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88 Miles Per Hour

88 Miles Per Hour is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 33 at the Battle of the Brisket (2016). They are ranked #3422 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,422
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1495
peak 1495 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Sep 19, 2014
latest Sep 27, 2019 · 5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 56%
overall standings

Best overall

657.1200 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

20%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7372

Consistency

±13.87
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 161.26 · weakest Chicken (158.59)

Road miles

3
across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)

Purse competed for

$6,175
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.15 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings

BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WINGED SWINE in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Battle of the Brisket (Sep 16, 2016).

  • last seen Sep 19, 2014
  • back Sep 16, 2016

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to 88 Miles Per Hour, each with one reason worth a look.

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

No Butts About It
#3,399 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 88 Miles Per Hour)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 88 Miles Per Hour has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Sep 26, 2025
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T'S SMOKIN PIT
#3,400 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
70
GCs
0
Top-10s
4%
Peak
1530
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to 88 Miles Per Hour)

They've been 1530 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 70 contests
  • last seen Sep 26, 2025
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Grill Kings & Queens BBQ
#3,418 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1500

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2026
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Colonel Rusty's
#3,419 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1495

They turned up 5 years after 88 Miles Per Hour did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Dec 1, 2023
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Hogzilla BBQ
#3,408 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1516

Level with 88 Miles Per Hour on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 13, 2023
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THEBACKYARDBBQ.CA
#3,432 of the rated field
1495 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1495

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 31, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
PASSIONS OF THE PIT 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 164 154.2284 158.59 top 69%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 0 173.7372 153.2112 159.64 top 62%
Pork 5 0 0 0 165.7372 153.6912 161.26 top 58%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 172.5828 148.5256 160.66 top 45%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 70%
Large (40+)40top 53%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 2 55 0 top 51% Sep 21, 2018
Battle of the Brisket 2 23 0 top 70% Sep 16, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 211 finished ahead 194 times, behind 201
Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 19, 2014 → Sep 16, 2016

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

20195 milestones
  1. First call Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  2. Career-best overall score657.1200 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  3. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7372 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  4. Peak power rating (1495) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  5. Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20171 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4000 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20141 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Battle of the Brisket

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+4.5Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 27, 2019
+1Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship BarbequeSep 22, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-5.4Battle of the BrisketSep 19, 2014
-5.1Battle of the BrisketSep 16, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20191000 100% top 39% 91.3% 91.3%
20181000 0% top 52% 90% 90%
20171000 0% top 49% 90.1% 90.1%
20161000 0% top 70% 86.5% 86.5%
20141000 0% top 70% 86.7% 86.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 27, 2019 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 40 / 102 (657.1200) 68 (159.9656) 6 (173.7372) 54 (163.4400) 53 (159.9772)
Sep 21, 2018 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 56 / 107 (647.9084) 92 (154.8000) 89 (154.7884) 45 (165.7372) 16 (172.5828)
Sep 22, 2017 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 55 / 112 (648.4000) 77 (159.9428) 65 (161.0972) 52 (164.5600) 49 (162.8000)
Sep 16, 2016 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 23 / 33 (622.7080) 25 (154.2284) 25 (155.3828) 29 (153.6912) 12 (159.4056)
Sep 19, 2014 Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS 32 / 46 (624.5940) 23 (164) 40 (153.2112) 28 (158.8572) 37 (148.5256)

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