Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.6288 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.20 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
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.
156 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smokin Slow BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before Smokin Slow BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Smokin Slow BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 19 contests, alongside a 11% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Men and A Pig | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 160.0228 | 163.52 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 121.6228 | 152.42 | top 73% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 166.8684 | 169.62 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 148.5028 | 155.58 | top 69% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.9 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| +1.4 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | 2016-07-08 |
| +0.3 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge | 2017-07-07 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| -7.1 | Burg Fest BBQ Contest | 2015-09-25 |
| -5 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-07-06 |
| 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 79% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 84% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 26% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-06 | Johnson County BBQ Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Warrensburg, MO | 37 / 47 (638.7088) | 34 (161.1544) | 42 (154.2056) | 21 (167.9656) | 35 (155.3832) |
| 2017-07-07 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 23 / 35 (643.7944) | 25 (165.1200) | 31 (149.0400) | 7 (174.2628) | 26 (155.3716) |
| 2016-07-08 | Johnson County Fair BBQ Challenge Warrensburg, MO | 24 / 40 (659.3940) | 31 (160.0228) | 16 (168.5256) | 17 (166.8684) | 18 (163.9772) |
| 2015-09-25 | Burg Fest BBQ Contest Warrensburg, MO | 16 / 19 (637.0288) | 12 (161.1200) | 15 (155.4060) | 3 (172.0000) | 17 (148.5028) |
| 2014-10-02 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 146 / 552 (668.6288) | 71 (173.1428) | 230 (165.7144) | 132 (169.7372) | 317 (160.0344) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 453 / 535 (599.3028) | 280 (160.5600) | 531 (121.6228) | 126 (166.9028) | 399 (150.2172) |