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
- Aug 30, 2019
RACE CREW BBQ
RACE CREW BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 7th of 117 at the Humble BBQ Cook off (2020). They are ranked #1757 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1550
peak 1550 · rated over 6 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 30, 2019
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
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
Consistency
±6.23
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.77 · weakest Chicken (168.63)
Road miles
1,647
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 567 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$125K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.66 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to RACE CREW BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
60 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1550
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#1,748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1550
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,754 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1550
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.
⚔ Compare careers#1,753 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1550
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#1,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1550
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before RACE CREW BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,752 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1553
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 33% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
697
finished ahead 507 times, behind 440
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Feb 14, 2020 → May 1, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- Peak power rating (1550) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20202 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Humble BBQ Cook off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Humble BBQ Cook off
20195 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | Humble BBQ Cook off | Jan 31, 2020 |
| +13.8 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2019 |
| +9.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 1, 2021 |
| +7 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off | Jun 4, 2021 |
| +5.3 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | Feb 14, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 153 / 467 (670.7884) | 301 (162.8228) | 271 (164.5600) | 150 (168) | 31 (175.4056) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 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) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 14 / 48 (673.5996) | 21 (167.4056) | 5 (173.1428) | 27 (166.2400) | 13 (166.8112) |
| May 1, 2021 | 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) |
| Feb 14, 2020 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX | 19 / 42 (671.9084) | 3 (174.8572) | 18 (166.8228) | 26 (165.1428) | 20 (165.0856) |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX | 7 / 117 (677.6684) | 32 (163.3712) | 19 (168) | 20 (168) | 1 (178.2972) |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX | 9 / 58 (690.8228) | 4 (177.7028) | 26 (167.4172) | 11 (172.5600) | 8 (173.1428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.