A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GuidePoint Security
GuidePoint Security is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 91st of 467 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2021
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.72
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.73)
Road miles
12
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$219K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.64 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to GuidePoint Security, each with one reason worth a look.
GuidePoint Security has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 138 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,499 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1552
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GuidePoint Security)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GuidePoint Security has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with GuidePoint Security on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1493
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before GuidePoint Security's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before GuidePoint Security's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before GuidePoint Security's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 157.6800 | 163.97 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9888 | 143.3828 | 152.73 | top 89% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 161.7488 | 163.79 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 151.3828 | 160.14 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 91 | 0 | top 56% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
822
finished ahead 442 times, behind 951
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score651.9776 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score486.1940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1508) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -4.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 340 / 444 (651.9776) | 157 (172) | 375 (159.9888) | 341 (161.7488) | 358 (158.2400) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 452 / 487 (619.8512) | 424 (157.6800) | 479 (143.3828) | 259 (167.4056) | 447 (151.3828) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 91 / 467 (486.1940) | 311 (162.2400) | 398 (154.8116) | 303 (162.2284) | 100 (170.8112) |