High-water mark
681.7260
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.7260 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 13, 2024
Nomas Ponle
Nomas Ponle is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 17th of 67 at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2024). Also listed in KCBS results as “No Mas Ponle”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 28, 2016
latest Sep 13, 2024 · 7.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.88 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 661.37 (+4.52)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.51 · weakest Brisket (162.16)
Road miles
1,725
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
661.37 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Nomas Ponle, each with one reason worth a look.
Nomas Ponle 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.
#2,512 of the rated field
- Contests
- 115
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 28%
- Peak
- 1698
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Nomas Ponle)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — JACK'S OLD SOUTH ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,515 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
They turned up 5 years after Nomas Ponle did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Nomas Ponle on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Nomas Ponle's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Nomas Ponle's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONKY-TONK SMOKERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 163.4288 | 167.51 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.3316 | 157.7144 | 165.99 | top 53% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177.7372 | 152.5600 | 165.71 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 145.7032 | 162.16 | top 56% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 98 | 0 | top 47% | Sep 15, 2018 |
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 175 | 0 | top 81% | Oct 29, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
872
finished ahead 689 times, behind 792
Longest layoff
6 yrs
Sep 15, 2018 → Sep 13, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First call Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score681.7260 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1520) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
20182 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4796 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| +8.9 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +0.4 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship | Aug 24, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.6 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 94.2% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.4% | 89.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 17 / 67 (681.7260) | 43 (165.6800) | 10 (174.3316) | 15 (173.1772) | 19 (168.5372) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 98 / 467 (678.1824) | 291 (163.9312) | 187 (167.9884) | 13 (177.7372) | 146 (168.5256) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 121 / 164 (673.0972) | 51 (173.7144) | 139 (163.4056) | 81 (170.8572) | 122 (165.1200) |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 30 / 54 (652.4796) | 26 (164.0228) | 13 (170.2628) | 35 (158.8112) | 35 (159.3828) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 357 / 557 (643.9316) | 305 (163.4288) | 333 (162.2628) | 494 (152.5600) | 217 (165.6800) |
| Oct 28, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 175 / 180 (638.7776) | 54 (174.2628) | 170 (157.7144) | 163 (161.0972) | 178 (145.7032) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.