High-water mark
671.9544
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.9544 at Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-07-24
Nations Best BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1512 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-06-19
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.08
last 3 Master vs avg 662.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±7.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.63 · weakest Brisket (162.10)
Road miles
144
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
662.08 / 720
3 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
RUB Q LONG TIME has finished one call ahead of Nations Best BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Rhythm n QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
Rhythm n QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Nations Best 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 118 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.
#2955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Nations Best BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Nations Best BBQ did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#2946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 159.9428 | 167.02 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 158.2628 | 165.33 | top 45% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 164.5828 | 167.63 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 156.5600 | 162.10 | top 57% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.2 yrs
2015-06-19 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
UT
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.63 · weakest Brisket (162.10)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
662.08
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
36–50 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
3 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Power rating
1507
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First call YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First overall top-10 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.9144 YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp
- Career-best overall score671.9544 Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
- Peak power rating (1512) Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2972 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
- Most recent contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.1 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo | 2015-07-24 |
| +4.7 | YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp | 2015-06-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2015-08-28 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 93.3% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 37 / 49 (655.3828) | 43 (159.9428) | 7 (174.2972) | 32 (164.5828) | 41 (156.5600) |
| 2015-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo Salt Lake City, UT | 6 / 17 (671.9544) | 5 (174.2744) | 13 (158.2628) | 4 (170.8228) | 5 (168.5944) |
| 2015-06-19 | YCC - Real Men Can Cook BBQ Comp Ogden, UT | 10 / 23 (658.9144) | 8 (166.8572) | 10 (163.4400) | 7 (167.4744) | 13 (161.1428) |