High-water mark
341.6916
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.6916 at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 94.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Sep 8, 2022
Moontimes BBQ
Moontimes BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 4th of 35 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Sep 8, 2022 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.41 · weakest Chicken (153.68)
Road miles
4
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.09 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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The teams rated closest to Moontimes BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Moontimes BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 117 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Moontimes BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,980 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Moontimes BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Moontimes 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 145.1088 | 153.68 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 151.3828 | 165.41 | top 37% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 11% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 49% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
144
finished ahead 102 times, behind 88
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
May 4, 2018 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20227 milestones
- First call Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall top-10 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.6916 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score341.6916 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 11% | 94.9% | 94.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 4 / 35 (341.6916) | 23 (162.2516) | 1 (179.4400) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 42 / 49 (296.4916) | 47 (145.1088) | 35 (151.3828) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |