High-water mark
666.2064
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.2064 at Hog Wild BBQ Festival — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 1, 2015
Twist N Snout
Twist N Snout is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 16th of 25 at the Hog Wild BBQ Festival (2015). They are ranked #3679 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Twist-N-Snout”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1505 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 15, 2013
latest Oct 1, 2015 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.17 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.56)
Road miles
261
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 61 mi
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
654.25 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Twist N Snout, each with one reason worth a look.
159 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Twist N Snout)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Twist N Snout has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 49
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1523
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Twist N Snout)
They've been 1523 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,670 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with Twist N Snout on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They turned up 6 years after Twist N Snout did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#3,656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HEAVENLY MANNA BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 162.8688 | 166.17 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0002 | 152.5714 | 160.56 | top 64% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 158.2856 | 165.94 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 153.1428 | 161.59 | top 64% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
174
finished ahead 110 times, behind 131
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Aug 16, 2013 → Oct 1, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Career-best overall score666.2064 Hog Wild BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Festival
20135 milestones
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4286 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1505) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First call Grilling on the River '13
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1428 Grilling on the River '13
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | Mar 15, 2013 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 16, 2013 |
| -2.9 | Grilling on the River '13 | Apr 12, 2013 |
| -2.4 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | Oct 1, 2015 |
| -2.1 | Mississippi Springfest | May 10, 2013 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 58% | 91.6% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2015 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 16 / 25 (666.2064) | 18 (165.6916) | 16 (165.7032) | 12 (167.9772) | 14 (166.8344) |
| Aug 16, 2013 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 48 / 62 (645.6344) | 46 (162.8688) | 50 (158.2400) | 33 (164.5600) | 43 (159.9656) |
| May 10, 2013 | Mississippi Springfest Ashland, MS | 17 / 29 (648) | 5 (170.8572) | 19 (158.2858) | 14 (165.7142) | 25 (153.1428) |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Grilling on the River '13 Columbus, MS | 19 / 31 (651.9998) | 18 (165.7142) | 27 (152.5714) | 6 (173.1428) | 23 (160.5714) |
| Mar 15, 2013 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 36 / 100 (659.4286) | 49 (165.7142) | 22 (168.0002) | 72 (158.2856) | 34 (167.4286) |