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.
- Pork ×1
OOPS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1512
peak 1515 · rated over 20 contests ⓘ
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2022-09-08
Best ToY finish
#505
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
664.35 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.26 (+15.09)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.91)
Road miles
14,250
mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 1619 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.26 / 720
20 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 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
672.4456
career-best overall
93.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.4456 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-05-04
A tough matchup
8–2
behind in the head-to-head
Backdraft BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
A strong matchup
7–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 88% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Brew-N-Que in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
The comeback
3.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2018-05-04
- back 2021-08-13
Pork nemesis
7 of 10
shared pork entries lost
Backdraft BBQ ahead 70% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared pork entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Last Place Chicken has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A June team
Top 32%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 32% across 3 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 54% the rest of the year
The long haul
14,250
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 14,250 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,619 miles to Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down.
- 20 mapped stops
- furthest 1,619 mi
The metronome
±2.15%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.2% of a perfect score
- 20 contests
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 30th
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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2736 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1518
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to OOPS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OOPS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2731 of the rated field
- Contests
- 69
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1564
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to OOPS)
They've been 1564 at their best, 52 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2742 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 20, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before OOPS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after OOPS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backdraft BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Brew-N-Que | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| T&J's Dirty Butts | 8 | 6 | 2 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM HOGWEISER | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| South Pork | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Lost Weekend Grill | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| SWINEFELD | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| 1709 BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TRIGGERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JIGGY PIGGY | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PIG'N & CHIK'N | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 149.7142 | 162.50 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.0740 | 160.91 | top 58% |
| Pork | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 149.0628 | 163.06 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 143.3372 | 162.80 | top 46% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 9 | 0 | top 46% |
| AL | 8 | 0 | top 65% |
| UT | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 13 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 5 | 30 | 0 | top 71% | 2018-05-04 |
| Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 3 | 13 | 0 | top 47% | 2015-09-11 |
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 52% | 2022-09-08 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 65% | 2015-04-10 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.3 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2022-09-08
Busiest season
2013
6 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
9 of 20 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
12
4 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
20 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.06 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.91)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 10 of 20 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 20 contests
Master average
649.26
out of 720 · 20 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
585
496–549 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
14,250
20 mapped stops · furthest 1,619 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$32,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
2018-05-04 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1512
peak 1515 · #2738 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First call Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.8740 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
- Peak power rating (1515) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2015
- 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2018
- Career-best overall score672.4456 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2021
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2022
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2013-10-11 |
| +8.3 | 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2015-06-19 |
| +8.1 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 2013-09-13 |
| +7.2 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
| +7.1 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.4 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
| -10.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-11 |
| -10.3 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
| -4 | Telluride Barbeque Festival | 2013-09-21 |
| -3.9 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) | 2014-05-02 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 59% | 91.7% | 89.3% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 91.9% | 90.2% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 90.2% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 45% | 92.2% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 15 / 35 (667.8972) | 6 (174.2972) | 30 (158.8344) | 8 (171.9656) | 21 (162.8000) |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 30 / 49 (663.8856) | 45 (155.9428) | 31 (164.5372) | 2 (180.0000) | 32 (163.4056) |
| 2018-05-04 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 30 / 61 (672.4456) | 29 (170.2628) | 57 (153.0628) | 4 (175.4056) | 11 (173.7144) |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 40 / 69 (657.0284) | 56 (158.2744) | 14 (173.1200) | 40 (165.1084) | 48 (160.5256) |
| 2016-09-09 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 22 / 49 (660.5028) | 31 (162.8572) | 14 (169.7028) | 31 (162.8228) | 19 (165.1200) |
| 2016-06-03 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 11 / 30 (654.2632) | 6 (171.4744) | 20 (161.1200) | 8 (166.2744) | 18 (155.3944) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 63 / 67 (613.4744) | 57 (155.9772) | 28 (165.0972) | 67 (149.0628) | 64 (143.3372) |
| 2015-09-11 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 15 / 32 (655.3372) | 14 (165.1316) | 19 (159.3828) | 12 (166.8572) | 15 (163.9656) |
| 2015-06-19 | 22nd Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 18 / 58 (661.5996) | 13 (169.7144) | 47 (149.0740) | 7 (171.4056) | 7 (171.4056) |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 54 / 63 (635.8288) | 53 (157.6916) | 38 (163.3944) | 58 (153.0512) | 43 (161.6916) |
| 2015-04-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 14 / 30 (645.6800) | 23 (157.0856) | 16 (161.1772) | 14 (162.2972) | 8 (165.1200) |
| 2014-09-12 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 30 / 47 (649.5540) | 25 (165.7256) | 41 (156.5028) | 20 (166.8228) | 28 (160.5028) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 41 / 62 (646.6512) | 20 (169.7144) | 54 (155.3600) | 51 (157.0512) | 30 (164.5256) |
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 24 / 29 (616.3992) | 23 (158.8228) | 20 (155.3940) | 21 (153.6684) | 23 (148.5140) |
| 2013-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 12 / 55 (657.6112) | 13 (167.3828) | 26 (160.5600) | 32 (160.5484) | 12 (169.1200) |
| 2013-09-21 | Telluride Barbeque Festival Telluride, CO | 17 / 25 (643.2684) | 22 (155.9544) | 16 (160.0000) | 16 (161.6572) | 10 (165.6568) |
| 2013-09-13 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 13 / 42 (663.8740) | 11 (168.5140) | 25 (158.8228) | 19 (166.8228) | 9 (169.7144) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 19 / 68 (640.5710) | 40 (154.2858) | 23 (161.7140) | 29 (157.7142) | 6 (166.8570) |
| 2013-05-31 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 21 / 33 (631.4280) | 29 (149.7142) | 10 (161.7140) | 19 (154.8570) | 7 (165.1428) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 37 / 62 (647.9996) | 42 (161.1428) | 14 (169.7142) | 48 (157.7142) | 35 (159.4284) |
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 | #1887 (110 pts) | #2174 (65 pts) | #1977 (100 pts) | #1964 (110 pts) | #1601 (150 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1780 (131 pts) | #1827 (136 pts) | #1645 (151 pts) | #1581 (171 pts) | #1803 (136 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #505 (615 pts) | #600 (545 pts) | #570 (585 pts) | #660 (505 pts) | #372 (845 pts) |