A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Wabash BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Wabash BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Hold My BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-09-15
latest 2019-04-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.42
last 4 Master vs avg 624.42 (-0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.98 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Road miles
47
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.42 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Hold My BBQ has 4 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 148 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hold My BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 148.5028 | 161.98 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 145.6228 | 158.96 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 150.8000 | 157.40 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7772 | 137.6000 | 146.08 | top 87% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 68% | 2018-09-14 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2017-09-15 → 2019-04-12
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.98 · weakest Brisket (146.08)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
624.42
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
33–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
47
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1563
average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- First call Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Peak power rating (1493) Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6688 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best overall score657.6688 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5716 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
- 2019
- Most recent contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.7 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2018-09-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2019-04-12 |
| -7.5 | 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort | 2018-05-18 |
| -6.7 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2017-09-15 |
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 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 91.3% | 88.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 51 / 54 (582.5256) | 52 (148.5028) | 53 (145.6228) | 48 (150.8000) | 52 (137.6000) |
| 2018-09-14 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 20 / 35 (657.6688) | 9 (171.4400) | 7 (172.5716) | 26 (158.8800) | 28 (154.7772) |
| 2018-05-18 | 23rd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO | 31 / 37 (621.6000) | 29 (155.9772) | 30 (157.6916) | 26 (159.9656) | 30 (147.9656) |
| 2017-09-15 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 29 / 37 (635.8744) | 9 (172.0000) | 31 (159.9544) | 29 (159.9428) | 34 (143.9772) |