High-water mark
668.4688
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4688 at Smokin' in Steele — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-05-30
Numb Numb BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2025-05-30
latest 2026-05-01
Best ToY finish
#845
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.99
last 4 Master vs avg 653.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.39 · weakest Chicken (161.10)
Road miles
281
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.99 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Prairie Smoke BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Numb Numb BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3806 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Numb Numb BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3820 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Numb Numb BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Level with Numb Numb BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Numb Numb BBQ'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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 150.7884 | 161.10 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 154.8344 | 163.83 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 151.3828 | 162.67 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 161.1088 | 166.39 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ND | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| MN | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND BBQ Championship | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 60% | 2026-05-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2025-05-30 → 2026-05-01
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ND
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.39 · weakest Chicken (161.10)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
653.99
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
58–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
281
4 mapped stops · furthest 198 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,450
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Smokin' in Steele
- First call Smokin' in Steele
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4688 Smokin' in Steele
- Career-best overall score668.4688 Smokin' in Steele
- Peak power rating (1495) Smokin' in Steele
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1084 ND BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.8 | ND BBQ Championship | 2025-10-03 |
| +1 | ND BBQ Championship | 2026-05-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | MN Masters BBQ | 2025-08-22 |
| -5.2 | Smokin' in Steele | 2025-05-30 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 75% | 92.8% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 43 / 71 (663.8396) | 61 (161.7028) | 46 (166.2400) | 54 (162.7884) | 14 (173.1084) |
| 2025-10-03 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 27 / 46 (662.7084) | 38 (162.2400) | 20 (168.5372) | 32 (164.5256) | 25 (167.4056) |
| 2025-08-22 | MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN | 25 / 26 (620.9600) | 25 (150.7884) | 24 (154.8344) | 26 (151.3828) | 14 (163.9544) |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 20 / 28 (668.4688) | 19 (169.6684) | 23 (165.6916) | 10 (172.0000) | 23 (161.1088) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #827 (115 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #845 (129 pts) | #915 (134 pts) | #1071 (119 pts) | #782 (179 pts) | #800 (169 pts) |