167.3828) | — |
| 2022-10-07 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK | 21 / 32 (499.3144) | 15 (167.3828) | 32 (155.3716) | 5 (176.5600) | — |
| 2022-07-29 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 6 / 19 (319.3716) | 7 (149.6572) | 1 (169.7144) | — | — |
| 2016-08-19 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 56 / 56 (601.5656) | 46 (159.9656) | 56 (143.9544) | 54 (153.0972) | 53 (144.5484) |
| 2015-08-14 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 41 / 67 (647.8856) | 34 (164.5256) | 57 (154.2628) | 28 (166.2744) | 32 (162.8228) |
| 2014-08-15 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 27 / 51 (654.7772) | 24 (167.9772) | 37 (157.6800) | 22 (167.4056) | 24 (161.7144) |
| 2013-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 63 / 66 (603.2228) | 66 (141.0396) | 62 (143.3832) | 50 (159.3828) | 35 (159.4172) |