A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Dead Last BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Dead Last BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Joint Effort
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1438
peak 1438 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2016-09-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
597.12
last 5 Master vs avg 597.12 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 153.21 · weakest Brisket (145.32)
Road miles
57
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
597.12 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.89 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 145.32
- Pork Ribs avg 153.21
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN IN THE BUSHES in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 97th
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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Joint Effort)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Joint Effort has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5867 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5865 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
Level with Joint Effort on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1438
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dead Last BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| T'S SMOKIN PIT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Evening Wood | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SKY BLUE THIGHS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK 'N MINDY | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FUNNY FARM BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.3316 | 140.4916 | 148.89 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 142.2400 | 153.21 | top 76% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 138.2056 | 149.69 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 129.0628 | 145.32 | top 83% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 4 | 97 | 0 | top 93% | 2016-09-23 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2016-09-23
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 153.21 · weakest Brisket (145.32)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
597.12
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
233
35–463 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
57
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1438
peak 1438 · #5869 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)160.5484 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- Peak power rating (1489) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
- 2014
- Career-best overall score607.7944 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- 2016
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2014-05-09 |
| -13.2 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2014-09-26 |
| -12.4 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2016-09-23 |
| -11.9 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2015-09-25 |
| -11.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2013-09-27 |
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 96% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.4% | 82.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 107 / 111 (591.8740) | 106 (148.5372) | 61 (160.5256) | 97 (153.7484) | 110 (129.0628) |
| 2015-09-25 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 105 / 112 (598.6516) | 110 (140.4916) | 84 (157.0856) | 103 (147.3944) | 78 (153.6800) |
| 2014-09-26 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 107 / 112 (579.8628) | 99 (148.5488) | 107 (142.2400) | 102 (148.5484) | 105 (140.5256) |
| 2014-05-09 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 52 / 54 (607.7944) | 49 (152.5488) | 36 (159.9428) | 54 (138.2056) | 37 (157.0972) |
| 2013-09-27 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 97 / 114 (607.3944) | 89 (154.3316) | 99 (146.2744) | 59 (160.5484) | 94 (146.2400) |