High-water mark
678.7080
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.7080 at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 12, 2019
FALL RIVER FOG
FALL RIVER FOG is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 94th of 468 at the 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 1, 2017
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±214.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.65 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.39)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$129K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
535.35 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3712 | 159.9428 | 164.54 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.2628 | 163.39 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 156.5144 | 166.65 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 153.7028 | 164.36 | top 45% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
978
finished ahead 577 times, behind 1,228
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.7080 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9772 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1504) 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
| +4.4 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 1, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| -8.3 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 20% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 22.9% | 22.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
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 | 367 / 467 (634.1144) | 344 (159.9428) | 283 (163.9544) | 376 (156.5144) | 375 (153.7028) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 94 / 468 (678.7080) | 202 (167.3712) | 164 (167.9656) | 44 (174.2628) | 146 (169.1084) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 466 / 467 (164.5828) | 267 (164.5828) | — | — | — |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 188 / 407 (663.9772) | 207 (166.2744) | 305 (158.2628) | 126 (169.1772) | 100 (170.2628) |