Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
The Chopping Block
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1542 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2024-04-05
latest 2025-11-05
Best ToY finish
#875
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
654.92 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 657.18 (-2.26)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±60.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 172.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.51)
Road miles
979
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 624 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$236K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.18 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
Happy hunting ground
Top 12%
average finish here
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 7th
- average top 12%
High-water mark
690.8228
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.8228 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-09-13
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Crossed Rifles BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
Crossed Rifles BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ 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.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to The Chopping Block)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Totally Bodacious BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before The Chopping Block's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2244 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before The Chopping Block's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Chopping Block on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA PASADITA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Sure Shot BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 166.2400 | 170.37 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 157.0972 | 169.51 | top 41% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 166.2628 | 172.85 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 165.1200 | 172.85 | top 16% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 12% | 2025-09-12 |
| Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 30% | 2025-03-28 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2024-04-05 → 2025-11-05
Busiest season
2025
5 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 172.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.51)
Walk rate
57%
a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
29%
2 of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
657.18
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
539
309–491 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
979
7 mapped stops · furthest 624 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$236,000
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1528
peak 1542 · #2250 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.4800 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
- First overall top-10 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score690.8228 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1542) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2024-09-13 |
| +12.8 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2025-03-28 |
| +12.2 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | 2025-09-12 |
| +3.2 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff | 2024-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2025-11-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | top 41% | 95.9% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 95.9% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 58 / 158 (690.2172) | 88 (171.9656) | 115 (169.1200) | 56 (172.5600) | 18 (176.5716) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 395 / 401 (523.9428) | — | 139 (171.9772) | 161 (171.9656) | 2 (180.0000) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 12 / 92 (684.5488) | 25 (170.2628) | 16 (173.1544) | 11 (176.0116) | 37 (165.1200) |
| 2025-03-28 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 7 / 48 (685.0744) | 23 (166.2400) | 9 (172.5600) | 11 (173.7144) | 3 (172.5600) |
| 2024-09-13 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 7 / 67 (690.8228) | 16 (171.9656) | 14 (173.1544) | 4 (176.5600) | 16 (169.1428) |
| 2024-04-05 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 18 / 40 (668.4800) | 7 (171.4172) | 32 (157.0972) | 21 (166.2628) | 5 (173.7028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1020 (120 pts) | #935 (120 pts) | #529 (355 pts) |