High-water mark
666.7768
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7768 at Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-10-23
Optiv BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1509
peak 1509 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-05
latest 2016-10-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.76
last 3 Master vs avg 658.76 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.78
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.21 · weakest Chicken (162.83)
Road miles
585
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 558 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
658.76 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Optiv BBQ has 3 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 99 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.
#2847 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Optiv BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Optiv BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1523
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Optiv BBQ)
24 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Optiv BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with Optiv BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2852 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 157.1316 | 162.83 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 158.2628 | 163.04 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 159.4056 | 167.21 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 162.2512 | 165.68 | top 42% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2015-09-05 → 2016-10-29
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
1 of 3 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.21 · weakest Chicken (162.83)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.76
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
611
348–276 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
585
3 mapped stops · furthest 558 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-10-23 → 2016-10-29
Power rating
1509
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' Brew BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1944 Smokin' Brew BBQ
- First call Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q
- Career-best overall score666.7768 Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7028 Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1509) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
- Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.9 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2016-10-29 |
| +3.4 | Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q | 2015-10-23 |
| +0.9 | Smokin' Brew BBQ | 2015-09-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 92.6% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 241 / 557 (659.3140) | 249 (165.6684) | 255 (165.7144) | 406 (159.4056) | 146 (168.5256) |
| 2015-10-23 | Fountains Blaze off & Senior Q Independence, MO | 11 / 22 (666.7768) | 15 (165.6800) | 12 (165.1428) | 5 (173.7028) | 13 (162.2512) |
| 2015-09-05 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO | 27 / 49 (650.1944) | 37 (157.1316) | 32 (158.2628) | 13 (168.5256) | 20 (166.2744) |