High-water mark
685.7260
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.7260 at World Food Championships — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 3, 2015
Rooftop Barbeque
Rooftop Barbeque is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 12th of 58 at the World Food Championships (2015).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1531
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 23, 2015
latest Oct 26, 2018 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
178.8572
Consistency
±11.94
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.94 · weakest Chicken (166.68)
Road miles
2,735
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,610 mi
Schedule strength
95%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1650)
Master avg
674.92 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Rooftop Barbeque 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 83 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1531
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Rooftop Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
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- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 5 years before Rooftop Barbeque'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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 156.5256 | 166.68 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 164 | 170.94 | top 34% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 162.8228 | 170.38 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 161.6684 | 169.22 | 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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | 3 | 23 | 0 | top 50% | Oct 26, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
276
finished ahead 190 times, behind 154
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Nov 3, 2015 → Oct 27, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL)
20172 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1534) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20152 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.9084 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score685.7260 World Food Championships
20141 milestone
- First category win (Pork) World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series)
20132 milestones
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Oct 23, 2015 |
| +13.1 | World Food Championships | Nov 3, 2015 |
| +6.4 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | Oct 27, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.6 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) | Oct 26, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 95.2% | 94.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 77 / 102 (654.6968) | 95 (156.5256) | 55 (168.5372) | 67 (162.8228) | 55 (166.8112) |
| Oct 27, 2017 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 46 / 95 (679.3368) | 47 (170.8228) | 4 (178.8572) | 57 (167.9884) | 75 (161.6684) |
| Nov 3, 2015 | World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL | 12 / 58 (685.7260) | 6 (176.5716) | 42 (164) | 19 (171.4400) | 8 (173.7144) |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 23 / 93 (679.9084) | 77 (162.8000) | 26 (171.4056) | 16 (172) | 9 (173.7028) |
| Nov 13, 2014 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 3 (176) | 1 (177.7372) | 25 (167.4056) |
| Nov 7, 2013 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship (Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 24 (166.8572) | 9 (170.2972) | 7 (172) |