SPICEWINE IRONWORKS

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

KCBS records held

1 🥇

highest pork ribs score

Power ranking

#1621

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1564 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-03

latest 2017-07-07

Best ToY finish

#477

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

682.8804 / 720

Master · Anchor City Cook Off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

661.41 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 663.48 (-2.06)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Smokin' on the River

Consistency

±10.73

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.36 · weakest Brisket (163.11)

Road miles

1,565

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength

39%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)

Master avg

663.48 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.8804 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.8804 at Anchor City Cook Off — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-10

A tough matchup

12–3 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.26 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 32% of the time against 47%.

Brisket avg 163.11
Chicken avg 168.36
6 calls in 19 entries

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CALLAWAY CREAMATORS in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

11 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead 73% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.49% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.49% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
19 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 7th

Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

🥇 🍖 Highest pork ribs score 180.0000 one meat, out of 180 · won the category with it · 19 Jul 2013 · shared with at least 9 others

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.

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

EL REY SMOKERS COMPETITION TEAM

#1624 of the rated field

1556 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1563

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SPICEWINE IRONWORKS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SPICEWINE IRONWORKS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-09-22

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MUNCHIN HOGS

#1616 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1557

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to SPICEWINE IRONWORKS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before SPICEWINE IRONWORKS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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DON'T KNOW JACK BBQ

#1625 of the rated field

1556 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2022-05-13

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FLAVOR SAVOR

#1629 of the rated field

1556 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1556

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2017-09-15

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Wink's BBQ

#1628 of the rated field

1556 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1556

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 2026-08-21

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RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ

#1619 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1610

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after SPICEWINE IRONWORKS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2026-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN O BBQ	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BUB'S BBQ, LLC	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
CALLAWAY CREAMATORS	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Shootin' Smoke	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
POLITICAL PORK	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
OUTLAW HAWGS BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
BELLY BROTHERS BBQ TEAM	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
IN DEEP SAUCE	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
PITMASTERIQ BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	9	1	3	178.2972	157.6800	168.36	top 38%
Pork Ribs	19	6	1	2	180.0000 🔥	150.8232	164.26	top 49%
Pork	19	6	0	1	175.4056	159.4056	167.75	top 42%
Brisket	19	6	0	1	175.4056	153.0972	163.11	top 50%

“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
MO	18	0	top 43%
IL	1	0	top 46%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	4	7	top 42%	2016-05-06
Anchor City Cook Off	3	4	top 24%	2015-10-09
Hott Butts BBQ Contest	2	6	top 34%	2016-06-03

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2013-05-03 → 2017-07-07

Busiest season 2015 6 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 18 of 19 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 19 entries · 1 win · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.36 · weakest Brisket (163.11)

Walk rate 68% a top-10 call in 13 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 37% 7 of 19 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 663.48 out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,214 1,081–1,107 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,565 19 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength 1551 average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests

Power rating 1557 peak 1564 · #1621 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 3 First tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 First overall top-10 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5714 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
Jul 19 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin' on the River
Jul 19 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smokin' on the River
2014
Oct 10 Career-best overall score682.8804 Anchor City Cook Off
2015
May 1 10th tracked contest Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
Jun 5 Peak power rating (1564) Hott Butts BBQ Contest
2017
Jul 7 Most recent contest 10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	Anchor City Cook Off	2014-10-10
+11.8	Smokin' on the River	2013-07-19
+11.5	Anchor City Cook Off	2013-10-11
+10.8	Hott Butts BBQ Contest	2015-06-05
+10.4	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2015-05-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2016-07-08
-4.8	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
-4.1	Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend	2013-05-17
-3.9	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2016-05-06
-2.8	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	1	100%	top 44%	93.5%	93.5%
2016	3	0	0	33%	top 62%	91.8%	90.9%
2015	6	3	0	83%	top 41%	94.2%	92.8%
2014	3	1	0	67%	top 44%	94.8%	92.2%
2013	6	3	1	67%	top 35%	93.2%	91.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-07	10th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	11 / 25 (673.1088)	1 (178.2972)	25 (151.4288)	3 (175.4056)	10 (167.9772)
2016-07-08	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	20 / 26 (647.3372)	15 (167.4400)	22 (157.1088)	19 (165.0856)	20 (157.7028)
2016-06-03	Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO	11 / 22 (661.0060)	12 (163.9772)	12 (162.8116)	13 (165.6800)	5 (168.5372)
2016-05-06	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	19 / 32 (654.2284)	24 (162.8572)	20 (162.8456)	22 (165.6800)	14 (162.8456)
2015-10-09	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	8 / 20 (671.3832)	11 (168.0116)	11 (162.2516)	12 (169.7028)	4 (171.4172)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	281 / 606 (654.2400)	284 (164.5372)	76 (172.0000)	308 (163.9656)	442 (153.7372)
2015-09-04	Q'ing for a Cause Columbia, MO	12 / 21 (667.9200)	10 (169.1200)	10 (167.9772)	16 (160.5600)	9 (170.2628)
2015-07-10	8th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	19 / 31 (660.4572)	6 (173.7144)	15 (164.5372)	26 (159.4056)	20 (162.8000)
2015-06-05	Hott Butts BBQ Contest Boonville, MO	6 / 32 (677.6916)	6 (172.0116)	8 (169.7144)	7 (171.4172)	14 (164.5484)
2015-05-01	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	8 / 37 (678.2972)	17 (168.0344)	8 (169.7028)	5 (173.7144)	15 (166.8456)
2014-10-10	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	4 / 27 (682.8804)	3 (174.3200)	8 (171.4404)	16 (165.1200)	3 (172.0000)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	333 / 552 (646.7776)	216 (166.8800)	483 (150.8232)	43 (174.2744)	399 (154.8000)
2014-05-02	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	20 / 35 (661.6344)	25 (163.4400)	27 (160.5488)	23 (162.2400)	4 (175.4056)
2013-10-11	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	5 / 29 (670.3084)	3 (172.5828)	17 (161.7600)	4 (172.5600)	13 (163.4056)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	188 / 535 (648.4916)	134 (166.8572)	270 (159.3944)	77 (169.1428)	352 (153.0972)
2013-09-19	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL	35 / 76 (656.5604)	61 (157.6800)	24 (166.2860)	13 (172.0572)	46 (160.5372)
2013-07-19	Smokin' on the River Glasgow, MO	6 / 36 (670.8456)	5 (171.4400)	1 (180.0000)	14 (164.5828)	24 (154.8228)
2013-05-17	Lake of the Ozarks Blues & BBQ Weekend Lake of the Ozarks, MO	27 / 41 (654.2856)	8 (170.8572)	31 (158.8570)	10 (169.7144)	33 (154.8570)
2013-05-03	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	7 / 25 (668.5714)	9 (166.8572)	3 (171.4286)	9 (166.8570)	17 (163.4286)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1189 (275 pts)	#2942 (50 pts)	#1340 (225 pts)	#1771 (125 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1113 (280 pts)	#1200 (275 pts)	#1239 (260 pts)	#1250 (260 pts)	#968 (360 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#622 (584 pts)	#617 (624 pts)	#657 (594 pts)	#686 (554 pts)	#744 (494 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#904 (362 pts)	#968 (362 pts)	#1137 (282 pts)	#1294 (242 pts)	#721 (512 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#477 (651 pts)	#396 (786 pts)	#427 (746 pts)	#491 (671 pts)	#782 (411 pts)