High-water mark
671.8968
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8968 at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 31, 2017
Nice Racks BBQ
Nice Racks BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2020. Their best overall finish is 20th of 39 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 31, 2017
latest Jan 24, 2020 · 2.4 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 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.25)
Road miles
1,064
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,063 mi
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Purse competed for
$42K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
668.46 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
630.78 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 153.1316 | 164.28 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 145.0972 | 160.25 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5140 | 150.2628 | 160.54 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 160 | 164.55 | top 39% |
“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 51% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 99 | 0 | top 61% | Sep 1, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
545
finished ahead 338 times, behind 361
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
Sep 1, 2017 → Nov 22, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20202 milestones
- Peak power rating (1505) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20191 milestone
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
20174 milestones
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.8968 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score671.8968 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.9772 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.8 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 1, 2017 |
| +4 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 24, 2020 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.4 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 93.3% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 21 / 53 (641.6344) | 40 (153.1316) | 30 (159.4288) | 19 (162.8340) | 9 (166.2400) |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 20 / 39 (619.9316) | 5 (164.5716) | 24 (145.0972) | 24 (150.2628) | 8 (160) |
| Sep 1, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 183 / 407 (665.0284) | 101 (171.9772) | 174 (166.8228) | 294 (160.5484) | 180 (165.6800) |
| Aug 31, 2017 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 99 / 129 (671.8968) | 91 (167.4288) | 72 (169.6684) | 93 (168.5140) | 94 (166.2856) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.