High-water mark
663.8628
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8628 at World Barbecue Championship — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-11-11
Wonkey Donkeys
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-05
latest 2023-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.91
last 3 Master vs avg 631.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.24 · weakest Brisket (144.35)
Road miles
8,920
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 4510 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Master avg
631.91 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
6.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.7 years, then back at Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters (2023-08-05).
- last seen 2016-11-11
- back 2023-08-05
The long haul
8,920
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,920 miles across 3 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,510 miles to Grillstock.
- 3 mapped stops
- furthest 4,510 mi
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.
Wonkey Donkeys 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 106 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.
#3015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with Wonkey Donkeys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Wonkey Donkeys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Wonkey Donkeys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 10 years before Wonkey Donkeys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 10 years before Wonkey Donkeys'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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.3828 | 151.4172 | 159.20 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4516 | 157.7256 | 167.24 | top 37% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 155.9312 | 161.12 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 130.2744 | 144.35 | top 80% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.9 yrs
2015-09-05 → 2023-08-05
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.24 · weakest Brisket (144.35)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
631.91
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
46–74 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8,920
3 mapped stops · furthest 4,510 mi
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Longest layoff
6.7 yrs
2016-11-11 → 2023-08-05
Power rating
1505
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Grillstock
- First call Grillstock
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4516 Grillstock
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8628 World Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score663.8628 World Barbecue Championship
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
- Peak power rating (1505) Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
- Most recent contest Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.4 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters | 2023-08-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.5 | Grillstock | 2015-09-05 |
| -0.1 | World Barbecue Championship | 2016-11-11 |
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)
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 50% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters Chew Magna, Near Bristol, BS40 8SZ | 4 / 8 (615.8284) | 3 (167.3828) | 5 (157.7256) | 4 (155.9312) | 8 (134.7888) |
| 2016-11-11 | World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL | 59 / 89 (663.8628) | 81 (158.7884) | 37 (168.5488) | 42 (168.5484) | 43 (167.9772) |
| 2015-09-05 | Grillstock London, | 14 / 26 (616.0348) | 17 (151.4172) | 2 (175.4516) | 11 (158.8916) | 24 (130.2744) |