HOLY MOHLER'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1859

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1550 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2014-11-07

Best ToY finish

#437

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6228 / 720

Master · Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

674.17 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 668.44 (+5.73)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Pork Ribs · Downtown BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±13.61

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.88 · weakest Pork (163.97)

Road miles

1,695

mi 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

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Storylines (11 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.

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 (2013-09-27) 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.

2013-09-27

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
2013-09-27

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

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

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.

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

Sugar 'n Spice BBQ

#1848 of the rated field

1545 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

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 2025-06-06

⚔ Head-to-head

THE SMOKES ON U

#1861 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

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 2018-10-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Cool Beans BBQ

#1860 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1561

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

CARTER-QUE-ING

#1865 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

⚔ Head-to-head

A PIGS WORST NIGHTMARE

#1856 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1554

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2017-04-21

⚔ Head-to-head

CYGNETURE BARBEQUE

#1866 of the rated field

1544 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2014-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win 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

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg 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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MS	6	0	top 49%
LA	5	1	top 37%
AR	1	0	top 27%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 51%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge	2	16	0	top 47%	2014-05-02

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.6 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2014-11-07

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 6 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 6 of 12 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.88 · weakest Pork (163.97)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 8 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 42% 5 of 12 contests

Wins it all 8% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2013-09-27 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 668.44 out of 720 · 12 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 265 232–164 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,695 12 mapped stops · furthest 216 mi

Schedule strength 1530 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Power rating 1544 peak 1550 · #1859 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Slidell BBQ Challenge
Mar 29 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.1422 Slidell BBQ Challenge
May 3 First call Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge
Aug 23 First overall top-10 Benton County Fair BBQ Contest
Sep 27 First category win (Pork Ribs) Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Sep 27 First overall podium Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Sep 27 First Grand Championship Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Sep 27 Biggest field won (38 teams) Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Sep 27 Career-best overall score689.6228 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
2014
Sep 26 10th tracked contest The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Oct 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Downtown BBQ Showdown
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1550) Downtown BBQ Showdown
Nov 7 Most recent contest Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	2013-09-27
+11.8	The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	2014-09-26
+9.1	Que'n In The Park	2014-07-04
+8	Downtown BBQ Showdown	2014-10-03
+5.4	Benton County Fair BBQ Contest	2013-08-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic	2014-11-07
-3.9	Grilling on the River '13	2013-04-12
-3.2	Hammond BBQ	2014-03-21
-0.6	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge	2013-05-03

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)
2014	7	0	3	0	71%	top 42%	95.4%	92.8%
2013	5	1	2	1	60%	top 41%	95.8%	92.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2014-11-07	Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic Florence, MS	21 / 29 (657.5428)	15 (169.1428)	27 (155.9316)	24 (160.5028)	4 (171.9656)
2014-10-03	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	6 / 27 (685.5996)	11 (169.6684)	2 (177.1544)	8 (169.1084)	9 (169.6684)
2014-09-26	The Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	5 / 31 (686.7656)	5 (173.7028)	10 (170.8228)	8 (169.6800)	6 (172.5600)
2014-07-04	Que'n In The Park Bryant, AR	9 / 33 (670.7768)	4 (173.7028)	7 (170.8572)	31 (151.3712)	3 (174.8456)
2014-05-02	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS	16 / 40 (670.1828)	21 (169.7028)	13 (167.9656)	22 (163.9544)	13 (168.5600)
2014-03-21	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	41 / 61 (652.4000)	36 (166.2400)	34 (162.8000)	11 (169.7144)	53 (153.6456)
2014-03-07	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)
2013-09-27	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	1 / 38 (689.6228)	10 (170.8228)	1 (176.5600)	10 (169.6800)	3 (172.5600)
2013-08-23	Benton County Fair BBQ Contest Ashland, MS	8 / 20 (680.4916)	10 (168.5372)	10 (169.1200)	13 (168.5600)	5 (174.2744)
2013-05-03	Battle of Brandon BBQ Challenge Brandon, MS	17 / 31 (661.7138)	13 (166.8572)	21 (160.5714)	19 (165.7140)	9 (168.5712)
2013-04-12	Grilling on the River '13 Columbus, MS	20 / 31 (650.2852)	14 (168.5712)	16 (166.2858)	22 (159.9998)	26 (155.4284)
2013-03-29	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)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#446 (863 pts)	#422 (888 pts)	#395 (963 pts)	#531 (723 pts)	#342 (1063 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#437 (699 pts)	#579 (564 pts)	#459 (709 pts)	#712 (469 pts)	#455 (709 pts)