Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 62 at their very first tracked contest, Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship (2014-04-25).
- 2014-04-25
- 62-team field
Ray's Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1510
peak 1516 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-04-25
latest 2015-10-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.69
last 3 Master vs avg 624.69 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.19 · weakest Brisket (151.22)
Road miles
255
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
624.69 / 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.
Ray's Barbecue 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 94 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.
#2829 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Level with Ray's Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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#2821 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2830 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2826 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Ray's Barbecue's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 140.5028 | 155.01 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 157.7256 | 164.19 | top 30% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 145.7256 | 154.27 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5828 | 140.5600 | 151.22 | top 54% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 25% | 2015-04-17 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2014-04-25 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.19 · weakest Brisket (151.22)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
624.69
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
94–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
255
3 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Power rating
1510
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- First call Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- First overall podium Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8684 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score650.8684 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1516) Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Bliss, Brews & Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | 2014-04-25 |
| +1.2 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship | 2015-04-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Bliss, Brews & Que | 2015-10-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 87.1% | 84.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Bliss, Brews & Que Fort Bliss, TX | 29 / 40 (595.8624) | 34 (140.5028) | 16 (157.7256) | 27 (153.1084) | 31 (144.5256) |
| 2015-04-17 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX | 20 / 44 (627.3256) | 12 (163.9656) | 21 (158.8344) | 15 (163.9656) | 35 (140.5600) |
| 2014-04-25 | Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX | 3 / 62 (650.8684) | 15 (160.5600) | 2 (176.0000) | 43 (145.7256) | 3 (168.5828) |