High-water mark
694.2400
career-best overall
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.2400 at Pork-A-Palooza — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-04-19
Movin' The Chains BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1532 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-10-24
latest 2020-10-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
676.83
last 5 Master vs avg 676.83 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Best single call
178.8572
Consistency
±12.06
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.58 · weakest Brisket (165.91)
Road miles
803
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 610 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)
Purse competed for
$26K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.83 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
BUFFALO'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.67 points below their pork, and turns into a call 60% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 165.91
- Pork avg 173.58
- 3 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of EVIL MONKEY BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.5 years, then back at Pork-A-Palooza (2019-04-19).
- last seen 2015-10-09
- back 2019-04-19
They cook the hard rooms
1625
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1625 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated 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.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Movin' The Chains BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with Movin' The Chains BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2286 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 4 years before Movin' The Chains BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 166.2400 | 170.95 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 150.2516 | 166.38 | top 52% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 164.5256 | 173.58 | top 24% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 154.2284 | 165.91 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK | 4 | 0 | top 43% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 13% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2014-10-24 → 2020-10-24
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 173.58 · weakest Brisket (165.91)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
676.83
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
194
117–153 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
803
5 mapped stops · furthest 610 mi
Schedule strength
1625
average field rating faced — tougher than 89% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$26,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.5 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2019-04-19
Power rating
1527
peak 1532 · #2281 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First call Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8856 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- 2015
- First category win (Pork) Chillin and Grillin
- First overall top-10 Chillin and Grillin
- 2019
- Career-best overall score694.2400 Pork-A-Palooza
- Peak power rating (1532) Pork-A-Palooza
- 2020
- Most recent contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.3 | Pork-A-Palooza | 2019-04-19 |
| +14.8 | Chillin and Grillin | 2015-10-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 | 2020-10-24 |
| -1.5 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 | 2020-10-23 |
| -0.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2014-10-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 93.4% | 93.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 96.4% | 96.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 14% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-24 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 44 / 58 (672.4572) | 22 (174.2856) | 41 (166.2516) | 11 (175.4056) | 56 (156.5144) |
| 2020-10-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 45 / 64 (671.3256) | 35 (171.4056) | 25 (170.8344) | 17 (174.8572) | 59 (154.2284) |
| 2019-04-19 | Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK | 4 / 33 (694.2400) | 3 (176.5600) | 14 (167.9772) | 4 (176.5600) | 6 (173.1428) |
| 2015-10-09 | Chillin and Grillin Sand Springs, OK | 4 / 28 (686.2172) | 15 (166.2400) | 4 (176.5944) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (166.8228) |
| 2014-10-24 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 61 / 92 (659.8856) | 55 (166.2512) | 88 (150.2516) | 53 (164.5256) | 2 (178.8572) |