High-water mark
676.4460
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4460 at Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Oct 17, 2024
TWISTED OLIVER
TWISTED OLIVER is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Apr 5, 2013
latest Oct 17, 2024 · 11.5 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Best overall
676.4460 / 720
Competitor Series · Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
175.4172
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.85 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Road miles
833
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 759 mi
Purse competed for
$51K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
618.21 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 145.7144 | 157.70 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 152 | 166.85 | top 33% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 144.5712 | 157.87 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 131.9998 | 155.21 | top 67% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OK
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
107
finished ahead 26 times, behind 82
Longest layoff
9.1 yrs
Apr 5, 2013 → Apr 22, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score676.4460 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Most recent contest Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
20222 milestones
- First call 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1256 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2024 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | 25 / 33 (676.4460) | 17 (174.2744) | 10 (175.4172) | 33 (157.0744) | 16 (169.6800) |
| Apr 22, 2022 | 17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 18 / 26 (662.1256) | 23 (153.0972) | 7 (173.1200) | 10 (171.9656) | 16 (163.9428) |
| Apr 5, 2013 | Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK | 42 / 52 (574.2854) | 34 (145.7144) | 21 (152) | 37 (144.5712) | 48 (131.9998) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.