The comeback
4.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.5 years, then back at Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q (2018-05-04).
- last seen 2013-10-19
- back 2018-05-04
No B. S. BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-04
latest 2018-05-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.17
last 3 Master vs avg 631.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.87 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Road miles
316
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
631.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 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.
No B. S. BBQ has 3 rated contests — 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 138 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with No B. S. BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after No B. S. BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 150.8228 | 156.74 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5488 | 150.8116 | 156.34 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 154.2628 | 162.87 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 146.2628 | 155.21 | top 74% |
“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 (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.6 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2018-05-04
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.87 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.17
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
17–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
316
3 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
4.5 yrs
2013-10-19 → 2018-05-04
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- First call Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.6172 Biggest Buck and Best Rack
- Career-best overall score638.7888 13th Annual Bordertown Bash
- Peak power rating (1495) 13th Annual Bordertown Bash
- 2018
- Most recent contest Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash | 2013-10-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q | 2018-05-04 |
| -5.7 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack | 2013-10-04 |
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 97% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 66% | 88.7% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-04 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO | 36 / 37 (618.1944) | 34 (155.3944) | 36 (150.8116) | 24 (165.7256) | 34 (146.2628) |
| 2013-10-19 | 13th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR | 15 / 25 (638.7888) | 16 (164.0116) | 16 (157.6688) | 20 (154.2628) | 13 (162.8456) |
| 2013-10-04 | Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR | 16 / 22 (636.5144) | 20 (150.8228) | 12 (160.5488) | 8 (168.6172) | 17 (156.5256) |