They almost always walk
88%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1547
peak 1547 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2014-10-17
Best ToY finish
#358
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.48 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 663.87 (+0.61)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±12.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.56 · weakest Pork (162.12)
Road miles
1,041
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
663.87 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
High-water mark
678.1940
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1940 at Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-09-27
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG T'Z Q CRU ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG T'Z Q CRU has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−6.4
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.43 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 63%.
- Pork avg 162.12
- Brisket avg 168.56
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GAME ON BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Brisket nemesis
5 of 6
shared brisket entries lost
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead 83% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared brisket entries.
The metronome
±1.75%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 92.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
59 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1803 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1547
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 33% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#1805 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Level with IOWA OUTLAWS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD BARBEQUE | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| IOWA WILD HOGS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG T'Z Q CRU | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY'S Q | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2858 | 159.4288 | 165.77 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 159.4060 | 167.42 | top 33% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 148.5484 | 162.12 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 176.0000 | 160.5484 | 168.56 | top 25% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 6 | 0 | top 41% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 11% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2014-10-17
Busiest season
2013
7 contests
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
6 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
8
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 168.56 · weakest Pork (162.12)
Walk rate
88%
a top-10 call in 7 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
2 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
663.87
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
230
209–96 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,041
8 mapped stops · furthest 182 mi
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2014-10-17
Power rating
1547
peak 1547 · #1797 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke Over Veishea
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8566 Smoke Over Veishea
- First call Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff
- First category win (Brisket) Up in Smoke BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
- Career-best overall score678.1940 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1547) Back to Back to the Park BBQ
- Most recent contest Back to Back to the Park BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show | 2013-09-27 |
| +9.4 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ | 2014-10-17 |
| +6.5 | Crossroads BBQ Cook-off | 2013-07-05 |
| +6 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
| +5.3 | Kings of BBQ 2013 | 2013-09-20 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86% | top 37% | 94.2% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-17 | Back to Back to the Park BBQ Marshalltown, IA | 10 / 34 (674.7660) | 6 (172.5716) | 8 (170.2744) | 22 (166.8228) | 13 (165.0972) |
| 2013-09-27 | Ak-Sar-Ben's River City Rodeo & Stock Show Omaha, NE | 6 / 56 (678.1940) | 36 (162.8228) | 2 (177.7144) | 20 (165.6684) | 7 (171.9884) |
| 2013-09-20 | Kings of BBQ 2013 Des Moines, IA | 13 / 35 (666.7428) | 26 (159.9428) | 8 (169.7028) | 14 (165.1200) | 7 (171.9772) |
| 2013-08-16 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA | 11 / 21 (635.3368) | 10 (159.9772) | 5 (166.2628) | 15 (148.5484) | 8 (160.5484) |
| 2013-07-26 | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash Mason City, IA | 22 / 66 (667.3488) | 15 (169.6800) | 44 (159.4060) | 39 (162.2628) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2013-07-05 | Crossroads BBQ Cook-off Cameron, MO | 14 / 40 (670.2860) | 5 (174.2858) | 10 (168.5716) | 27 (161.7142) | 14 (165.7144) |
| 2013-07-03 | Whiting 4th of July BBQ Cookoff Whiting, IA | 11 / 25 (655.4286) | 21 (159.4288) | 7 (165.7142) | 15 (159.4284) | 4 (170.8572) |
| 2013-04-19 | Smoke Over Veishea Ames, IA | 17 / 36 (662.8566) | 16 (167.4286) | 24 (161.7142) | 12 (167.4284) | 13 (166.2854) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #358 (857 pts) | #413 (747 pts) | #291 (1037 pts) | #485 (677 pts) | #226 (1227 pts) |