A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Moore's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2025-01-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
319.56
last 3 Backyard vs avg 319.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.59
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.13 · weakest Brisket (148.81)
Road miles
332
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 332 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$49K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.56 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
4.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.6 years, then back at 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show (2024-01-04).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2024-01-04
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.
Moore's BBQ has 3 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 112 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.
#3195 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1505
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Moore's BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Moore's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Moore's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Moore's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with Moore's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3194 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Moore's BBQ'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 157.7484 | 164.38 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 150.2172 | 155.18 | top 49% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 159.9884 | 165.13 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 140.5144 | 148.81 | top 46% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.6 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2025-01-09
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.13 · weakest Brisket (148.81)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
319.56
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
174
81–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
332
3 mapped stops · furthest 332 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$49,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.6 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2024-01-04
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Poosa-Q
- 2024
- First call 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2744 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.2172 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Career-best overall score326.2172 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Peak power rating (1500) 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.4 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | 2025-01-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3 | Poosa-Q | 2019-06-14 |
| -0.1 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | 2024-01-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 14 / 38 (326.2172) | 14 (165.6800) | 14 (160.5372) | 14 (159.9884) | 13 (157.0972) |
| 2024-01-04 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 19 / 43 (319.9200) | 8 (169.7028) | 23 (150.2172) | 6 (170.2744) | 25 (140.5144) |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 28 / 48 (312.5368) | 26 (157.7484) | 27 (154.7884) | — | — |