High-water mark
669.6684
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6684 at Battle of the Brisket — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-09-16
Rib Stars
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1536
peak 1536 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 29%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.11
last 5 Master vs avg 659.11 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.34)
Road miles
101
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)
Master avg
659.11 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Theslabs.com ahead in 75% of their meetings
Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−16.4
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.36 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 100%.
- Pork Ribs avg 157.34
- Pork avg 173.70
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CRAZY BONES BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Battle of the Brisket (2016-09-16).
- last seen 2014-09-19
- back 2016-09-16
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.
72 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rib Stars on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#2061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 162.7884 | 165.81 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.6572 | 157.34 | top 64% |
| Pork | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 176.5716 | 169.6800 | 173.70 | top 9% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 149.6684 | 162.27 | top 37% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 31% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Brisket | 3 | 7 | 0 | top 26% | 2016-09-16 |
| East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 33% | 2014-08-22 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-09-16
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.34)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
659.11
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
189
189–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
101
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1516
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-09-19 → 2016-09-16
Power rating
1536
peak 1536 · #2049 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- First call East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6344 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5716 Battle of the Brisket
- 2016
- First overall top-10 Battle of the Brisket
- Career-best overall score669.6684 Battle of the Brisket
- Peak power rating (1536) Battle of the Brisket
- Most recent contest Battle of the Brisket
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.3 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival | 2013-08-23 |
| +9.4 | Battle of the Brisket | 2016-09-16 |
| +8.6 | Battle of the Brisket | 2013-09-13 |
| +5.8 | Battle of the Brisket | 2014-09-19 |
| +1.1 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2014-08-22 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 93% | 93% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 92.2% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-16 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 7 / 33 (669.6684) | 13 (166.2856) | 20 (159.3944) | 5 (173.1200) | 4 (170.8684) |
| 2014-09-19 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 15 / 46 (663.9088) | 7 (169.6916) | 24 (162.2400) | 3 (173.1200) | 19 (158.8572) |
| 2014-08-22 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 33 / 69 (639.2340) | 32 (162.7884) | 43 (157.0972) | 10 (169.6800) | 49 (149.6684) |
| 2013-09-13 | Battle of the Brisket Mission, KS | 13 / 53 (661.1088) | 15 (166.2628) | 33 (158.2972) | 2 (176.5716) | 26 (159.9772) |
| 2013-08-23 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 12 / 68 (661.6344) | 21 (164.0000) | 56 (149.6572) | 2 (176.0000) | 8 (171.9772) |