High-water mark
674.3544
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.3544 at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-06-24
The Dalton Gang
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2019-06-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.51 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.92 (+4.58)
Walk rate
38%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.86 · weakest Brisket (158.37)
Road miles
227
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.92 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
Four Men and A Pig ahead in 100% of their meetings
Four Men and A Pig has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.49 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.
- Brisket avg 158.37
- Pork avg 163.86
- 1 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
7–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Every Man A Smoker in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
6 of 8
shared pork entries lost
Sublime BBQ ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Sublime BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 10th
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.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2259 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after The Dalton Gang did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2248 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Dalton Gang on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| Sublime BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoking Our Butts Off | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Brewski and Barbeque | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| BITE MY BUTT BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| RAW DAWGIN BBQ | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Grill on Grill Action | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Rubbers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Meaty Bone BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Natural Born Grillers | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 149.0972 | 161.56 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1656 | 150.8572 | 162.14 | top 42% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 153.7142 | 163.86 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1772 | 139.9998 | 158.37 | top 47% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 37% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 10 | 0 | top 34% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2019-06-21
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.86 · weakest Brisket (158.37)
Walk rate
38%
a top-10 call in 3 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Master average
645.92
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
419
823–493 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
227
8 mapped stops · furthest 98 mi
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,425
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-27
Power rating
1528
peak 1528 · #2253 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2014
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First overall top-10 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.3200 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2016
- Career-best overall score674.3544 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- 2019
- First category win (Chicken) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1528) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +14.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| +12.4 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| -4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| -3.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| -1 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| -0.4 | Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest | 2016-09-23 |
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)
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 | 1 | 100% | top 11% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87% | 87% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 88% | 88% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 32% | 93.7% | 91.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 87% | 87% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 21 / 183 (670.7316) | 1 (178.8572) | 80 (162.8000) | 55 (166.8344) | 79 (162.2400) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 110 / 185 (626.2744) | 149 (152.0000) | 153 (150.8572) | 85 (161.1200) | 61 (162.2972) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 95 / 184 (633.7488) | 120 (155.3828) | 89 (160.0344) | 73 (162.8572) | 100 (155.4744) |
| 2016-09-23 | Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS | 23 / 39 (647.4284) | 12 (171.4400) | 31 (154.2628) | 28 (162.3084) | 23 (159.4172) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 10 / 183 (674.3544) | 51 (164.5828) | 51 (165.7144) | 4 (175.4400) | 27 (168.6172) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 117 / 183 (626.2516) | 155 (149.0972) | 55 (164.5372) | 37 (166.8916) | 154 (145.7256) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 10 / 184 (666.3200) | 111 (158.2628) | 9 (173.1656) | 66 (161.7144) | 4 (173.1772) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 115 / 183 (622.2848) | 61 (162.8568) | 36 (165.7140) | 125 (153.7142) | 162 (139.9998) |