Black Crown Barbeque

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5767

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1442

peak 1442 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-09-10

latest 2026-06-13

Best ToY finish

#394

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

678.7656 / 720

Master · Minnesota in May

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.01 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.33 (+12.68)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)

Consistency

±13.81

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.14 · weakest Pork (163.65)

Road miles

2,541

mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 224 mi

Schedule strength

77%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1599)

Purse competed for

$212K

listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.33 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

678.7656 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.7656 at Minnesota in May — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2026-05-08

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Red Rock Cafe has finished one call ahead of Black Crown Barbeque 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

20–0 behind in the head-to-head

Can Country Outlaw BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Can Country Outlaw BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BS BBQ in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

17 of 20 shared brisket entries lost

QUE U ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, QUE U has out-cooked them in 17 of 20 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

92 - BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A September team

Top 62% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 62% across 7 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

7 September contests
top 72% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.92% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.2% of a perfect score
33 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 33rd

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.

67 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Meat Rubbers

#5766 of the rated field

1442 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

SHOP BOYS BBQ

#5777 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Black Crown Barbeque has cooked, 22 to 33, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2025-08-01

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PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN

#5781 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Black Crown Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 22 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

FAT FRANKIES BBQ LLC

#5775 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2020-01-17

⚔ Head-to-head

NO RUSH Q

#5762 of the rated field

1442 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1442

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Black Crown Barbeque's first contest.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2019-06-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Rolling Smoke BBQ

#5779 of the rated field

1442 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Level with Black Crown Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-07-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Can Country Outlaw BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
QUE U	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
PORKRASTINATORS	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
Second Hand Smoke SLV	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
DB BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
Good Grefe!	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	4	2	177.7144	151.9888	165.11	top 67%
Pork Ribs	33	7	1	171.4172	147.3600	163.97	top 61%
Pork	25	1	0	171.4400	129.6456	163.65	top 65%
Brisket	25	3	1	171.4172	156.5144	165.14	top 59%

“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	Avg finish
WI	22	top 73%
MN	2	top 60%
IL	1	top 72%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 71%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 72%
Large (40+)	6	top 74%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	5	33	top 90%	2026-06-12
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	4	25	top 78%	2026-06-13
Puckaway Pigfest	4	13	top 57%	2025-09-05
Minnesota in May	2	39	top 60%	2026-05-08
BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash	2	14	top 71%	2024-07-19
11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2)	2	24	top 91%	2023-08-25

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.8 yrs 2021-09-10 → 2026-06-13

Busiest season 2023 9 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WI 28 of 33 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 33 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 165.14 · weakest Pork (163.65)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 11 of 33 contests

Overall top-10 rate 3% 1 of 33 contests

Master average 656.33 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 363 273–993 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,541 33 mapped stops · furthest 224 mi

Schedule strength 1599 average field rating faced — tougher than 77% of rated contests

Purse competed for $211,950 listed at 31 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 25 state-championship entries

Power rating 1442 peak 1442 · #5767 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2021
Sep 10 First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
Sep 10 Peak power rating (1497) Puckaway Pigfest
2022
Jun 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4572 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Sep 2 First call Smokin' in the Bogs
2023
Jul 14 10th tracked contest BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2025
Jun 14 25th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Aug 22 First overall top-10 Brighton Barbeque Bash
2026
May 8 Career-best overall score678.7656 Minnesota in May
Jun 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
Jun 13 Most recent contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Brighton Barbeque Bash	2025-08-22
+6.9	Puckaway Pigfest	2023-09-08
+4.7	Puckaway Pigfest	2024-09-06
+4.2	Puckaway Pigfest	2025-09-05
+1.4	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash	2025-09-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.9	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2022-06-10
-9.2	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2024-06-07
-8.8	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2023-06-09
-7.8	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2024-06-08
-6.7	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)	2025-06-13

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	25%	top 74%	94.3%	93.1%
2025	8	1	38%	top 65%	94.1%	92.2%
2024	6	0	33%	top 79%	91.6%	90.2%
2023	9	0	44%	top 75%	93.5%	90.4%
2022	5	0	20%	top 74%	91.8%	90.9%
2021	1	0	0%	top 63%	88.8%	88.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	32 / 37 (670.1716)	3 (177.7144)	30 (163.3944)	29 (166.2628)	33 (162.8000)
2026-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	33 / 40 (660.9944)	36 (162.7884)	19 (167.9772)	21 (166.8344)	27 (163.3944)
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	40 / 77 (678.7656)	55 (168.5372)	30 (170.2628)	32 (170.8572)	42 (169.1084)
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	23 (167.4056)	—	—
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash 🏅 Egg Harbor, WI	11 / 16 (663.8284)	16 (158.8000)	10 (166.2284)	9 (169.1200)	5 (169.6800)
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Egg Harbor, WI	—	—	7 (166.8344)	—	—
2025-09-05	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	20 / 35 (671.3024)	19 (168.5484)	15 (168.5600)	20 (169.1084)	23 (165.0856)
2025-08-22	Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	7 / 29 (677.6344)	4 (172.5828)	18 (163.9544)	15 (169.6800)	3 (171.4172)
2025-06-14	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	26 / 36 (671.9200)	32 (165.1316)	22 (168.0000)	17 (169.1084)	13 (169.6800)
2025-06-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	36 / 36 (623.2344)	34 (159.3716)	27 (164.5372)	36 (129.6456)	18 (169.6800)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	39 / 58 (674.8112)	42 (167.4056)	34 (168.0000)	38 (169.7028)	28 (169.7028)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN	—	—	14 (171.4172)	—	—
2024-09-06	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	22 / 37 (659.2688)	3 (177.7028)	24 (162.2400)	27 (162.2400)	30 (157.0860)
2024-07-20	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI	—	—	4 (170.8228)	—	—
2024-07-19	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	25 / 37 (642.1604)	28 (161.6572)	33 (153.1544)	20 (165.0972)	19 (162.2516)
2024-06-08	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	34 / 37 (653.6004)	37 (158.2172)	34 (157.6688)	20 (171.4400)	26 (166.2744)
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	39 / 41 (643.8292)	30 (166.2516)	18 (166.8344)	40 (154.2288)	39 (156.5144)
2024-06-07	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	17 (164.5256)	—	—
2023-09-08	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	13 / 28 (654.1600)	7 (167.4172)	20 (159.3600)	18 (160.5372)	12 (166.8456)
2023-08-25	11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI	26 / 28 (642.2060)	25 (163.3944)	27 (153.6456)	21 (164.0116)	23 (161.1544)
2023-08-25	11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington Island, WI	—	—	7 (171.4172)	—	—
2023-08-24	11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) 🏅 Washington Island, WI	24 / 27 (643.8172)	25 (155.9428)	24 (158.2172)	15 (169.1200)	23 (160.5372)
2023-07-14	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI	14 / 19 (648.9712)	17 (159.3828)	4 (170.2512)	16 (153.6344)	9 (165.7028)
2023-07-14	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI	—	—	3 (169.6800)	—	—
2023-06-10	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	25 / 40 (673.0628)	19 (171.9772)	19 (169.1200)	29 (164.5600)	21 (167.4056)
2023-06-09	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	36 / 43 (643.9544)	42 (151.9888)	37 (157.6800)	25 (165.1428)	20 (169.1428)
2023-06-09	Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	11 (168.0000)	—	—
2022-10-14	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	25 / 36 (654.1028)	31 (161.6340)	26 (161.6572)	21 (162.8000)	15 (168.0116)
2022-09-09	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	25 / 38 (656.4000)	24 (166.2284)	36 (154.2288)	20 (167.3828)	19 (168.5600)
2022-09-02	Smokin' in the Bogs 🏅 Warrens, WI	17 / 23 (647.3260)	18 (161.0972)	8 (168.5716)	21 (155.9428)	16 (161.7144)
2022-06-24	Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) 🏅 Belvidere, IL	26 / 36 (661.0400)	15 (170.8228)	31 (161.1200)	31 (161.6916)	23 (167.4056)
2022-06-10	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI	35 / 39 (652.4572)	32 (165.1428)	32 (158.8116)	19 (169.7028)	30 (158.8000)
2021-09-10	Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI	19 / 30 (639.2688)	13 (167.9888)	28 (147.3600)	16 (163.3828)	16 (160.5372)

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	#625 (180 pts)	#480 (355 pts)	#578 (280 pts)	#628 (200 pts)	#657 (180 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#394 (535 pts)	#411 (560 pts)	#341 (768 pts)	#409 (535 pts)	#320 (740 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#636 (255 pts)	#497 (415 pts)	#428 (566 pts)	#623 (290 pts)	#645 (270 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#444 (442 pts)	#446 (497 pts)	#228 (1020 pts)	#443 (472 pts)	#385 (537 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#582 (328 pts)	#566 (378 pts)	#592 (383 pts)	#545 (383 pts)	#517 (423 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1134 (85 pts)	#1057 (115 pts)	#1584 (55 pts)	#1113 (100 pts)	#1098 (100 pts)