Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks

Hot Racks & BBQ Stacks is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 4th of 40 at the Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off (2013).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1524

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 19, 2013

latest Jun 6, 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

681.5884 / 720

Master · Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Brisket · Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!

Consistency

±7.97

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 172.42 · weakest Chicken (163.10)

Road miles

253

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi

Schedule strength

23%

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

Master avg

668.21 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

681.5884 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.5884 at Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 18, 2013

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
2 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ 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 Tiki Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	1	177.7028	150.2172	163.10	top 60%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	1	177.1544	158.8456	166.70	top 37%
Pork	4	1	0	0	168.5600	161.1544	165.99	top 45%
Brisket	4	3	1	1	178.8800	165.6684	172.42	top 23%

“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)	2	0	top 56%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 15%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KY	2	0	top 37%
IN	2	0	top 34%

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KY 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 112 finished ahead 106 times, behind 46

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

20141 milestone

Jun 6 Most recent contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff

20138 milestones

Jul 19 First tracked contest Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Jul 19 First call Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Jul 19 First category win (Brisket) Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Jul 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.8460 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Jul 19 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
Oct 18 First overall top-10 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 18 Career-best overall score681.5884 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 18 Peak power rating (1528) Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2013
+11	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!	Jul 19, 2013
+1.6	Thunder in the Park	Aug 31, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	Jun 6, 2014

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)
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 65%	92.1%	92.1%
2013	3	0	1	2	100%	top 26%	94.7%	93.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 6, 2014	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	22 / 34 (662.7884)	26 (164.5372)	24 (158.8456)	21 (167.4056)	8 (172)
Oct 18, 2013	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	4 / 40 (681.5884)	1 (177.7028)	19 (163.9428)	17 (166.8228)	6 (173.1200)
Aug 31, 2013	Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN	13 / 27 (661.6000)	25 (150.2172)	2 (177.1544)	6 (168.5600)	14 (165.6684)
Jul 19, 2013	Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN	11 / 57 (666.8460)	39 (159.9544)	12 (166.8572)	31 (161.1544)	1 (178.8800)