#2,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersPeyton Martins
Peyton Martins is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 58 at the Minnesota in May (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
May 9, 2025
latest May 9, 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 12%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
1,093
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 365 mi
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Peyton Martins, each with one reason worth a look.
Peyton Martins has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,679 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Level with Peyton Martins on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Peyton Martins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Peyton Martins's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,675 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 91 times, behind 18
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20252 milestones
- First overall top-10 Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score158.2856 Minnesota in May
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 12% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 9, 2025 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 7 / 58 (158.2856) | — | — | — | — |
| May 10, 2024 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Kids Que Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |