High-water mark
671.3260
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3260 at BBQ Jackpot — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-12-06
Wood N Coals BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1508
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-05-28
latest 2024-12-06
Best ToY finish
#870
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.20
last 4 Master vs avg 666.20 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.04
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.41 · weakest Brisket (162.56)
Road miles
20
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.20 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
1.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at BBQ Jackpot (2024-12-06).
- last seen 2023-05-26
- back 2024-12-06
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.
Wood N Coals BBQ has 4 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 119 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.
#2887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1508
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Wood N Coals BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Wood N Coals BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2892 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Wood N Coals BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Wood N Coals 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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 169.6912 | 172.41 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 163.4172 | 167.42 | top 42% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 158.2628 | 163.82 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 160.0344 | 162.56 | top 61% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Dam Barbeque | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 60% | 2023-05-26 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2021-05-28 → 2024-12-06
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NV
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.41 · weakest Brisket (162.56)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
666.20
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
63–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
20
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1585
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2023-05-26 → 2024-12-06
Power rating
1508
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest The Best Dam Barbeque
- First call The Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall top-10 The Best Dam Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1200 The Best Dam Barbeque
- 2023
- Peak power rating (1509) Best Dam Barbeque
- 2024
- Career-best overall score671.3260 BBQ Jackpot
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 BBQ Jackpot
- Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | The Best Dam Barbeque | 2021-05-28 |
| +0.8 | Best Dam Barbeque | 2022-05-27 |
| +0.4 | Best Dam Barbeque | 2023-05-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.9 | BBQ Jackpot | 2024-12-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 49 / 74 (671.3260) | 18 (175.4056) | 25 (171.4172) | 67 (158.8116) | 53 (165.6916) |
| 2023-05-26 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 17 / 27 (668.4572) | 15 (169.6912) | 16 (166.2632) | 19 (168.5256) | 18 (163.9772) |
| 2022-05-27 | Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 15 / 26 (655.9084) | 9 (173.7028) | 16 (163.4172) | 16 (158.2628) | 14 (160.5256) |
| 2021-05-28 | The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV | 9 / 26 (669.1200) | 7 (170.8344) | 3 (168.5828) | 10 (169.6684) | 14 (160.0344) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1141 (101 pts) | #989 (136 pts) | #1267 (96 pts) | #1217 (96 pts) | #1159 (106 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #870 (136 pts) | #872 (156 pts) | #723 (226 pts) | #938 (126 pts) | #1075 (106 pts) |