A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
RIBLIFE ahead in 100% of their meetings
RIBLIFE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MASSKOSS
MASSKOSS is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 15th of 25 at the COTR BBQ (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Mass Koss”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Dec 6, 2019
latest Dec 5, 2025 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 108%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.79 · weakest Brisket (152.48)
Road miles
0
across 8 mapped stops
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1616)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.27 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.07 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MASSKOSS, each with one reason worth a look.
MASSKOSS has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1482
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MASSKOSS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MASSKOSS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,039 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1482
Fewer contests behind them than MASSKOSS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
Level with MASSKOSS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Fewer contests behind them than MASSKOSS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
Fewer contests behind them than MASSKOSS has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before MASSKOSS'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 155.3944 | 159.79 | top 110% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 147.3372 | 157.29 | top 109% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 157.6800 | 157.68 | top 110% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.4800 | 152.4800 | 152.48 | top 124% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 182% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 131% | Dec 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 19 times, behind 80
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Dec 6, 2019 → Dec 6, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score631.2688 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
20192 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7144 COTR BBQ
- Peak power rating (1498) COTR BBQ
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | Dec 6, 2024 |
| -5.1 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | Dec 5, 2025 |
| -1.6 | COTR BBQ | Dec 6, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 182% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 87% | 87% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 17 / 21 (631.2688) | 23 (158.2744) | 21 (162.8344) | 23 (157.6800) | 26 (152.4800) |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 20 / 11 (317.0860) | 19 (155.3944) | 17 (161.6916) | — | — |
| Dec 6, 2019 | COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 15 / 25 (313.0516) | 12 (165.7144) | 18 (147.3372) | — | — |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Christmas on the River Demoplis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2, 2016 | Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 4, 2015 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |