A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Ambition Que ahead in 100% of their meetings
Ambition Que has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Texpat BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-04-07
latest 2024-04-05
Best ToY finish
#938
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.01
last 3 Master vs avg 628.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.68
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.82 · weakest Chicken (154.61)
Road miles
199
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1613)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
628.01 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1613
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1613 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
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.
Texpat BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 141 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before Texpat BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Texpat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Texpat BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Texpat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Texpat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 143.3600 | 154.61 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 155.3944 | 158.82 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 153.6344 | 158.22 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 146.8000 | 156.36 | top 82% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 2 | 88 | 0 | top 89% | 2024-04-05 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2023-04-07 → 2024-04-05
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 158.82 · weakest Chicken (154.61)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
628.01
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
175
28–226 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
199
3 mapped stops · furthest 100 mi
Schedule strength
1613
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$53,750
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke in the Spring
- 2024
- Career-best overall score638.1028 Smoke in the Spring
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2284 Smoke in the Spring
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2023-08-18 |
| -8.3 | Smoke in the Spring | 2024-04-05 |
| -6.6 | Smoke in the Spring | 2023-04-07 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.4% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 90 / 97 (638.1028) | 71 (166.2284) | 87 (161.1200) | 93 (153.6344) | 88 (157.1200) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 51 / 57 (616.9028) | 49 (154.2400) | 47 (159.9428) | 49 (155.9200) | 52 (146.8000) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 88 / 103 (629.0288) | 102 (143.3600) | 92 (155.3944) | 71 (165.1200) | 65 (165.1544) |
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 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |