Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2400 at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) — 94.2% 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.
SONNY'S HERITAGE BBQ TEAM 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 125 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SONNY'S HERITAGE BBQ TEAM 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-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 | 170.8228 | 169.6912 | 170.26 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 149.0972 | 158.83 | top 69% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 160.5256 | 164.54 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 165.6800 | 168.55 | top 38% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) | 2 | 84 | 0 | top 54% | 2016-10-29 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 94.2% | 92% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 345 / 557 (646.1256) | 116 (170.8228) | 500 (149.0972) | 384 (160.5256) | 218 (165.6800) |
| 2016-10-28 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 84 / 180 (678.2400) | 107 (169.6912) | 88 (168.5716) | 92 (168.5600) | 68 (171.4172) |