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HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ

HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown (2013). They are ranked #1871 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,871
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1545
peak 1550 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

12
in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013
latest Nov 7, 2014 · 1.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#437
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

1
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
42% of 12 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%
overall standings

Best overall

689.6228 / 720
Master · Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

674.17 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 668.44 (+5.73)

Walk rate

67%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544
Pork Ribs · Downtown BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±13.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.88 · weakest Pork (163.97)

Road miles

1,695
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 216 mi

Schedule strength

22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Master avg

668.44 / 720
12 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown (Sep 27, 2013) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, THE BLUE BLOODS.

Giant slayer

38 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown.

  • Sep 27, 2013

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.6228 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6228 at Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 27, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS has finished one call ahead of HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.91 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 25% of the time against 33%.

  • Pork avg 163.97
  • Chicken avg 168.88
  • 3 calls in 12 entries
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A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ROUX 165 BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE BLUE BLOODS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 92.8% of a perfect score
  • 12 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2014 ↗ Master #446 (863 pts) #422 (888 pts) #395 (963 pts) #531 (723 pts) #342 (1,063 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #437 (699 pts) #579 (564 pts) #459 (709 pts) #712 (469 pts) #455 (709 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

LIL EARL'S BUTT NAKED BBQ
#1,868 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1548
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Oct 27, 2017
⚔ Head-to-head
Sugar 'n Spice BBQ
#1,876 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1545

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jun 6, 2025
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THE SMOKES ON U
#1,866 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1555

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Oct 5, 2018
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A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE
#1,874 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1554

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Apr 21, 2017
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STP BBQ
#1,869 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
13%
Peak
1555

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

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Oct 14, 2016
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BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE
#1,872 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1545

Level with HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Oct 25, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
GIVE IT TO GOD 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
SWEET DREAMS BBQ 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS 7 3 4 43% ⚔ compare
CUZ'S CUSTOM COOKING 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
RED EYED SMOKERS 6 2 4 33% ⚔ compare
BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
LIBERTY BBQ 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare
ROUX 165 BBQ 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES 5 3 2 60% ⚔ compare
KILLER HOGS 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 12 4 0 0 173.7028 164.5256 168.88 top 42%
Pork Ribs 12 6 1 2 177.1544 155.9316 167.89 top 39%
Pork 12 3 0 0 169.7144 151.3712 163.97 top 56%
Brisket 12 7 0 2 174.8456 153.6456 167.70 top 36%

“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
Medium (20–39)91top 39%
Large (40+)30top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MS60top 49%
LA51top 37%
AR10top 27%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge 2 16 0 top 47% May 2, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests
Contests a season 6 across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MS 6 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 11 1 of them more than once
First title Sep 27, 2013 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Opponents faced 263 finished ahead 232 times, behind 164

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

20144 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
  2. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Downtown BBQ Showdown
  3. Peak power rating (1550) Downtown BBQ Showdown
  4. Most recent contest Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic
20139 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1422 Slidell BBQ Challenge
  3. First call Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
  4. First overall top-10 Benton County Fair BBQ Contest
  5. First category win (Pork Ribs) Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
  6. First overall podium Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
  7. First Grand Championship Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
  8. Biggest field won (38 teams) Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
  9. Career-best overall score689.6228 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.5Jim Bowie BBQ ThrowdownSep 27, 2013
+11.8The Jim Bowie BBQ ThrowdownSep 26, 2014
+9.1Que'n In The ParkJul 4, 2014
+8Downtown BBQ ShowdownOct 3, 2014
+5.4Benton County Fair BBQ ContestAug 23, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-5.7Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ ClassicNov 7, 2014
-3.9Grilling on the River '13Apr 12, 2013
-3.2Hammond BBQMar 21, 2014
-0.6Battle of Brandon BBQ ChallengeMay 3, 2013

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)
20147030 71% top 42% 95.4% 92.8%
20135121 60% top 41% 95.8% 92.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Nov 7, 2014 Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic Florence, MS 21 / 29 (657.5428) 15 (169.1428) 27 (155.9316) 24 (160.5028) 4 (171.9656)
Oct 3, 2014 Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS 6 / 27 (685.5996) 11 (169.6684) 2 (177.1544) 8 (169.1084) 9 (169.6684)
Sep 26, 2014 The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA 5 / 31 (686.7656) 5 (173.7028) 10 (170.8228) 8 (169.6800) 6 (172.5600)
Jul 4, 2014 Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR 9 / 33 (670.7768) 4 (173.7028) 7 (170.8572) 31 (151.3712) 3 (174.8456)
May 2, 2014 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS 16 / 40 (670.1828) 21 (169.7028) 13 (167.9656) 22 (163.9544) 13 (168.5600)
Mar 21, 2014 Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA 41 / 61 (652.4000) 36 (166.2400) 34 (162.8000) 11 (169.7144) 53 (153.6456)
Mar 7, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA 12 / 23 (654.7540) 12 (164.5256) 6 (170.2972) 18 (156.5256) 11 (163.4056)
Sep 27, 2013 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA 1 / 38 (689.6228) 10 (170.8228) 1 (176.5600) 10 (169.6800) 3 (172.5600)
Aug 23, 2013 Benton County Fair BBQ Contest Ashland, MS 8 / 20 (680.4916) 10 (168.5372) 10 (169.1200) 13 (168.5600) 5 (174.2744)
May 3, 2013 Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS 17 / 31 (661.7138) 13 (166.8572) 21 (160.5714) 19 (165.7140) 9 (168.5712)
Apr 12, 2013 Grilling on the River '13 Columbus, MS 20 / 31 (650.2852) 14 (168.5712) 16 (166.2858) 22 (159.9998) 26 (155.4284)
Mar 29, 2013 Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA 20 / 44 (661.1422) 23 (165.1426) 14 (166.2856) 26 (162.8570) 18 (166.8570)

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

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