Eggspert BBQ Minnesota

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#924

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1613 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-05-11

latest 2024-10-30

Best ToY finish

#236

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

695.4404 / 720

Master · 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.22 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 669.06 (+3.16)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Minnesota in May

Consistency

±34.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.56)

Road miles

6,137

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 888 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Purse competed for

$356K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

669.06 / 720

22 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (15 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.

Against the odds

8-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 92 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Minnesota in May (2018-05-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 8-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LUCKY'S Q.

Giant slayer

70 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 70-team field at Minnesota in May.

2018-05-11

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff (2019-06-08).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.4404 career-best overall

96.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.4404 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 96.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-09-15

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

WHO DAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of Eggspert BBQ Minnesota 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–3 behind in the head-to-head

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.

The drought

11 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff on 2019-06-08 — 11 contests and 7.2 years ago.

last GC 2019-06-08
7.2 years ago

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE IN THE EYE in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024-10-30).

last seen 2020-10-16
back 2024-10-30

Pork nemesis

11 of 17 shared pork entries lost

LAST CALL HEROES BBQ ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 17 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 70 at their very first tracked contest, Minnesota in May (2018-05-11).

2018-05-11
70-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 12% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 12% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,137 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,137 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 888 miles to 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES).

22 mapped stops
furthest 888 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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27 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

COUNTY LINE SMOKERS

#925 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1622

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Eggspert BBQ Minnesota has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

A Good Rub BBQ

#928 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1623

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2023-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

PAPA'S PIT CREW

#929 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1612

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 51 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 51 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Team Meat Coma

#920 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1680

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 62 contests, alongside a 29% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 60 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

QUAU

#927 of the rated field

1612 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 187
GCs: 17
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1808

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Eggspert BBQ Minnesota)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Eggspert BBQ Minnesota's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 180 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SOUTHERN QUE

#922 of the rated field

1613 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1615

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Eggspert BBQ Minnesota's first contest.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RUB MY RACK	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
SMOKE IN THE EYE	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Backroads BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
TIMBONE BARBECUE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
RICHIE Z's	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Hogline	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	8	0	2	177.7144	156.5028	169.77	top 40%
Pork Ribs	22	5	0	1	176.0116	154.8344	167.56	top 48%
Pork	22	9	2	5	179.4400	161.0972	171.28	top 34%
Brisket	21	4	2	4	178.8800	157.0628	168.08	top 43%

“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
SD	8	0	top 45%
KS	6	0	top 42%
MN	3	1	top 26%
WI	2	0	top 52%
TN	1	0	top 71%
SK	1	1	top 5%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	1	top 5%
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 49%
Large (40+)	14	1	top 38%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	2	15	top 58%	2019-09-06
Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	2	8	top 63%	2019-08-23
SMSU Smokefest	2	9	top 39%	2019-08-16
Cookin On Kampeska	2	7	top 32%	2019-07-19
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	9	top 23%	2018-09-15

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.5 yrs 2018-05-11 → 2024-10-30

Busiest season 2019 10 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 5.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SD 8 of 22 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 17 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.56)

Walk rate 64% a top-10 call in 14 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 41% 9 of 22 contests

Wins it all 9% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2018-05-11 Minnesota in May

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 669.06 out of 720 · 22 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 1,229 1,664–878 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,137 22 mapped stops · furthest 888 mi

Schedule strength 1591 average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests

Purse competed for $355,505 listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 11 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 4 yrs 2020-10-16 → 2024-10-30

Power rating 1612 peak 1613 · #924 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2018
May 11 First tracked contest Minnesota in May
May 11 First call Minnesota in May
May 11 First category win (Pork) Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall podium Minnesota in May
May 11 First Grand Championship Minnesota in May
May 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score694.8344 Minnesota in May
May 11 Biggest field won (70 teams) Minnesota in May
May 11 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Minnesota in May
Sep 15 Career-best overall score695.4404 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
2019
May 31 10th tracked contest Original SD BBQ Championship
Jun 8 First multi-meat day Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff
2020
Sep 11 Peak power rating (1613) Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll
2024
Oct 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18	Minnesota in May	2018-05-11
+17.9	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15
+15.1	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff	2019-06-08
+14	*Cookin On Kampeska	2018-07-20
+11.4	SMSU Smokefest	2019-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ	2018-08-24
-7.7	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1	2020-10-16
-0.5	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll	2018-09-07

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	2	0	0	0	0%	top 55%	95.4%	94.3%
2020	2	0	1	0	100%	top 44%	94%	93.1%
2019	10	1	5	3	70%	top 35%	95.3%	93.8%
2018	8	1	3	1	63%	top 41%	96.6%	91.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	144 / 169 (670.7316)	13 (177.7144)	157 (163.3944)	154 (162.8000)	136 (166.8228)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	109 / 444 (686.7424)	105 (174.8456)	94 (174.2628)	172 (170.8228)	237 (166.8112)
2020-10-16	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI	23 / 40 (663.8396)	31 (162.2628)	22 (163.3828)	3 (174.2628)	25 (163.9312)
2020-09-11	Ribs, Rod and Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	9 / 29 (677.0628)	27 (156.5028)	21 (166.8228)	3 (177.7372)	3 (176.0000)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	69 / 97 (662.7200)	79 (163.3828)	52 (169.6800)	43 (169.6800)	80 (159.9772)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	103 / 135 (671.2912)	123 (163.3828)	101 (166.2628)	76 (169.6684)	57 (171.9772)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	99 / 468 (678.1596)	75 (172.5484)	296 (162.8000)	185 (167.9656)	42 (174.8456)
2019-09-06	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	15 / 29 (669.6116)	23 (160.5372)	11 (170.2744)	10 (172.5600)	17 (166.2400)
2019-08-23	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	8 / 31 (677.6228)	24 (164.5600)	10 (171.4056)	16 (165.0972)	3 (176.5600)
2019-08-16	SMSU Smokefest 🏅 MARSHALL, MN	9 / 46 (683.4060)	28 (167.3944)	35 (162.8344)	7 (174.2972)	1 (178.8800)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	19 / 40 (669.0512)	6 (175.4172)	31 (161.7028)	24 (163.4056)	11 (168.5256)
2019-06-08	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	1 / 19 (673.0744)	5 (168.5256)	12 (154.8344)	1 (178.8572)	1 (170.8572)
2019-05-31	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	8 / 37 (680.5140)	10 (171.4056)	7 (172.0000)	12 (170.2628)	12 (166.8456)
2019-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅	8 / 57 (686.2056)	18 (172.0000)	18 (169.6684)	3 (177.7028)	23 (166.8344)
2018-10-05	*Wisconsin Colorfest & BBQ Bash Turtle Lake, WI	12 / 26 (670.1600)	7 (171.4172)	8 (170.8228)	8 (170.8572)	21 (157.0628)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	9 / 467 (695.4404)	120 (171.4172)	68 (173.1316)	16 (177.7144)	58 (173.1772)
2018-09-14	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	71 / 164 (683.9200)	42 (174.2628)	50 (172.5600)	43 (173.7144)	140 (163.3828)
2018-09-07	Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD	16 / 25 (664.9940)	6 (170.8456)	16 (162.8000)	17 (161.0972)	12 (170.2512)
2018-08-24	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	27 / 27 (516.0004)	3 (176.5716)	20 (161.6916)	4 (177.7372)	—
2018-08-17	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	23 / 40 (666.1828)	18 (168.5256)	21 (166.2516)	24 (165.1428)	19 (166.2628)
2018-07-20	*Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	7 / 45 (677.6912)	4 (174.8800)	5 (173.7028)	20 (167.4056)	23 (161.7028)
2018-05-11	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	1 / 70 (694.8344)	2 (176.5944)	3 (176.0116)	1 (179.4400)	36 (162.7884)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#236 (1189 pts)	#359 (879 pts)	#379 (864 pts)	#225 (1209 pts)	#180 (1324 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#340 (988 pts)	#240 (1233 pts)	#374 (938 pts)	#316 (1038 pts)	#690 (526 pts)