High-water mark
684.5256
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 684.5256 at Marietta River City BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 26, 2024
Lock 44 BBQ
Lock 44 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 13 at the Marietta River City BBQ (2024). They are ranked #3503 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1493 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Apr 28, 2023
latest Sep 6, 2024 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.45
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.64 · weakest Brisket (160.08)
Road miles
743
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$24K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.89 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Lock 44 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,518 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 Lock 44 BBQ'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, 9 years before Lock 44 BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Lock 44 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ 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 Lock 44 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Lock 44 BBQ'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 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 162.2284 | 168.66 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 166.2516 | 171.64 | top 27% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 153.1428 | 162.51 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 149.7028 | 160.08 | top 73% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta River City BBQ | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 57% | Apr 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
116
finished ahead 55 times, behind 119
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20246 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- First category win (Chicken) Marietta River City BBQ
- First overall top-10 Marietta River City BBQ
- Career-best overall score684.5256 Marietta River City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1498) Marietta River City BBQ
- Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Marietta River City BBQ
- First call The Buckeye BBQ Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8628 The Buckeye BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 28, 2023 |
| -5.3 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | Sep 6, 2024 |
| -2.5 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | Jul 21, 2023 |
| -1.5 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | Apr 19, 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 67% | top 62% | 95.1% | 93.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 92.2% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2024 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH | 24 / 30 (658.1828) | 28 (162.2284) | 13 (169.7028) | 26 (161.7144) | 21 (164.5372) |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 5 / 13 (684.5256) | 1 (174.8456) | 2 (174.8456) | 5 (170.2972) | 9 (164.5372) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 41 / 62 (667.9660) | 25 (171.4172) | 8 (174.8572) | 47 (164) | 53 (157.6916) |
| Jul 21, 2023 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic 🏅 Hillsboro, OH | 22 / 32 (663.8628) | 23 (163.9656) | 8 (172.5600) | 24 (163.3944) | 18 (163.9428) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 32 / 42 (639.9200) | 15 (170.8228) | 17 (166.2516) | 36 (153.1428) | 36 (149.7028) |