High-water mark
662.7316
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.7316 at Best of the Midwest BBQ — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 22, 2021
Little O BBQ
Little O BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 25th of 44 at the Best of the Midwest BBQ (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 7, 2021
latest Apr 29, 2022 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±81.58
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.18)
Road miles
605
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 250 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.51 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Little O BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Level with Little O BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Little O BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,400 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Little O BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Little O 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 162.2972 | 164.27 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 150.2400 | 159.18 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 151.4056 | 159.22 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 158.3200 | 161.90 | top 59% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
164
finished ahead 24 times, behind 170
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Apr 29, 2022 → Aug 25, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1488) Minnesota in May
- First call Best of the Midwest BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7316 Best of the Midwest BBQ
- Career-best overall score662.7316 Best of the Midwest BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1316 Best of the Midwest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Minnesota in May | May 7, 2021 |
| -11.8 | Masters in May | Apr 29, 2022 |
| -0.8 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | Oct 22, 2021 |
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% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 66% | 66% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 74% | 92% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2023 | 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington Island, WI | — | — | 16 (162.2400) | — | — |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI | 43 / 43 (474.9032) | — | 40 (150.2860) | 21 (166.2972) | 29 (158.3200) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI | — | — | 12 (160.0116) | — | — |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI | 25 / 44 (662.7316) | 23 (166.2400) | 5 (173.1316) | 36 (159.9428) | 25 (163.4172) |
| May 7, 2021 | Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN | 55 / 60 (627.9084) | 45 (162.2972) | 58 (150.2400) | 58 (151.4056) | 32 (163.9656) |