High-water mark
669.1316
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.1316 at La Classique What the Pork? — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 1, 2025
ML BBQ
ML BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 18 at the La Classique What the Pork? (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 4, 2023
latest Aug 1, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.35
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.99 · weakest Brisket (158.25)
Road miles
1,103
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,103 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
649.32 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 155.3712 | 164.36 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3088 | 164.0572 | 164.99 | top 44% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 150.9028 | 161.72 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 149.6228 | 158.25 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Classique BBQ Labonte | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 60% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
QC
3 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
50
finished ahead 30 times, behind 44
Longest layoff
8.8 yrs
Oct 10, 2014 → Aug 4, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.1316 La Classique What the Pork?
- Most recent contest La Classique What the Pork?
20242 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9428 La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 La Classique BBQ Labonte
20232 milestones
- First call La Classique BBQ Labonte
- Peak power rating (1501) La Classique BBQ Labonte
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Anchor City Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 4, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | La Classique BBQ Labonte | Aug 2, 2024 |
| -4.6 | La Classique What the Pork? | Aug 1, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 69% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 12 / 18 (669.1316) | 11 (169.7028) | 12 (166.3088) | 14 (164) | 11 (169.1200) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 18 / 26 (651.9428) | 8 (168) | 12 (164.0572) | 7 (170.2628) | 23 (149.6228) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC | 17 / 33 (626.8800) | 27 (155.3712) | 6 (164.5944) | 26 (150.9028) | 19 (156.0116) |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | — | — | — | — | — |