High-water mark
689.0972
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.0972 at Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-05-01
5XL BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1487
peak 1487 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2025-01-17
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#429
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
680.85 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 676.78 (+4.07)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.92
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.56 · weakest Brisket (166.99)
Road miles
2,534
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 437 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$113K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
676.78 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Big Juicy BBQ has finished one call ahead of 5XL BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLINGIN MEATS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLINGIN MEATS has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.57 points below their pork, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 25%.
- Brisket avg 166.99
- Pork avg 171.56
- 2 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BD's BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
6 of 8
shared pork entries lost
SLINGIN MEATS ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SLINGIN MEATS has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared pork entries.
The metronome
±2.07%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 94.0% of a perfect score
- 8 contests
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.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3784 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
Level with 5XL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1487
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before 5XL BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3769 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before 5XL BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before 5XL BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild West BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| SinBin BBQ | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| SLINGIN MEATS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Tuffy's BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Juicy BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| GIRLS CAN GRILL | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| 1 Bite BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 163.9656 | 169.69 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 159.9656 | 168.54 | top 66% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.1772 | 157.0744 | 171.56 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 155.3944 | 166.99 | top 62% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| ID | 2 | 0 | top 68% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2025-01-17 → 2026-06-26
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
3 of 8 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.56 · weakest Brisket (166.99)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 4 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
1 of 8 contests
Master average
676.78
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
132
77–173 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,534
8 mapped stops · furthest 437 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$112,500
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Power rating
1487
peak 1487 · #3783 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Peak power rating (1492) 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- First call Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score686.8116 Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship
- 2026
- First overall top-10 Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score689.0972 Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1772 Best Dam BBQ
- Most recent contest Smoke-N-Wings
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.1 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash | 2026-05-01 |
| +3.6 | Best Dam BBQ | 2026-05-23 |
| +1.9 | Smoke-N-Wings | 2025-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2025-01-17 |
| -6.4 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship | 2025-06-20 |
| -4.6 | Blaze of 47 | 2025-07-18 |
| -4.5 | Smoke-N-Wings | 2026-06-26 |
| -2.7 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2026-01-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 61% | 95.7% | 94.5% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 76% | 95.4% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 25 / 31 (678.2400) | 19 (173.7028) | 10 (176.0000) | 17 (173.1428) | 30 (155.3944) |
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 17 / 33 (687.4288) | 15 (173.1200) | 20 (169.6800) | 2 (177.1772) | 19 (167.4516) |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 8 / 19 (689.0972) | 19 (166.8228) | 4 (175.4288) | 7 (173.7256) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 38 / 53 (667.8628) | 40 (166.2400) | 45 (159.9656) | 14 (173.1200) | 26 (168.5372) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT | 21 / 26 (681.6112) | 18 (171.4056) | 22 (168.5256) | 11 (174.2856) | 21 (167.3944) |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 18 / 32 (682.2284) | 11 (170.8572) | 27 (165.0856) | 11 (175.4056) | 16 (170.8800) |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 13 / 16 (686.8116) | 14 (171.4400) | 13 (170.8228) | 12 (168.5372) | 6 (176.0116) |
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 41 / 48 (640.9832) | 37 (163.9656) | 36 (162.8344) | 43 (157.0744) | 37 (157.1088) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #429 (353 pts) | #506 (328 pts) | #403 (468 pts) | #277 (618 pts) | #475 (333 pts) |