High-water mark
169.7028
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 169.7028 at WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) — 94.3% of a perfect 180.
- Competitor Series
- Sep 14, 2023
Hope Story Media
Hope Story Media is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 37 at the WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2023
latest Sep 12, 2024 · 1 year on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Road miles
2
across 2 mapped stops
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall top-10 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score169.7028 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score169.7028 WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2024 | Wings 4 Water VIII (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 15 / 37 (165.6800) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2023 | WINGS 4 WATER 2023 (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Lee's Summit, MO | 7 / 37 (169.7028) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.