High-water mark
663.3832
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3832 at Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-04-24
Pork & Barristers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1521
peak 1521 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2017-04-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.79
last 4 Master vs avg 648.79 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.30
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.12 · weakest Chicken (157.69)
Road miles
4
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
648.79 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bad Influence BBQ - MO in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival (2017-04-21).
- last seen 2015-04-24
- back 2017-04-21
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.
Pork & Barristers 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 80 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.
#2467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Pork & Barristers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pork & Barristers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2464 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
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#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Pork & Barristers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 148.0000 | 157.69 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 157.7028 | 160.57 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8572 | 147.9428 | 164.42 | top 35% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 161.1200 | 166.12 | top 25% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 31% | 2015-04-24 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2017-04-21
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.12 · weakest Chicken (157.69)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
648.79
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
156–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-04-24 → 2017-04-21
Power rating
1521
peak 1521 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First call Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork) Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.8572 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3832 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score663.3832 Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1521) Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival | 2015-04-24 |
| +5.9 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| +5.7 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
| +0.7 | Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival | 2017-04-21 |
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 49% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 27% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-21 | Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 27 / 55 (637.5772) | 32 (162.8116) | 33 (158.2972) | 45 (147.9428) | 12 (168.5256) |
| 2015-04-24 | Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 17 / 63 (663.3832) | 23 (167.3944) | 33 (161.7032) | 17 (166.8800) | 14 (167.4056) |
| 2014-05-09 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 20 / 57 (646.2172) | 47 (152.5372) | 27 (157.7028) | 1 (174.8572) | 23 (161.1200) |
| 2013-04-19 | Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 22 / 68 (647.9996) | 57 (148.0000) | 28 (164.5716) | 20 (167.9998) | 11 (167.4282) |