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
- 2026-05-08
Croix Valley
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-08-20
latest 2026-05-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.40
last 4 Master vs avg 641.40 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.96 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Road miles
8,418
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 4206 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.40 / 720
4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Ash Kickin' BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Ash Kickin' BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) (2026-05-08).
- last seen 2023-05-12
- back 2026-05-08
The long haul
8,418
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,418 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,206 miles to Tony Stone BBQ Competition.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 4,206 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.
Croix Valley has 4 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 141 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.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Croix Valley on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Croix Valley's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota in May | 2 | 58 | 0 | top 87% | 2026-05-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.7 yrs
2021-08-20 → 2026-05-08
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.96 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
641.40
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
208
35–243 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8,418
5 mapped stops · furthest 4,206 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,000
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2023-05-12 → 2026-05-08
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
- Peak power rating (1492) 13th Annual Big Island BBQ
- 2026
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Minnesota in May | 2023-05-12 |
| -8.1 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ | 2021-08-20 |
| -5.2 | Minnesota in May | 2026-05-08 |
| -4.2 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition | 2022-06-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 58 / 77 (673.0400) | 63 (167.3828) | 37 (168.5600) | 21 (173.1200) | 61 (163.9772) |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 32 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 58 / 59 (614.7200) | 59 (145.6344) | 58 (150.8228) | 46 (162.2512) | 52 (156.0116) |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 28 / 38 (631.7368) | 18 (166.2284) | 17 (160.5372) | 30 (155.9200) | 30 (149.0512) |
| 2021-08-20 | 13th Annual Big Island BBQ 🏅 Albert Lea, MN | 30 / 35 (646.0912) | 27 (162.2284) | 30 (158.2172) | 16 (168.5600) | 30 (157.0856) |