Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8512 at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
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.
METRO APPLIANCES AND MORE has 1 rated contest — 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 123 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team METRO APPLIANCES AND MORE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with METRO APPLIANCES AND MORE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8112 | 149.1200 | 155.97 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7372 | 161.6800 | 161.71 | top 78% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 163.9884 | 171.42 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 160.5028 | 165.11 | top 60% |
“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 | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2 | 114 | 0 | top 78% | 2017-09-01 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 92.2% | 90.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 274 / 407 (644.5600) | 381 (149.1200) | 263 (161.7372) | 235 (163.9884) | 107 (169.7144) |
| 2017-08-31 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 114 / 129 (663.8512) | 115 (162.8112) | 119 (161.6800) | 5 (178.8572) | 120 (160.5028) |