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Notch 9 MO

Power ranking

#1741
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1493
peak 1512

Contests

40
in the data

First seen

2020-03-13
latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#279
Master 2022

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 62%
overall standings

Best overall

693.0744

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

677.40 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 636.81 (+40.59)

Walk rate

43%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±106.34
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 167.71 · weakest Chicken (166.13)

Road miles

1537
mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 90 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BABSLAB BBQ has finished one call ahead of Notch 9 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Ambition Que has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Papa Bears KC Barbecue in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 47% across 4 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 33 2 0 1 180.0000 🔥 153.0856 166.13 top 68%
Pork Ribs 35 7 0 2 178.2972 145.0744 166.54 top 58%
Pork 32 6 0 0 177.7028 143.9084 167.01 top 56%
Brisket 32 9 0 1 178.8572 147.9428 167.71 top 48%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO230top 66%
KS110top 55%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 73%
Medium (20–39)190top 63%
Large (40+)140top 60%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025200 675.3828 675.38
2024600 690.7888 675.89
20231200 693.0744 675.27
20221100 687.3484 587.64
2021600 651.2916 617.29
2020300 664.4800 640.82

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 219 / 401 (675.3828) 238 (168.5372) 236 (167.4400) 64 (175.4172) 274 (163.9884)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 274 / 444 (667.8852) 307 (165.0856) 361 (161.6912) 74 (174.2972) 235 (166.8112)
2024-08-16 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 42 / 65 (666.1256) 49 (162.8000) 55 (159.3828) 32 (169.6800) 13 (174.2628)
2024-07-20 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO 20 / 33 (690.7888) 31 (163.9428) 17 (174.8572) 18 (173.1316) 2 (178.8572)
2024-07-19 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO 20 / 37 (686.8116) 3 (180.0000) 22 (170.2972) 29 (167.3944) 21 (169.1200)
2024-04-26 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO 32 / 44 (667.8628) 40 (158.2172) 25 (168.5372) 32 (165.0856) 5 (176.0228)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 413 / 487 (637.0168) 212 (169.7028) 339 (163.9772) 476 (143.9084) 368 (159.4284)
2023-08-18 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 27 / 57 (679.3140) 8 (176.5600) 37 (165.6800) 34 (168.5256) 25 (168.5484)
2023-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO 20 / 28 (670.1716) 25 (165.0972) 14 (171.4172) 11 (171.9772) 22 (161.6800)
2023-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (ONE MEAT RIBS) Osceola, MO 4 (174.2860)
2023-07-21 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO 6 / 31 (693.0744) 21 (169.6800) 6 (176.5600) 4 (176.5600) 12 (170.2744)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Cameron, MO 7 / 30 (691.9200) 15 (172.5600) 10 (174.2744) 9 (173.1200) 11 (171.9656)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO 5 (175.4172)
2023-06-16 Knights of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" Kansas City, KS 16 / 29 (674.7888) 23 (165.6916) 21 (167.4056) 14 (170.2744) 11 (171.4172)
2023-06-09 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) Kansas City, MO 26 / 44 (674.1368) 33 (166.2284) 27 (169.1200) 37 (165.0856) 4 (173.7028)
2023-04-21 Smokin in the Creek BBQ Sugar Creek, MO 19 / 51 (681.6112) 23 (168.5372) 36 (161.6456) 4 (177.7028) 9 (173.7256)
2023-03-17 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS 40 / 68 (675.3600) 53 (162.2400) 11 (175.4172) 42 (168.0000) 30 (169.7028)
2022-10-21 Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS 10 / 30 (687.3484) 14 (171.9656) 10 (174.2628) 16 (169.1200) 8 (172.0000)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 279 / 505 (664.4340) 230 (168.5140) 490 (148.5028) 48 (176.0116) 107 (171.4056)
2022-08-26 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS 15 / 45 (683.3712) 33 (162.2512) 3 (178.2972) 15 (171.4172) 11 (171.4056)
2022-08-05 Smokin on The Harbor (JUDGING FULL) Warsaw, MO 11 / 25 (686.2744) 17 (165.6800) 11 (170.8572) 10 (172.5944) 4 (177.1428)
2022-07-23 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO 20 / 26 (653.0056) 23 (161.6572) 17 (165.7028) 23 (160.5600) 15 (165.0856)
2022-07-22 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO 17 / 28 (667.3604) 28 (153.0972) 3 (176.0344) 20 (165.1088) 5 (173.1200)
2022-06-17 Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" Kansas City, KS 15 / 29 (666.6968) 21 (165.6684) 19 (159.3600) 10 (170.8456) 7 (170.8228)
2022-05-06 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO 9 / 25 (681.6576) 11 (173.1316) 17 (167.9888) 6 (171.4172) 12 (169.1200)
2022-03-25 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 17 / 25 (328.4800) 12 (167.9656) 17 (160.5144)
2022-03-25 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO 8 / 11 (157.7372)
2021-10-30 Boo-B-Que - Day 2 Unity Village, MO 32 / 33 (651.2344) 31 (166.2400) 33 (151.3256) 19 (170.8344) 30 (162.8344)
2021-10-29 Boo-B-Que - Day 1 Unity Village, MO 41 / 41 (649.6000) 36 (166.8800) 40 (161.1200) 40 (162.8000) 40 (158.8000)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 126 / 467 (458.1484) 329 (160.5600) 317 (162.2400) 102 (170.8228) 304 (159.9656)
2021-07-17 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Cameron, MO 24 / 25 (646.1028) 21 (165.1200) 25 (145.0744) 22 (161.6456) 8 (174.2628)
2021-07-16 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Cameron, MO 28 / 33 (651.2916) 19 (169.1316) 25 (163.9772) 30 (155.9428) 24 (162.2400)
2021-05-01 Columbia Elks BBQ Cookoff Columbia, MO 35 / 39 (647.3488) 32 (163.4400) 12 (171.4172) 38 (149.0972) 30 (163.3944)
2020-07-18 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) Osceola, MO 25 / 31 (664.4800) 25 (167.4172) 16 (171.4172) 22 (166.2856) 28 (159.3600)
2020-07-17 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) Osceola, MO 28 / 29 (637.5200) 29 (153.0856) 26 (163.4172) 23 (162.8000) 26 (158.2172)
2020-03-13 2nd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS 61 / 68 (620.4688) 41 (165.7144) 56 (159.9544) 64 (146.8572) 63 (147.9428)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #592 (288 pts) #503 (413 pts) #662 (293 pts) #648 (273 pts) #421 (518 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #280 (778 pts) #352 (643 pts) #182 (1175 pts) #213 (968 pts) #292 (763 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard #261 (115 pts) #302 (90 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #279 (828 pts) #378 (628 pts) #232 (1038 pts) #294 (828 pts) #197 (1093 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #504 (351 pts) #483 (396 pts) #488 (411 pts) #476 (391 pts) #443 (446 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #567 (170 pts) #595 (170 pts) #523 (215 pts) #532 (195 pts) #597 (170 pts)

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