High-water mark
663.4396
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4396 at Smoke in the North — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-08-23
Kott & Blod BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2023-08-26
latest 2026-08-22
Best ToY finish
#707
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.45
last 5 Master vs avg 641.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.92 · weakest Brisket (150.50)
Road miles
45
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
641.45 / 720
5 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
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Badboy Butchers BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Badboy Butchers BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−14.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.43 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 150.50
- Pork avg 164.92
- 0 calls in 5 entries
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Side By Side BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
161 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
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#4706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
Level with Kott & Blod BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Kott & Blod BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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#4743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AlltimeBBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Lingon & Dill | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Badboy Butchers BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.3600 | 164.44 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 141.1200 | 161.59 | top 65% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.9144 | 149.7256 | 164.92 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 136.5716 | 150.50 | top 86% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 80% | 2026-08-22 |
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 70% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-08-26 → 2026-08-22
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.92 · weakest Brisket (150.50)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
641.45
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
29–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
45
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1468
peak 1468 · #4724 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- First call Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.9144 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- 2024
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the North
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4396 Smoke in the North
- Career-best overall score663.4396 Smoke in the North
- Peak power rating (1496) Smoke in the North
- 2026
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Smoke in the North | 2024-08-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
| -8.5 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp | 2023-08-26 |
| -8.5 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2026-08-22 |
| -6 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | 2026-08-21 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 91.4% | 91% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) Boras, 50113 | 22 / 26 (652.3996) | 11 (171.9772) | 23 (159.3940) | 15 (167.9656) | 25 (153.0628) |
| 2026-08-21 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) Boras, 50113 | 21 / 28 (658.1828) | 26 (155.3600) | 13 (172.5600) | 11 (171.4400) | 25 (158.8228) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 30 / 31 (588.5828) | 22 (157.6912) | 30 (141.1200) | 28 (149.7256) | 30 (140.0460) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 10 / 23 (663.4396) | 8 (170.3084) | 7 (168.5828) | 18 (160.5712) | 12 (163.9772) |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp, | 17 / 21 (644.6404) | 8 (166.8684) | 13 (166.2860) | 2 (174.9144) | 20 (136.5716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #707 (139 pts) | #717 (174 pts) | #756 (174 pts) | #606 (224 pts) | #856 (104 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1423 (56 pts) | #1175 (71 pts) | #1523 (56 pts) | #1440 (56 pts) | #1437 (56 pts) |