High-water mark
673.0400
career-best overall
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0400 at Minnesota in May — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 8, 2026
Croix Valley
Croix Valley is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 28th of 38 at the Tony Stone BBQ Competition (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1470
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2021
latest May 8, 2026 · 4.7 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 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.38
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.96 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Road miles
8,418
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 4,206 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.40 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Croix Valley has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
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⚔ Compare careers#4,670 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#4,651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Croix Valley's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,640 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Level with Croix Valley on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Croix Valley's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 145.6344 | 160.37 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.8228 | 160.76 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 155.9200 | 164.96 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 149.0512 | 156.53 | top 83% |
“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 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 58 | 0 | top 87% | May 8, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
208
finished ahead 35 times, behind 243
Longest layoff
3 yrs
May 12, 2023 → May 8, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.0400 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score673.0400 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Minnesota in May | May 12, 2023 |
| -8.2 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ | Aug 20, 2021 |
| -5.3 | Minnesota in May | May 8, 2026 |
| -4.3 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | Jun 3, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 58 / 77 (673.0400) | 63 (167.3828) | 37 (168.5600) | 21 (173.1200) | 61 (163.9772) |
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 32 (165.6800) | — | — |
| May 12, 2023 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 58 / 59 (614.7200) | 59 (145.6344) | 58 (150.8228) | 46 (162.2512) | 52 (156.0116) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp | 28 / 38 (631.7368) | 18 (166.2284) | 17 (160.5372) | 30 (155.9200) | 30 (149.0512) |
| Aug 20, 2021 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN | 30 / 35 (646.0912) | 27 (162.2284) | 30 (158.2172) | 16 (168.5600) | 30 (157.0856) |