The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2018-09-15).
- last seen 2015-09-11
- back 2018-09-15
TnT Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2018-09-15
latest 2018-09-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.56 · weakest Brisket (151.37)
Road miles
1,467
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1218 mi
Master avg
628.41 / 720
1 Master contest · 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.
TnT Barbeque has 1 rated contest — 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 125 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.
#3490 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TnT Barbeque)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TnT Barbeque has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TnT Barbeque)
13 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where TnT Barbeque's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1517
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to TnT Barbeque)
16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after TnT Barbeque did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with TnT Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 156.5828 | 158.57 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 155.9200 | 156.23 | top 60% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 160.5600 | 160.56 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3712 | 151.3712 | 151.37 | top 85% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2018-09-15 → 2018-09-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.56 · weakest Brisket (151.37)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.41
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
466
80–386 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,467
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,218 mi
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-09-11 → 2018-09-15
Power rating
1493
peak 1493 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series)
- First call Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series)
- 2018
- Career-best overall score628.4112 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5600 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Most recent contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 387 / 467 (628.4112) | 345 (160.5600) | 389 (155.9200) | 316 (160.5600) | 398 (151.3712) |
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-31 | Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT | — | 8 (156.5828) | 8 (156.5372) | — | — |