High-water mark
674.2288
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2288 at Columbia Valley Smokeshow — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 24, 2022
MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ
MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 5th of 11 at the Columbia Valley Smokeshow (2022). They are ranked #3778 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 3, 2022
latest Sep 2, 2023 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±68.68
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.98 · weakest Brisket (162.28)
Road miles
316
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Purse competed for
$4,750
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
627.96 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to MOOSE KNUCKLE 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.
#3,787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Level with MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,785 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1488
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before MOOSE KNUCKLE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOME COOKIN' BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Kreiser Barbecue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Notorious P.I.G. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 157.6912 | 163.52 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 175.4172 | 162.8460 | 170.98 | top 32% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 157.0972 | 163.98 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 172.5716 | 144.5600 | 162.28 | top 51% |
“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 52% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
79
finished ahead 47 times, behind 106
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival
20228 milestones
- First tracked contest Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
- First call Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.0232 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
- First overall top-10 Columbia Valley Smokeshow
- Career-best overall score674.2288 Columbia Valley Smokeshow
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Barbeque on the Bow
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Barbeque on the Bow
- Peak power rating (1503) Barbeque on the Bow
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.8 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow | Jun 24, 2022 |
| +1.4 | Barbeque on the Bow | Sep 3, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.6 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | Sep 2, 2023 |
| -2.3 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta | Jun 3, 2022 |
| -0.7 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Aug 27, 2022 |
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 | 100% | top 100% | 68.2% | 68.2% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 52% | 93.6% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2023 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 40 / 40 (491.3832) | 35 (157.6912) | 30 (162.8460) | — | 7 (170.8460) |
| Sep 3, 2022 | Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB | 14 / 36 (663.9432) | 7 (170.2744) | 1 (175.4172) | 29 (157.0972) | 21 (161.1544) |
| Aug 27, 2022 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 11 / 19 (658.2404) | 15 (158.8000) | 2 (174.8572) | 14 (162.2972) | 10 (162.2860) |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Columbia Valley Smokeshow Invermere | 5 / 11 (674.2288) | 9 (163.3944) | 5 (170.2972) | 5 (167.9656) | 3 (172.5716) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 20 / 31 (652.0232) | 12 (167.4172) | 8 (171.4860) | 10 (168.5600) | 30 (144.5600) |