High-water mark
674.2632
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2632 at Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 8, 2017
THE WOLF PACK
THE WOLF PACK is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 14th of 31 at the Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 9, 2016
latest Jul 20, 2018 · 1.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.56 · weakest Brisket (159.52)
Road miles
1,325
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 988 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
653.88 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE WOLF PACK, each with one reason worth a look.
THE WOLF PACK 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 112 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,100 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE WOLF PACK)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE WOLF PACK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,087 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1522
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to THE WOLF PACK)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1522
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE WOLF PACK)
21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 10% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with THE WOLF PACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,088 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
They turned up 8 years after THE WOLF PACK did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#3,107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8460 | 159.4060 | 164.13 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8460 | 166.2628 | 166.56 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 148.4916 | 163.67 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 153.0740 | 159.52 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
89
finished ahead 59 times, behind 79
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20182 milestones
- Peak power rating (1503) Cookin On Kampeska
- Most recent contest Cookin On Kampeska
20173 milestones
- First call Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
- Career-best overall score674.2632 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Hamond BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2916 Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.9 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll | Sep 8, 2017 |
| +3.9 | Cookin On Kampeska | Jul 20, 2018 |
| +2.8 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll | Sep 9, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 2, 2017 |
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 | 100% | top 49% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 93.6% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2018 | Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 22 / 45 (662.1600) | 28 (164.5488) | 19 (166.2628) | 7 (170.8456) | 26 (160.5028) |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 14 / 31 (674.2632) | 15 (170.8460) | 14 (166.2972) | 8 (172.5600) | 15 (164.5600) |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 29 / 32 (627.8176) | 26 (159.4060) | 14 (166.8460) | 30 (148.4916) | 30 (153.0740) |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Ribs, Rods and Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD | 18 / 34 (651.2916) | 19 (161.7144) | 11 (166.8228) | 20 (162.8000) | 22 (159.9544) |
| Mar 25, 2016 | Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA | — | — | — | — | — |