High-water mark
666.7772
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7772 at Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-23
Mispits
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1484 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-09-18
latest 2017-09-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.88
last 4 Master vs avg 641.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.11 · weakest Brisket (158.69)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Master avg
641.88 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Party Q in 3 of their 4 shared 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.
Mispits has 4 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 136 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.
#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Mispits)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Mispits has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3963 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1505
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Mispits)
14 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where Mispits's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mispits 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 7 years after Mispits 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2512 | 146.8000 | 159.67 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 151.9200 | 164.11 | top 51% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 151.9544 | 159.41 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 150.8228 | 158.69 | top 71% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 68% | 2017-09-22 |
| Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 76% | 2015-09-25 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-09-18 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.11 · weakest Brisket (158.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.88
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
66–161 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-09-18 → 2015-09-25
Power rating
1484
peak 1484 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.0856 Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1499) Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off
- 2016
- Career-best overall score666.7772 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
- 2017
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2016-09-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2015-09-25 |
| -7.2 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff | 2017-09-22 |
| -0.8 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off | 2014-09-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 46 / 55 (631.2228) | 46 (161.6684) | 51 (151.9200) | 51 (156.5372) | 36 (161.0972) |
| 2016-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL | 34 / 64 (666.7772) | 40 (166.2512) | 12 (173.1200) | 42 (165.6916) | 41 (161.7144) |
| 2015-09-25 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 51 / 55 (616.4344) | 53 (146.8000) | 22 (166.8572) | 51 (151.9544) | 49 (150.8228) |
| 2014-09-18 | Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-Off Murphysboro, IL | 34 / 57 (653.0856) | 36 (163.9656) | 30 (164.5600) | 31 (163.4400) | 38 (161.1200) |