A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pork Pullers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pork Pullers has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CONDITION 1 BBQ
CONDITION 1 BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 13 at the Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They are ranked #4135 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 22, 2017
latest Sep 8, 2023 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.90 · weakest Brisket (151.95)
Road miles
422
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 144 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
628.30 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
335.35 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #258 (121 pts) | #287 (111 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #179 (188 pts) | #217 (163 pts) | — | — |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2781 (59 pts) | #2135 (84 pts) | #2895 (54 pts) | #2158 (79 pts) | #2879 (54 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to CONDITION 1 BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,137 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before CONDITION 1 BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
They've been 1514 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1480
Level with CONDITION 1 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
They've been 1515 at their best, 34 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,150 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 158.8800 | 163.90 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 155.4056 | 160.88 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 150.1944 | 157.53 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8228 | 148.5256 | 151.95 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 57% | Sep 8, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 44 times, behind 133
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Sep 9, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
20224 milestones
- First overall top-10 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score346.2628 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
20181 milestone
- First call Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY)
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score647.4060 Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1499) Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 9, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.2 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 8, 2023 |
| -8.4 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) | Apr 27, 2018 |
| -7.2 | Smoking in the Golden Valley | Sep 29, 2017 |
| -5.6 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest | Apr 26, 2019 |
| -1 | Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival | Sep 22, 2017 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 96.2% | 96.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 89% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 89.9% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2023 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 10 / 11 (324.4456) | 9 (161.6456) | 10 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 3 / 13 (346.2628) | 4 (173.7028) | 5 (172.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO | 33 / 42 (621.6000) | 25 (158.8800) | 35 (155.9544) | 36 (151.9428) | 34 (154.8228) |
| Aug 4, 2018 | Taste of the Ozarks (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, MO | — | 3 (166.8800) | 13 (160.5716) | — | — |
| Apr 27, 2018 | Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO | 47 / 53 (615.7372) | 42 (159.3600) | 43 (156.5256) | 47 (150.1944) | 42 (149.6572) |
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoking in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO | 24 / 29 (628.4452) | 19 (162.2512) | 26 (155.4056) | 20 (162.2628) | 27 (148.5256) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS | 22 / 35 (647.4060) | 21 (164.5600) | 21 (162.3316) | 19 (165.7028) | 26 (154.8116) |