BBQ PROJECT

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2292

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1527

peak 1529 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-06-04

latest 2025-09-12

Best ToY finish

#652

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2288 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.10 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 670.12 (-4.02)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off

Consistency

±10.32

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.90 · weakest Chicken (164.64)

Road miles

3,462

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1620 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)

Purse competed for

$165K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.12 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

690.2288 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2288 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2021-06-04

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.25 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 17%.

Chicken avg 164.64
Pork Ribs avg 169.90
1 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 1097 Cookers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 48 at their very first tracked contest, Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off (2021-06-04).

2021-06-04
48-team field

The long haul

3,462 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,462 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,620 miles to BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022.

6 mapped stops
furthest 1,620 mi

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.

68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Big & Ugly BBQ

#2288 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Hunny and Hooch BBQ

#2287 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Level with BBQ PROJECT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-09-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Hawgboyz BBQ

#2294 of the rated field

1527 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1537

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before BBQ PROJECT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Movin' The Chains BBQ

#2281 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before BBQ PROJECT's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

MCFRANKENBOO BBQ

#2295 of the rated field

1527 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before BBQ PROJECT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Texas Select BBQ

#2286 of the rated field

1527 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1527

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before BBQ PROJECT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	0	169.6800	154.2628	164.64	top 53%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	173.7144	166.2628	169.90	top 37%
Pork	6	1	1	177.7144	162.8116	168.07	top 46%
Brisket	6	1	1	172.0000	160.5600	167.51	top 36%

“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+)	5	0	top 42%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	3	34	0	top 51%	2025-09-12
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	3	0	top 27%	2022-04-01

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2021-06-04 → 2025-09-12

Busiest season 2022 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 5 of 6 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.90 · weakest Chicken (164.64)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 33% 2 of 6 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 670.12 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 287 222–162 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,462 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,620 mi

Schedule strength 1531 average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests

Purse competed for $165,000 listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2022-04-01 → 2023-09-08

Power rating 1527 peak 1529 · #2292 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2021
Jun 4 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.2288 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 Career-best overall score690.2288 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
Jun 4 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off
2023
Sep 8 Peak power rating (1529) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
2025
Sep 12 Most recent contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off	2021-06-04
+9.5	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022	2022-03-25
+2.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2022-04-01
+1.2	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2023-09-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.1	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2025-09-12
-0.2	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2024-09-13

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 58%	91.7%	91.7%
2024	1	0	0%	top 51%	92.8%	92.8%
2023	1	0	0%	top 45%	92.3%	92.3%
2022	2	1	50%	top 35%	93.9%	92.9%
2021	1	1	100%	top 6%	95.9%	95.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-09-12	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	53 / 92 (660.5028)	51 (165.6800)	45 (168.0000)	51 (166.2628)	58 (160.5600)
2024-09-13	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	34 / 67 (667.9432)	47 (164.5600)	28 (170.2972)	50 (162.8116)	14 (170.2744)
2023-09-08	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	45 / 99 (664.5028)	90 (154.2628)	34 (170.2628)	19 (173.1200)	35 (166.8572)
2022-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	27 / 56 (661.6228)	21 (167.4172)	26 (166.2628)	29 (162.8228)	29 (165.1200)
2022-03-25	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose,	6 / 28 (675.9428)	10 (166.2628)	7 (173.7144)	19 (165.6912)	12 (170.2744)
2021-06-04	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	3 / 48 (690.2288)	15 (169.6800)	11 (170.8344)	2 (177.7144)	2 (172.0000)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1260 (80 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#652 (235 pts)	#1087 (110 pts)	#985 (130 pts)	#632 (260 pts)	#647 (260 pts)