High-water mark
676.0000
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.0000 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2021
MAKE MMM SQUEAL
MAKE MMM SQUEAL is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 98th of 467 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2018
latest Sep 27, 2023 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.69)
Road miles
2,122
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,059 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$205K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.89 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #920 (135 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MAKE MMM SQUEAL, each with one reason worth a look.
MAKE MMM SQUEAL has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 102 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MAKE MMM SQUEAL)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MAKE MMM SQUEAL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MAKE MMM SQUEAL)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before MAKE MMM SQUEAL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,290 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1498
Level with MAKE MMM SQUEAL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 150.2172 | 163.26 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 147.9316 | 159.69 | top 67% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 153.0856 | 160.40 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 150.1828 | 161.54 | top 58% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 98 | 0 | top 45% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
1,053
finished ahead 709 times, behind 1,173
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 16, 2021 → Sep 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20215 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score676 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best overall score676 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1501) American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +1.5 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Sep 15, 2018 |
| -2.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 33% | 27.3% | 27.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 335 / 487 (655.9428) | 428 (157.1428) | 304 (165.6916) | 296 (165.7028) | 229 (167.4056) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 98 / 467 (676) | 10 (177.1428) | 167 (168.5716) | 220 (165.7028) | 224 (164.5828) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 155 / 468 (147.3372) | 168 (168.5256) | 369 (156.5716) | 401 (153.0856) | 409 (150.1828) |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2018 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 406 / 467 (619.2572) | 446 (150.2172) | 434 (147.9316) | 371 (157.1084) | 224 (164) |