Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Old Man Moore
Old Man Moore is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 6 at the Smoke on the Waters 2023 (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 23, 2022
latest Jun 7, 2025 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
100% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.43 · weakest Pork (150.53)
Road miles
112
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
625.48 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168.0344 | 159.4056 | 163.43 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 148.4800 | 150.67 | top 92% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 164.5256 | 137.6800 | 150.53 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 171.4056 | 150.8000 | 160.85 | top 54% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Waters 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 79% | Sep 23, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GL
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
17
finished ahead 5 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Sep 23, 2023 → Jun 7, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm
20232 milestones
- First overall podium Smoke on the Waters 2023
- Career-best overall score641.6228 Smoke on the Waters 2023
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Waters (Day 1)
- First call Smoke on the Waters (Day 1)
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Waters (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4056 Smoke on the Waters (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke on the Waters (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Smoke on the Waters 2023 | Sep 23, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) | Sep 24, 2022 |
| -7.3 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) | Sep 23, 2022 |
| -6.8 | UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm | Jun 7, 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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 94% | 87.6% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2025 | UK Barbecue Championships at Hayles Fruit Farm Cheltenham, GL | 6 / 7 (614.1372) | 6 (159.9888) | 7 (150.8228) | 6 (152.5256) | 6 (150.8000) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Smoke on the Waters 2023 Devon | 3 / 6 (641.6228) | 4 (166.2972) | 4 (148.4800) | 2 (164.5256) | 2 (162.3200) |
| Sep 24, 2022 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) Devon | 10 / 10 (615.4632) | 4 (168.0344) | 10 (150.8688) | 10 (137.6800) | 7 (158.8800) |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) Devon | 7 / 8 (630.7084) | 7 (159.4056) | 8 (152.5144) | 8 (147.3828) | 2 (171.4056) |