A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
7.62 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
7.62 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1423
peak 1423 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2021-06-19
latest 2024-08-02
Best ToY finish
#332
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
611.13
last 4 Master vs avg 611.13 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.58)
Road miles
2,577
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 662 mi
Schedule strength
29%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
611.13 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
297.61 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The weak link
−9.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.83 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 13%.
- Pork Ribs avg 146.58
- Chicken avg 156.41
- 1 calls in 8 entries
Chicken nemesis
4 of 4
shared chicken entries lost
BBQ Pit Bros ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BBQ Pit Bros has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared chicken entries.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 12th
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6137 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6136 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6132 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1423
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#6135 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1422
No shared contest yet.
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#6131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1423
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#6133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1423
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 142.7656 | 156.41 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.0972 | 130.0916 | 146.58 | top 91% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6684 | 152.5028 | 153.08 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 137.0972 | 149.67 | top 90% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 4 | 0 | top 86% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 96% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 91% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 12 | 0 | top 86% | 2024-06-21 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2021-06-19 → 2024-08-02
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.41 · weakest Pork Ribs (146.58)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
611.13
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
297.61
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
152
16–167 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,577
8 mapped stops · furthest 662 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 29% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,765
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1423
peak 1423 · #6134 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1490) Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- First call Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)
- 2024
- Career-best overall score622.1832 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)165.7372 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2021-09-17 |
| -12.3 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) | 2022-06-17 |
| -9.6 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-06-19 |
| -9.6 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival | 2024-05-17 |
| -9.2 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ | 2023-04-21 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 90% | 87.9% | 86.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85% | 82.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 83.9% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 38 / 40 (622.1832) | 31 (165.7372) | 40 (146.2516) | 38 (152.5028) | 34 (157.6916) |
| 2024-06-21 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 14 / 17 (316.5600) | 10 (164.5828) | 15 (151.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Give Local First - Charity BBQ Festival 🏅 West Plains, MO | 16 / 17 (606.1488) | 12 (159.4172) | 13 (155.9660) | 15 (153.6684) | 17 (137.0972) |
| 2023-06-23 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 13 / 15 (285.5316) | 11 (155.4400) | 15 (130.0916) | — | — |
| 2023-04-21 | Smokin in the Creek BBQ 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 48 / 51 (612.3204) | 37 (158.2516) | 51 (145.6344) | 50 (153.0628) | 42 (155.3716) |
| 2022-06-17 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) Sioux City, IA | 12 / 13 (299.8628) | 12 (142.7656) | 9 (157.0972) | — | — |
| 2021-09-17 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 16 / 16 (603.8628) | 14 (156.5716) | 16 (145.6800) | 16 (153.0740) | 15 (148.5372) |
| 2021-06-19 | Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA | 18 / 22 (288.4688) | 17 (148.5372) | 20 (139.9316) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #332 (97 pts) | #312 (117 pts) | #345 (92 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #822 (147 pts) | #848 (167 pts) | #897 (162 pts) | #860 (152 pts) | #869 (142 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #280 (110 pts) | #319 (90 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #277 (103 pts) | #252 (123 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #236 (87 pts) | #257 (72 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1125 (86 pts) | #1145 (96 pts) | #1215 (86 pts) | #1164 (86 pts) | #1124 (91 pts) |