Texas-car-b-que TX
Rating
1647
peak 1653
Contests
19
in the data
First seen
2019-01-11
latest 2020-02-14
Best ToY finish
#63
Master 2019
Grand champs
1
3 reserve
Category wins
3
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
13
of 19 contests
Avg finish
top 18%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
688.17 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 684.85 (+3.32)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
8
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.13
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.92 · weakest Brisket (169.18)
Road miles
6636
mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 655 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Rio Valley Meat BBQ has finished one call ahead of Texas-car-b-que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
KISS MY RACK has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
BOOMERANG BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.1200 points of the Grand Championship at Viking Grillfestivalen (2019-11-01).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 61-team field at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 38 at their very first tracked contest, National Western BBQ Throwdown (2019-01-11).
Teams like this (closest power rating, TX first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 178.8572 | 166.2284 | 172.29 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 177.1544 | 158.8344 | 170.46 | top 28% |
| Pork | 19 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 179.4400 | 162.7884 | 172.92 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 177.1428 | 158.8456 | 169.18 | top 32% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 9 | 1 | top 22% |
| OK | 4 | 0 | top 18% |
| CO | 3 | 0 | top 17% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 7% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 10 | 1 | top 19% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in TX (9 of 19 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (19 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (2019-04-05)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 684.85
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 666.7084 | 666.71 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 701.7372 | 685.86 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-14 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 24 / 42 (666.7084) | 9 (173.1200) | 15 (169.1200) | 28 (162.7884) | 27 (161.6800) |
| 2019-11-01 | Viking Grillfestivalen Waco, TX | 2 / 15 (698.2400) | 2 (175.4172) | 1 (177.1544) | 7 (171.9656) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 7 / 135 (698.2744) | 72 (171.4056) | 10 (176.5716) | 12 (176.5600) | 36 (173.7372) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 38 / 468 (686.7996) | 107 (170.8456) | 153 (168.0000) | 3 (179.4400) | 156 (168.5140) |
| 2019-08-30 | Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 8 / 58 (690.8228) | 27 (169.7028) | 11 (171.9772) | 12 (172.0000) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2019-08-23 | Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX | 17 / 62 (669.0744) | 6 (173.7028) | 34 (161.1316) | 5 (174.2744) | 32 (159.9656) |
| 2019-08-02 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 10 / 54 (682.7772) | 5 (176.0000) | 15 (170.2744) | 25 (167.3828) | 14 (169.1200) |
| 2019-06-22 | Festival of the Pig - Oklahoma BBQ Championship Oklahoma City, OK | 5 / 27 (686.8800) | 10 (170.8456) | 6 (171.4744) | 3 (174.8572) | 11 (169.7028) |
| 2019-06-07 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO | 9 / 38 (681.0284) | 6 (172.5600) | 13 (171.9772) | 8 (170.8228) | 11 (165.6684) |
| 2019-05-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 2 / 26 (678.9488) | 2 (172.0000) | 10 (165.6800) | 8 (169.8172) | 5 (171.4516) |
| 2019-05-11 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) Plainview, TX | 6 / 21 (687.9656) | 6 (173.7028) | 11 (170.8572) | 3 (174.8800) | 10 (168.5256) |
| 2019-05-10 | Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) Plainview, TX | 7 / 38 (675.3484) | 7 (172.5828) | 24 (158.8344) | 2 (177.7028) | 14 (166.2284) |
| 2019-04-26 | 14th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 2 / 39 (689.6456) | 15 (170.2628) | 1 (177.1544) | 16 (170.2628) | 9 (171.9656) |
| 2019-04-05 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 1 / 61 (701.7372) | 1 (178.8572) | 3 (173.7600) | 8 (174.2628) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK | 15 / 62 (687.4060) | 17 (174.2628) | 11 (173.1888) | 30 (169.1200) | 24 (170.8344) |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK | 17 / 74 (682.1716) | 16 (171.9772) | 28 (168.5488) | 22 (170.8344) | 25 (170.8112) |
| 2019-02-15 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 10 / 33 (688.5024) | 14 (170.8456) | 10 (173.1200) | 6 (174.2856) | 13 (170.2512) |
| 2019-02-01 | Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX | 13 / 126 (674.2740) | 11 (169.1428) | 21 (168.5828) | 5 (177.7028) | 57 (158.8456) |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 3 / 38 (685.6112) | 24 (166.2284) | 9 (171.4172) | 2 (176.5600) | 7 (171.4056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #361 (305 pts) | #325 (385 pts) | #334 (375 pts) | #521 (205 pts) | #469 (250 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #63 (2084 pts) | #64 (1894 pts) | #91 (1751 pts) | #46 (2056 pts) | #109 (1662 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #145 (1657 pts) | #117 (1701 pts) | #197 (1347 pts) | #143 (1532 pts) | #210 (1362 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #219 (1424 pts) | #186 (1459 pts) | #331 (1089 pts) | #143 (1624 pts) | #246 (1334 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #234 (1388 pts) | #165 (1549 pts) | #271 (1268 pts) | #301 (1174 pts) | #204 (1468 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1372 (180 pts) | #1020 (325 pts) | #1286 (235 pts) | #1923 (115 pts) | #1296 (220 pts) |