The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Trailer Pork Bros has finished one call ahead of On Point BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
On Point BBQ
On Point BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 16th of 37 at the Bring'n Home the Bacon (2019). They are ranked #5132 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1460
peak 1460 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 2, 2016
latest May 3, 2024 · 7.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.41
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.39 · weakest Brisket (140.34)
Road miles
1,738
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 800 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
610.94 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.25 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2879 (57 pts) | #2203 (87 pts) | #2899 (57 pts) | #2896 (57 pts) | #2892 (57 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to On Point BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,139 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,124 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before On Point BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,111 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They've been 1506 at their best, 46 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#5,151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
Level with On Point BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,115 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before On Point BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1460
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before On Point 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 140.5256 | 154.71 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 145.6344 | 159.39 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 154.2284 | 158.52 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.7772 | 123.8632 | 140.34 | top 95% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 93% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
3 of 6 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
211
finished ahead 38 times, behind 203
Longest layoff
2.9 yrs
Jun 21, 2019 → May 13, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score630.1372 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8572 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1
20191 milestone
- First call Bring'n Home the Bacon
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs
- Peak power rating (1490) 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.7 | Bring'n Home the Bacon | Jun 21, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Smokin For Garrett | Apr 26, 2019 |
| -10.4 | Jiggy With The Piggy | May 13, 2022 |
| -10.3 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs | Sep 2, 2016 |
| -9 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 3, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.4% | 83.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 72% | 89.5% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 42 / 45 (630.1372) | 45 (149.6800) | 29 (166.8572) | 38 (162.8228) | 43 (150.7772) |
| May 13, 2022 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 43 / 46 (600.3312) | 46 (140.5256) | 37 (156.5256) | 36 (160.5256) | 44 (142.7544) |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Bring'n Home the Bacon 🏅 West Salem, WI | 16 / 37 (322.2516) | 19 (157.6916) | 9 (164.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin For Garrett 🏅 Boonville, IN | 26 / 26 (605.4744) | 22 (161.7028) | 19 (163.3944) | 22 (156.5140) | 26 (123.8632) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Rotary Rockn Ribs LaCrosse, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2016 | 6th Annual Smokin' In the Bogs Warrens, WI | 29 / 32 (607.8056) | 19 (163.9656) | 29 (145.6344) | 29 (154.2284) | 29 (143.9772) |