#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headOtter's Den BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-08-08
latest 2026-04-10
Best ToY finish
#927
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 98%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.98 · weakest Brisket (135.37)
Road miles
36
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
583.28 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
Otter's Den BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Otter's Den BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2019, 6 years before Otter's Den BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Otter's Den BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Otter's Den BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9888 | 141.1544 | 146.57 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6456 | 133.0628 | 143.35 | top 97% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 153.1084 | 157.98 | top 93% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.9316 | 130.8116 | 135.37 | top 100% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2025-08-08 → 2026-04-10
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 157.98 · weakest Brisket (135.37)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
583.28
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
2–170 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
36
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$32,650
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best overall score588.4688 Smoke on the Bricks
- Career-best single call (Pork)162.8572 Smoke on the Bricks
- 2026
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT)
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.3% | 80.3% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS | 101 / 101 (578.0916) | 101 (151.9888) | 103 (133.0628) | 101 (153.1084) | 103 (139.9316) |
| 2025-08-08 | Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS | 51 / 53 (588.4688) | 53 (141.1544) | 49 (153.6456) | 46 (162.8572) | 52 (130.8116) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |