40 CALIBER BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1328

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1576

peak 1579 · rated over 33 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-06-20

latest 2021-09-24

Best ToY finish

#497

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

682.2632 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.31 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.64 (+9.67)

Walk rate

79%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Chicken · WBA Pork In The Park

Consistency

±14.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.89 · weakest Brisket (161.69)

Road miles

5,285

mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Purse competed for

$41K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

656.64 / 720

33 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (15 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

14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2016-07-08) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 14-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, One2BBQ.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

2016-07-08

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 WBA Pork In The Park (2015-05-15).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

79% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 26 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 79% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.2632 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.2632 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-07-08

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Mac Attack BBQ has finished one call ahead of 40 CALIBER BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

28–2 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 93% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 28 of their 30 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 15% of the time against 36%.

Brisket avg 161.69
Chicken avg 166.89
5 calls in 33 entries

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour on 2016-07-08 — 22 contests and 10.2 years ago.

last GC 2016-07-08
10.2 years ago

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

22 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 22 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

AWW HELL has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 41% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 41% across 5 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,285 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,285 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 268 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

33 mapped stops
furthest 268 mi

The metronome

±1.99% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.99% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.2% of a perfect score
33 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.

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

Berkee Raes BBQ

#1329 of the rated field

1576 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1576

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to 40 CALIBER BBQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Berkee Raes BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

OFF THE CHAIN

#1322 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 36 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 34 contests
last seen 2026-07-09

⚔ Head-to-head

FLYING PORKERS

#1323 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1615

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1615 at their best, 39 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Q Shanty

#1321 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1584

No shared contest yet.

46 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

ROUGHNECKS BBQ

#1325 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1598

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before 40 CALIBER BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BACON & WHISKEY

#1330 of the rated field

1576 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1577

No shared contest yet.

Level with 40 CALIBER BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	30	2	28	7%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	28	7	21	25%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	26	5	21	19%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	26	5	21	19%	⚔ compare
RUBBED, SMOKED, AND SAUCED BBQ	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	15	14	1	93%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
PB&J'S BBQ TEAM	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKERS MI	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	12	2	2	178.8800	151.3940	166.89	top 44%
Pork Ribs	33	10	0	0	173.1544	146.7772	163.41	top 49%
Pork	33	14	1	3	176.5600	142.2056	164.65	top 46%
Brisket	33	5	1	3	178.8572	140.5372	161.69	top 55%

“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
MI	24	0	top 48%
IN	7	1	top 49%
IL	1	0	top 42%
WI	1	0	top 97%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	27	1	top 51%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Blues.Brews & Barbecue	3	18	0	top 59%	2016-07-29
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	1	1	top 37%	2017-07-07
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	10	0	top 50%	2020-09-25
*CCS Fest	2	18	0	top 48%	2018-04-06
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	16	0	top 60%	2016-09-02

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.3 yrs 2014-06-20 → 2021-09-24

Busiest season 2016 7 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MI 24 of 33 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 33 entries · 2 wins · 12 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.89 · weakest Brisket (161.69)

Walk rate 79% a top-10 call in 26 of 33 contests

Overall top-10 rate 24% 8 of 33 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2016-07-08 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 656.64 out of 720 · 33 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 364 559–514 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,285 33 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength 1576 average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests

Purse competed for $40,500 listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2019-09-20 → 2020-09-25

Power rating 1576 peak 1579 · #1328 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Jun 20 First tracked contest 6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off
Jul 25 First call Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1944 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
2015
May 15 First category win (Chicken) WBA Pork In The Park
May 15 First overall top-10 WBA Pork In The Park
May 15 First multi-meat day WBA Pork In The Park
May 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 WBA Pork In The Park
2016
Jun 10 10th tracked contest ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival
Jul 8 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 8 First Grand Championship Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 8 Biggest field won (30 teams) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 8 Career-best overall score682.2632 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2018
Sep 21 25th tracked contest *The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com
2019
Sep 20 Peak power rating (1579) Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com
2021
Sep 24 Most recent contest Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-07-08
+16.1	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2018-09-21
+14.1	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown	2018-08-03
+13.9	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	2017-06-23
+9.6	WBA Pork In The Park	2015-05-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2016-09-16
-6.3	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival	2016-06-10
-6	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	2019-07-19
-6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-07-17
-5.8	Blues, Brews & Barbecue	2014-08-22

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)
2021	1	0	0	0	100%	top 57%	92.2%	92.2%
2020	1	0	0	0	100%	top 64%	92.4%	92.4%
2019	5	0	1	0	60%	top 43%	93.9%	92.6%
2018	6	0	2	1	83%	top 42%	94.5%	91.8%
2017	6	0	2	0	100%	top 46%	93.1%	91.3%
2016	7	1	2	1	86%	top 54%	94.8%	90.9%
2015	4	0	1	2	75%	top 58%	92.9%	89.7%
2014	3	0	0	0	33%	top 56%	92%	89.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-09-24	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	16 / 28 (663.9200)	7 (172.5484)	13 (166.8572)	13 (168.0000)	25 (156.5144)
2020-09-25	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	18 / 28 (665.5772)	18 (168.5600)	21 (163.9544)	9 (169.1200)	20 (163.9428)
2019-09-20	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	10 / 28 (674.7884)	10 (171.4056)	21 (163.9540)	8 (170.2744)	15 (169.1544)
2019-08-02	Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	12 / 40 (668.5256)	19 (166.2856)	11 (168.5372)	14 (166.2972)	12 (167.4056)
2019-07-19	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	20 / 28 (658.7312)	21 (161.0856)	7 (170.2628)	2 (174.8572)	27 (152.5256)
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	14 / 33 (656.4228)	15 (165.6800)	25 (157.0856)	10 (170.2628)	17 (163.3944)
2019-04-05	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	14 / 40 (675.8740)	12 (170.8228)	15 (168.5484)	26 (166.2400)	11 (170.2628)
2018-10-12	*Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	20 / 38 (657.1084)	15 (167.9656)	15 (163.4172)	17 (162.8800)	18 (162.8456)
2018-09-21	*The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	4 / 28 (675.9772)	5 (173.7028)	4 (173.1428)	3 (169.7372)	19 (159.3944)
2018-08-03	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	4 / 39 (680.4800)	1 (177.7028)	31 (158.8000)	6 (171.4172)	5 (172.5600)
2018-06-22	10th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	15 / 30 (651.3140)	4 (172.0000)	5 (169.6684)	15 (161.6800)	26 (147.9656)
2018-05-11	*Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN	26 / 37 (646.1832)	15 (166.8572)	35 (150.2172)	33 (154.8344)	3 (174.2744)
2018-04-06	*CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	27 / 49 (656.3996)	8 (171.9656)	29 (161.0972)	18 (165.6684)	39 (157.6684)
2017-09-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	15 / 27 (653.0056)	10 (167.4172)	18 (158.8000)	14 (163.9656)	15 (162.8228)
2017-08-04	All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	10 / 29 (657.0288)	6 (168.0000)	14 (162.8116)	21 (158.8460)	6 (167.3712)
2017-07-07	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	21 / 30 (670.1600)	24 (166.8344)	23 (162.2400)	10 (170.8228)	14 (170.2628)
2017-06-23	9th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	5 / 32 (666.2972)	4 (171.4172)	14 (162.2972)	8 (168.5600)	14 (164.0228)
2017-05-19	*BBQ Throw Down Wyandotte, MI	13 / 22 (637.1084)	15 (155.3712)	12 (158.2628)	7 (164.6172)	13 (158.8572)
2017-04-07	*CCS Fest Indianapolis, IN	18 / 45 (658.7888)	21 (165.6684)	5 (171.4172)	35 (157.1660)	21 (164.5372)
2016-09-16	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	29 / 30 (654.1256)	28 (165.0856)	8 (172.5600)	30 (159.3944)	28 (157.0856)
2016-09-02	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	16 / 30 (665.0516)	18 (167.9772)	10 (169.1200)	10 (166.8344)	21 (161.1200)
2016-07-29	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	18 / 39 (649.5768)	28 (155.9428)	7 (169.1200)	14 (164.5256)	15 (159.9884)
2016-07-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Indianapolis, IN	1 / 30 (682.2632)	19 (162.8572)	4 (173.1544)	10 (167.3944)	1 (178.8572)
2016-06-10	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	16 / 20 (624.4800)	14 (161.1200)	9 (161.7028)	13 (161.1200)	17 (140.5372)
2016-05-20	*2nd Annual Pork in the Park Wyandotte, MI	8 / 28 (656.5024)	8 (167.9884)	16 (159.9884)	4 (174.2744)	21 (154.2512)
2016-04-22	CCS Fest: CCS Spring Festival & BBQ Competition Indianapolis, IN	35 / 49 (648.4000)	31 (163.9772)	15 (167.3944)	38 (159.3712)	37 (157.6572)
2015-08-21	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	19 / 33 (639.8400)	4 (171.9656)	21 (162.2400)	32 (142.2056)	12 (163.4288)
2015-07-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Auburn Hills, MI	22 / 28 (637.5656)	11 (167.4056)	24 (157.6456)	25 (150.2400)	17 (162.2744)
2015-06-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	20 / 30 (636.9940)	25 (151.3940)	28 (146.7772)	14 (162.2628)	2 (176.5600)
2015-05-15	WBA Pork In The Park Wyandotte, MI	6 / 22 (669.1316)	1 (178.8800)	8 (165.6916)	1 (176.5600)	20 (148.0000)
2014-08-22	Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	28 / 39 (634.6740)	22 (163.9428)	35 (151.3828)	25 (163.3828)	30 (155.9656)
2014-07-25	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	15 / 55 (662.1944)	11 (167.9772)	13 (165.1200)	8 (170.2628)	29 (158.8344)
2014-06-20	6th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI	21 / 31 (634.6856)	22 (159.4172)	15 (159.3828)	18 (160.5256)	17 (155.3600)

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
2021 ↗	Master	#1083 (98 pts)	#868 (158 pts)	#1103 (113 pts)	#1054 (113 pts)	#1555 (53 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#789 (88 pts)	#836 (88 pts)	#883 (73 pts)	#650 (138 pts)	#837 (78 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#497 (723 pts)	#316 (1043 pts)	#559 (673 pts)	#483 (763 pts)	#520 (713 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1113 (280 pts)	#2207 (85 pts)	#1441 (205 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#1156 (280 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1487 (162 pts)	#1148 (272 pts)	#1689 (142 pts)	#1191 (272 pts)	#2134 (72 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1716 (140 pts)	#1666 (150 pts)	#1559 (170 pts)	#1653 (155 pts)	#1625 (160 pts)