C-N-B BAR-B-Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1987

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1547 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-08

latest 2017-03-10

Best ToY finish

#471

Master 2013

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2512 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.73 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 659.40 (-3.66)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7142

Chicken · Smokin' On the Pecos

Consistency

±15.60

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.68 · weakest Pork (162.46)

Road miles

1,621

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 459 mi

Schedule strength

16%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)

Master avg

659.40 / 720

6 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (8 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.

Signature meat

50% brisket entries won

3 wins from 6 entries

When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 50% of their entries (3 of 6).

best 176.5716
average 168.68
4 calls

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014-03-07).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

High-water mark

678.2512 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2512 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-03-07

Their season

2013 1 Grand Championship

2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 12%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 12%

The weak link

−6.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.21 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 67%.

Pork avg 162.46
Brisket avg 168.68
2 calls in 6 entries

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016-03-11).

last seen 2014-03-07
back 2016-03-11

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-03-08).

2013-03-08
29-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MOE CASON BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

GOLDEN SMOKE BBQ

#1989 of the rated field

1539 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to C-N-B BAR-B-Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team C-N-B BAR-B-Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

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2-CAN-Q

#1974 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1552

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to C-N-B BAR-B-Q)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 6.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2022-03-19

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BORDER WAR BBQ

#1994 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Level with C-N-B BAR-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-06-21

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Secondhand Smoke BBQ Team

#1982 of the rated field

1539 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after C-N-B BAR-B-Q did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2023-10-05

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Good Buddies BBQ

#1997 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2015-11-03

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Butts Bellies & Buddies Too

#1998 of the rated field

1538 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1539

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	4	1	2	177.7142	151.4172	165.42	top 40%
Pork Ribs	6	3	1	1	172.0000	155.9544	162.84	top 39%
Pork	6	2	1	2	176.0228	151.9994	162.46	top 44%
Brisket	6	4	3	4	176.5716	160.0002	168.68	top 14%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	4	1	top 34%
LA	1	0	top 22%
NM	1	0	top 29%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 16%

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2013-03-08 → 2017-03-10

Busiest season 2013 3 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 4 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 1 win · 4 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.68 · weakest Pork (162.46)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 6 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 3 of 6 contests

Wins it all 17% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2013-03-08 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 659.40 out of 720 · 6 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 199 173–59 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,621 6 mapped stops · furthest 459 mi

Schedule strength 1523 average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2014-03-07 → 2016-03-11

Power rating 1539 peak 1547 · #1987 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 22 First Reserve Championship Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Jun 28 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7142 Smokin' On the Pecos
2014
Mar 7 First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 Career-best overall score678.2512 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 7 Peak power rating (1547) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2017
Mar 10 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-08
+14.7	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	2013-03-22
+9.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-03-07
+6.6	Smokin' On the Pecos	2013-06-28
+2.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-03-11

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0	100%	top 43%	91.3%	91.3%
2016	1	0	0	1	100%	top 86%	88.2%	88.2%
2014	1	0	1	2	100%	top 22%	94.2%	94.2%
2013	3	1	2	3	100%	top 12%	94.1%	91.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-03-10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour White Settlement, TX	13 / 30 (657.6344)	10 (168.5600)	6 (167.9772)	23 (157.6572)	11 (163.4400)
2016-03-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	25 / 29 (634.7888)	27 (151.4172)	23 (155.9544)	26 (153.6800)	1 (173.7372)
2014-03-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	5 / 23 (678.2512)	20 (161.0856)	9 (167.9772)	1 (176.0228)	1 (173.1656)
2013-06-28	Smokin' On the Pecos Artesia, NM	20 / 70 (646.8564)	1 (177.7142)	40 (157.1426)	49 (151.9994)	19 (160.0002)
2013-03-22	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	2 / 59 (661.1434)	9 (163.4286)	21 (156.0002)	11 (165.1430)	1 (176.5716)
2013-03-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	1 / 29 (677.7142)	3 (170.2858)	1 (172.0000)	2 (170.2858)	3 (165.1426)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016 ↗	Master	#2951 (54 pts)	#2947 (54 pts)	#2335 (64 pts)	#2950 (54 pts)	#1163 (279 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#471 (654 pts)	#462 (689 pts)	#741 (449 pts)	#703 (474 pts)	#505 (634 pts)