The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
CALLAWAY CREAMATORS has finished one call ahead of Beta BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Beta BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2016-10-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.98
last 3 Master vs avg 619.98 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.72 · weakest Brisket (149.69)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Master avg
619.98 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Jakes BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Beta 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 148 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Beta BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Beta BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5944 | 158.2628 | 161.72 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3316 | 151.4056 | 157.71 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0228 | 149.1084 | 150.86 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 139.9428 | 149.69 | top 81% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor City Cook Off | 3 | 19 | 0 | top 87% | 2016-10-14 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2016-10-14
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.72 · weakest Brisket (149.69)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
619.98
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
11–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-10-09 → 2016-10-14
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off
- Career-best overall score637.2116 Anchor City Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.3316 Anchor City Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1494) Anchor City Cook Off
- 2016
- Most recent contest Anchor City Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2015-10-09 |
| -9 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2016-10-14 |
| -5.6 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2014-10-10 |
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 91% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84% | 84% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 31 / 34 (617.6800) | 23 (162.2972) | 28 (155.3944) | 31 (152.0228) | 30 (147.9656) |
| 2015-10-09 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 19 / 20 (605.0512) | 15 (164.5944) | 19 (151.4056) | 20 (149.1084) | 19 (139.9428) |
| 2014-10-10 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 20 / 27 (637.2116) | 22 (158.2628) | 13 (166.3316) | 25 (151.4628) | 16 (161.1544) |