Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest (2013-05-03).
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.9996 at Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
PORK PATROL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
PORK PATROL BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.52 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.
Pig Skin BBQ ahead 80% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Pig Skin BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.
Something about May: average finish in the top 49% across 5 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.
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.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Weirich Custom BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey've been 1522 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after Weirich Custom BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORK PATROL BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WOODWARD BARBEQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Skin BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.0000 | 149.7142 | 161.72 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 135.4286 | 160.06 | top 47% |
| Pork | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2858 | 143.9428 | 153.20 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.2856 | 142.8570 | 153.89 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 44% |
| IA | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 42% | 2014-05-02 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest | 2013-05-03 |
| +4.5 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2014-05-30 |
| +3.4 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief | 2014-04-04 |
| +2.3 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge | 2013-04-26 |
| +1 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition | 2013-05-31 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.8 | Smoke Over Veishea | 2013-04-19 |
| -11.8 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff | 2013-07-03 |
| -5 | BBQ in the Bluffs | 2013-05-10 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 50% | 90.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33% | top 64% | 92.2% | 86.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-30 | 3rd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 13 / 30 (645.0976) | 13 (164.6172) | 17 (158.8000) | 14 (159.4172) | 13 (162.2632) |
| 2014-05-02 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO | 19 / 33 (632.4568) | 3 (171.4284) | 13 (162.8572) | 30 (143.9428) | 20 (154.2284) |
| 2014-04-04 | Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO | 37 / 75 (649.6568) | 18 (169.1428) | 14 (169.1428) | 59 (156.5484) | 52 (154.8228) |
| 2013-07-03 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA | 23 / 25 (605.1424) | 25 (154.2860) | 16 (157.1428) | 24 (148.5712) | 24 (145.1424) |
| 2013-05-31 | 2nd Annual Valley Veterans Barbecue Competition Valley, NE | 17 / 34 (628.0000) | 19 (158.8570) | 19 (156.5714) | 11 (162.2858) | 20 (150.2858) |
| 2013-05-10 | BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA | 22 / 32 (626.8566) | 28 (153.1428) | 9 (168.0000) | 23 (157.1424) | 25 (148.5714) |
| 2013-05-03 | Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO | 10 / 39 (663.9996) | 1 (176.0000) | 11 (167.4286) | 31 (146.2854) | 1 (174.2856) |
| 2013-04-26 | Pony Express BBQ Challenge Gothenburg, NE | 22 / 47 (634.2858) | 22 (158.2858) | 14 (165.1430) | 24 (158.2856) | 33 (152.5714) |
| 2013-04-19 | Smoke Over Veishea Ames, IA | 36 / 36 (574.2854) | 33 (149.7142) | 36 (135.4286) | 33 (146.2856) | 35 (142.8570) |