High-water mark
690.8228
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8228 at Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-08-30
RACE CREW BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1550
peak 1550 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2019-08-30
latest 2021-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
673.62 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 676.66 (-3.04)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±6.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.77 · weakest Chicken (168.63)
Road miles
1,647
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 567 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$125K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.66 / 720
7 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
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX ahead in 100% of their meetings
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of TEXAS WARPIG BBQ in 4 of their 4 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.
57 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1751 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1549
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to RACE CREW BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team RACE CREW BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1741 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before RACE CREW BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before RACE CREW BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1550
No shared contest yet.
Level with RACE CREW BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1553
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.8228 | 168.63 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1432 | 164.5600 | 168.89 | top 36% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 165.1428 | 169.37 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 161.1200 | 169.77 | top 32% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 4 | 0 | top 24% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2019-08-30 → 2021-09-16
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.77 · weakest Chicken (168.63)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
3 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
676.66
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
697
507–440 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,647
7 mapped stops · furthest 567 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$124,875
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2020-02-14 → 2021-05-01
Power rating
1550
peak 1550 · #1744 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First call Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.8228 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score690.8228 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2020
- First category win (Brisket) Humble BBQ Cook off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Humble BBQ Cook off
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1550) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | Humble BBQ Cook off | 2020-01-31 |
| +13.9 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2019-08-30 |
| +9.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | 2021-05-01 |
| +7 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | 2021-06-04 |
| +5.3 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2020-02-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 94% | 93.6% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 26% | 94.1% | 93.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 129 / 185 (674.7772) | 102 (170.2744) | 116 (169.1200) | 36 (174.2628) | 165 (161.1200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 153 / 467 (670.7884) | 301 (162.8228) | 271 (164.5600) | 150 (168.0000) | 31 (175.4056) |
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 14 / 48 (673.5996) | 21 (167.4056) | 5 (173.1428) | 27 (166.2400) | 13 (166.8112) |
| 2021-05-01 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 8 / 38 (677.0400) | 24 (163.9428) | 6 (173.1432) | 5 (171.4056) | 14 (168.5484) |
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 19 / 42 (671.9084) | 3 (174.8572) | 18 (166.8228) | 26 (165.1428) | 20 (165.0856) |
| 2020-01-31 | Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX | 7 / 117 (677.6684) | 32 (163.3712) | 19 (168.0000) | 20 (168.0000) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2019-08-30 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX | 9 / 58 (690.8228) | 4 (177.7028) | 26 (167.4172) | 11 (172.5600) | 8 (173.1428) |