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The Rack Pack

The Rack Pack is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest (2013). They are ranked #2191 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,191
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1532
peak 1559 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

Sep 27, 2013
latest Sep 28, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1242
Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

4
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
56% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%
overall standings

Best overall

697.1316 / 720
Master · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

577.20 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 621.02 (-43.83)

Walk rate

100%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival

Consistency

±117.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 173.99 · weakest Chicken (166.42)

Road miles

641
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 173 mi

Schedule strength

31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

621.02 / 720
9 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

  • Brisket ×2

Against the odds

26-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 74 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest (Sep 27, 2013) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LOTTA BULL BBQ.

Giant slayer

48 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 48-team field at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest.

  • Sep 27, 2013

Signature meat

25% brisket entries won

2 wins from 8 entries

When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 25% of their entries (2 of 8).

  • best 180.0000
  • average 173.99
  • 7 calls

They almost always walk

100% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 100% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.1316 career-best overall

96.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.1316 at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest — 96.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 27, 2013

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

  • 3 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 30%
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A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Q-BONES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Q-BONES BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.58 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 88%.

  • Chicken avg 166.42
  • Brisket avg 173.99
  • 4 calls in 8 entries

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest on Sep 27, 2013 — 8 contests and 13.1 years ago.

  • last GC Sep 27, 2013
  • 13.1 years ago

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 48 at their very first tracked contest, Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest (Sep 27, 2013).

  • Sep 27, 2013
  • 48-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ACE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±16.32% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±16.32% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

  • averages 86.3% of a perfect score
  • best 96.8%

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #1418 (165 pts) #1996 (60 pts) — —
2017 ↗ Master #2801 (58 pts) — #1809 (123 pts) #1637 (153 pts) #1599 (163 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1242 (235 pts) #1406 (210 pts) #1239 (260 pts) #2061 (110 pts) #2112 (100 pts)

Overall rank by season

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

Gryphon Smokehouse
#2,176 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
89%
Peak
1541

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Aug 6, 2022
  • on a 4-contest top-10 run
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BBQ BROS Competition Team
#2,175 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1533

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Jul 20, 2019
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SMOKIN BONES COOKING TEAM
#2,199 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1535

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Sep 1, 2017
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BBQ NUTS
#2,197 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1532

Level with The Rack Pack on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jun 9, 2017
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HAT CREEK Q
#2,189 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1536

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2023
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FIRECRAFT
#2,190 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1533

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Apr 8, 2016
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
RAZORRACKS 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
ACE BBQ 6 5 1 83% ⚔ compare
Smokin Through The Night 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
C & J BACKYARD SMOKERS 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
TOTALLY SMOKIN 5 4 1 80% ⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS 5 2 3 40% ⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 8 4 0 0 172.5944 144.5372 166.42 top 42%
Pork Ribs 9 5 2 3 179.4400 158.8000 169.70 top 29%
Pork 8 3 0 0 171.9772 154.8112 167.32 top 45%
Brisket 8 7 2 5 180 🔥 168 173.99 top 15%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 42%
Medium (20–39)40top 55%
Large (40+)41top 29%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AR81top 42%
MO10top 42%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival 2 3 0 top 47% Sep 29, 2017
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 2 8 0 top 36% Jun 10, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests
Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AR 8 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 7 2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 9 entries · 2 wins · 5 calls
First title Sep 27, 2013 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
Opponents faced 202 finished ahead 205 times, behind 119

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival
20161 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1559) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival
20151 milestone
  1. First perfect 180 (Brisket) Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)
20139 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  2. First call Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  4. First overall top-10 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  5. First overall podium Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  6. First Grand Championship Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  7. First overall past 90% of a perfect score697.1316 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  8. Biggest field won (48 teams) Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest
  9. Career-best overall score697.1316 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.4Downtown Jonesboro BBQ FestSep 27, 2013
+13.4Downtown Jonesboro BBQ FestivalSep 30, 2016
+12.2Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL)Jun 12, 2015
+12.1Downtown Jonesboro BBQ FestivalSep 25, 2015
+5.8Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ BlowoutJul 4, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.7Downtown Jonesboro BBQ FestivalSep 29, 2017
-13.1Jonesboro Downtown BBQ FestivalSep 28, 2018
-1.1Delta Smoke BBQ ContestJun 10, 2016
-0.4Biggest Buck and Best RackSep 11, 2015

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 100% top 89% 45.8% 45.8%
20171000 100% top 88% 69.8% 69.8%
20162010 100% top 32% 95.4% 94.6%
20153022 100% top 30% 95.9% 94.6%
20141011 100% top 42% 90.8% 90.8%
20131111 100% top 2% 96.8% 96.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 28, 2018 Jonesboro Downtown BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR 40 / 45 (329.6572) 7 (170.8456) 25 (158.8116) — —
Sep 29, 2017 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR 29 / 33 (502.7772) — 12 (165.1316) 8 (168.5256) 7 (169.1200)
Sep 30, 2016 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR 3 / 44 (686.8228) 4 (171.4172) 2 (178.2972) 15 (169.1084) 17 (168)
Jun 10, 2016 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR 22 / 39 (675.9200) 10 (172.5944) 34 (158.8000) 17 (170.8228) 10 (173.7028)
Sep 25, 2015 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Festival Jonesboro, AR 4 / 38 (690.8000) 17 (166.8228) 4 (174.8572) 15 (169.1200) 1 (180)
Sep 11, 2015 Biggest Buck and Best Rack Alma, AR 16 / 25 (666.1940) 20 (165.1084) 8 (170.2744) 22 (154.8112) 2 (176)
Jun 12, 2015 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGE LIST IS FULL) Wynne, AR 8 / 49 (686.2172) 24 (167.4172) 11 (171.4056) 29 (167.3944) 1 (180)
Jul 4, 2014 Fin to Fur Red White and Blue BBQ Blowout Thayer, MO 5 / 12 (653.6916) 12 (144.5372) 1 (170.3200) 7 (166.8228) 2 (172.0116)
Sep 27, 2013 Downtown Jonesboro BBQ Fest Jonesboro, AR 1 / 48 (697.1316) 7 (172.5944) 1 (179.4400) 6 (171.9772) 3 (173.1200)

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