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Power ranking

#2073
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1480
peak 1480 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

11
in the data

First seen

2021-09-17
latest 2025-01-24

Best ToY finish

#229
Backyard 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

4
of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 62%
overall standings

Best overall

653.5548 / 720
Master · SJV Winter Rub

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

330.81 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 329.56 (+1.24)

Walk rate

45%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8344

Consistency

±4.28
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 163.97 · weakest Brisket (151.67)

Road miles

760
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi

Schedule strength

64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$67K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

634.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

329.56 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

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Storylines

⚔️ A tough matchup

MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

😤 Chicken nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.

📅 A September team

Something about September: average finish in the top 41% across 4 contests, versus top 62% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
Bucknutz BBQ 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
GRILLIN' GRINDES 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
FAIRWAY SMOKERS 5 1 3 20% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 10 4 0 0 167.4056 158.2400 163.97 top 58%
Pork Ribs 11 4 0 0 168.5372 143.9428 162.98 top 57%
Pork 5 1 0 0 170.8344 154.8000 161.55 top 67%
Brisket 4 0 0 0 156.5144 144.5372 151.67 top 92%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA50top 47%
NE30top 88%
MO20top 58%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 67%
Medium (20–39)80top 60%
Large (40+)10top 71%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Tri City BBQ Fest 4 5 0 top 41% 2024-09-20
SJV Winter Rub 3 22 0 top 88% 2025-01-24
Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) 2 8 0 top 58% 2023-07-07

The story so far

Milestones

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+9.9Tri City BBQ Fest2022-09-16
+9.9Tri City BBQ Fest2023-09-15
+6.8Tri City BBQ Fest2024-09-20

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.7Tri City BBQ Fest2021-09-17
-10.2SJV Winter Rub2023-01-27
-10SJV Winter Rub2025-01-24
-7.6SJV Winter Rub2024-01-26
-2.4Iowa State BBQ Championship2024-03-29

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 94% 86.2% 86.2%
20243010 33% top 61% 91.6% 90.8%
20235020 40% top 56% 93% 91.7%
20221010 100% top 20% 89.8% 89.8%
20211000 100% top 100% 86.3% 86.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-01-24 SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE 30 / 32 (620.9600) 28 (159.9772) 28 (161.6456) 29 (154.8000) 31 (144.5372)
2024-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 8 / 30 (324.5144) 5 (165.6800) 7 (158.8344)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 30 / 42 (329.6688) 39 (162.8344) 22 (166.8344)
2024-01-26 SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE 22 / 26 (653.5548) 25 (161.6572) 21 (164.5488) 11 (170.8344) 24 (156.5144)
2023-09-15 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 6 / 32 (333.1544) 6 (166.2972) 5 (166.8572)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) Cameron, MO 8 / 12 (334.7884) 8 (167.3712) 10 (167.4172)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO 15 / 30 (331.9084) 14 (166.2284) 13 (165.6800)
2023-07-07 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO 19 (168.5372)
2023-01-27 SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE 27 / 31 (640.4112) 15 (167.4056) 20 (163.4056) 25 (158.2056) 27 (151.3944)
2022-09-16 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 5 / 25 (323.3484) 7 (158.2400) 4 (165.1084)
2021-09-17 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 20 / 20 (621.5084) 16 (163.9656) 20 (143.9428) 7 (164.5372) 18 (154.2400)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1411 (57 pts) #1446 (57 pts) #1515 (57 pts) #1428 (57 pts) #1427 (57 pts)
2024 ↗ Backyard #229 (189 pts) #213 (219 pts) #224 (214 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1152 (66 pts) #1584 (51 pts) #1277 (71 pts) #934 (121 pts) #1504 (56 pts)
2023 ↗ Backyard #142 (374 pts) #144 (454 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1582 (56 pts) #1140 (106 pts) #959 (166 pts) #1582 (56 pts) #1589 (56 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard #238 (137 pts) #200 (182 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1193 (70 pts) #1170 (90 pts) #1269 (70 pts) #1173 (85 pts) #1170 (80 pts)

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