High-water mark
686.9032
career-best overall
95.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.9032 at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 95.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 29, 2016
Operation BBQ Relief
Operation BBQ Relief is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 4th of 25 at The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) (2013).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Oct 25, 2019 · 6.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.73
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.20)
Road miles
2,227
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 836 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$69K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
667.98 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Operation BBQ Relief, each with one reason worth a look.
Operation BBQ Relief has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 70 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Operation BBQ Relief)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Operation BBQ Relief has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,238 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Operation BBQ Relief)
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,241 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1532
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Operation BBQ Relief)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1530
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Operation BBQ Relief)
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 20% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,239 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1540
They turned up 8 years after Operation BBQ Relief did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,249 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Operation BBQ Relief's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 161.7144 | 168.10 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 150.2744 | 163.20 | top 52% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 165.1200 | 170.62 | top 29% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 154.2856 | 166.05 | top 38% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 24% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
983
finished ahead 1,047 times, behind 174
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Oct 11, 2013 → Oct 29, 2016
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
20163 milestones
- Career-best overall score686.9032 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1541) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2628 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First call The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
| +12.7 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | Oct 11, 2013 |
| +12.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Big 12 BIG Q (COMPETITORS SERIES) | Mar 7, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 5% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 16% | 94.5% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 49 / 97 (673.7256) | 67 (165.7028) | 50 (169.7600) | 63 (165.1200) | 18 (173.1428) |
| Mar 7, 2018 | Big 12 BIG Q (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas CIty, MO | 13 / 14 (636.4916) | 12 (161.7144) | 14 (150.2744) | 8 (166.8456) | 9 (157.6572) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 29 / 557 (686.9032) | 197 (167.4172) | 123 (170.2972) | 48 (173.7488) | 26 (175.4400) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA | 4 / 25 (680.5028) | 3 (174.2628) | 14 (161.6916) | 2 (174.8456) | 10 (169.7028) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 84 / 535 (662.2628) | 51 (171.4172) | 174 (164) | 32 (172.5600) | 329 (154.2856) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.