High-water mark
684.5256
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 684.5256 at Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-10-18
STP BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1545
peak 1555 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2016-10-14
Best ToY finish
#502
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.92 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 652.31 (-3.40)
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.66 · weakest Chicken (161.05)
Road miles
1,605
mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
652.31 / 720
16 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (9 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.
Their season
2013
their best year
2013 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.
- 5 contests
- 2 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 30%
A tough matchup
9–1
behind in the head-to-head
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 90% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.6
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.61 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 25%.
- Chicken avg 161.05
- Brisket avg 166.66
- 1 calls in 16 entries
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HALL OF FLAME in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Brisket nemesis
6 of 10
shared brisket entries lost
JAESTAR BBQ ahead 60% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, JAESTAR BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 10 shared brisket entries.
A June team
Top 25%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 25% across 4 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.
- 4 June contests
- top 43% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.92%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.92% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.6% of a perfect score
- 16 contests
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 23rd
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.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1850 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1557
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to STP BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team STP BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1863 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 26%
- Peak
- 1552
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to STP BBQ)
Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1838 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1545
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1860 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1561
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1856 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1554
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#1849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1562
No shared contest yet.
Level with STP 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAESTAR BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| B & C SMOKERS | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| HALL OF FLAME | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Flower of the Flames | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Theslabs.com | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Four Men and A Pig | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT AT BOTH ENDZ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Rubbers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET OLD BUZZARDS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Moolicious Intentions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Lucky Pig Barbecue | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| FUNNY FARM BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Dead Last BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 151.3600 | 161.05 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.6572 | 161.23 | top 52% |
| Pork | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.3200 | 147.4056 | 163.38 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 154.8228 | 166.66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 12 | 0 | top 39% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 9 | 0 | top 38% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 23 | 0 | top 25% | 2016-06-24 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 64% | 2015-07-31 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.6 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2016-10-14
Busiest season
2014
6 contests
Contests a season
4
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
12 of 16 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
12
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
16 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.66 · weakest Chicken (161.05)
Walk rate
31%
a top-10 call in 5 of 16 contests
Overall top-10 rate
13%
2 of 16 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
652.31
out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
629
806–440 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,605
16 mapped stops · furthest 221 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1545
peak 1555 · #1846 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8566 Sertoma 48 BBQ
- First call Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- First category win (Brisket) Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score684.5256 Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ
- 2014
- 10th tracked contest Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1555) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2016
- Most recent contest Balloons Blues and Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | 2013-10-18 |
| +11.6 | Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest | 2013-09-13 |
| +10.8 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +9.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +7.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-07-31 |
| -4.4 | Balloons Blues and Barbeque | 2016-10-14 |
| -4.1 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival | 2014-05-24 |
| -2.4 | Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest | 2014-09-12 |
| -1.2 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 89.7% | 89% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 46% | 92.6% | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 47% | 92.6% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40% | top 30% | 95.1% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-14 | Balloons Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 30 / 39 (646.1376) | 29 (163.3944) | 33 (152.5260) | 28 (161.0972) | 14 (169.1200) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 86 / 183 (635.2684) | 142 (151.3600) | 57 (164.5256) | 157 (147.4056) | 12 (171.9772) |
| 2015-08-28 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 18 / 42 (666.8456) | 29 (161.7372) | 16 (167.4400) | 32 (163.4056) | 7 (174.2628) |
| 2015-07-31 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 24 / 30 (638.7656) | 16 (164.5600) | 27 (154.8228) | 14 (164.5600) | 27 (154.8228) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 29 / 183 (657.5656) | 39 (166.8228) | 82 (160.5372) | 76 (162.2400) | 27 (167.9656) |
| 2014-10-17 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 13 / 26 (662.1600) | 13 (166.8344) | 20 (155.9544) | 5 (173.7028) | 11 (165.6684) |
| 2014-09-12 | Leavenworth Hog Wild BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS | 16 / 29 (650.1024) | 21 (159.3828) | 13 (166.2628) | 11 (167.4056) | 24 (157.0512) |
| 2014-07-25 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 14 / 29 (666.8000) | 16 (164.5372) | 26 (159.4284) | 8 (170.8572) | 8 (171.9772) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 23 / 184 (658.2628) | 121 (157.1544) | 42 (165.1428) | 29 (166.8228) | 17 (169.1428) |
| 2014-05-24 | Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS | 58 / 87 (639.9316) | 51 (162.8572) | 80 (149.6572) | 38 (165.1428) | 43 (162.2744) |
| 2014-03-14 | NKC MO State Championship BBQ 🏅 N. Kansas City, MO | 29 / 61 (639.3372) | 47 (152.5028) | 22 (162.2744) | 19 (164.5600) | 22 (160.0000) |
| 2013-10-18 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS | 5 / 25 (684.5256) | 15 (166.2628) | 8 (173.1200) | 2 (174.3200) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2013-09-13 | Leavenworth's Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS | 6 / 34 (663.8740) | 4 (168.5256) | 15 (162.2628) | 25 (154.7884) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 46 / 183 (643.9998) | 136 (151.4284) | 24 (168.0000) | 62 (162.8572) | 58 (161.7142) |
| 2013-05-10 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 16 / 49 (650.8566) | 28 (159.4284) | 14 (163.4286) | 25 (161.1426) | 14 (166.8570) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 43 / 79 (632.5714) | 44 (159.9998) | 54 (154.2860) | 53 (153.7142) | 16 (164.5714) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1268 (215 pts) | #1328 (220 pts) | #1335 (220 pts) | #1338 (230 pts) | #1104 (280 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #667 (554 pts) | #740 (509 pts) | #763 (484 pts) | #552 (704 pts) | #603 (609 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #502 (618 pts) | #615 (533 pts) | #621 (538 pts) | #621 (533 pts) | #397 (783 pts) |