High-water mark
668.5484
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5484 at Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 26, 2023
Rök och Bark BBQ
Rök och Bark BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 21 at the Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp (2023). They finished #774 in the 2020 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Aug 15, 2020
latest Aug 23, 2024 · 4 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.71 · weakest Chicken (157.31)
Road miles
74
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
654.42 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 153.1200 | 157.31 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 166.8688 | 169.71 | top 41% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.6056 | 159.4056 | 166.10 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 155.4056 | 161.30 | top 61% |
“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
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
36
finished ahead 22 times, behind 33
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Aug 15, 2020 → Aug 26, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
20235 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5484 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Career-best overall score668.5484 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8456 Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
- Peak power rating (1491) Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp
20202 milestones
- First tracked contest Slow Joe's Barn Burner
- First call Slow Joe's Barn Burner
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2024 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp | 14 / 23 (659.8972) | 20 (158.8228) | 11 (167.4172) | 10 (166.2744) | 9 (167.3828) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp | 8 / 21 (668.5484) | 17 (159.9772) | 2 (174.8456) | 4 (172.6056) | 14 (161.1200) |
| Aug 15, 2020 | Slow Joe's Barn Burner Vedum | 14 / 14 (634.8000) | 13 (153.1200) | 9 (166.8688) | 12 (159.4056) | 11 (155.4056) |