PINKIE'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3113

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1502

peak 1506 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-12

latest 2017-07-28

Best ToY finish

#526

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0972 / 720

Master · Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.85 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.14 (+0.71)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show

Consistency

±12.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 165.88 · weakest Pork (162.68)

Road miles

1,154

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Master avg

656.14 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

677.0972 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.0972 at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-07-25

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ARMADILLOS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest (2017-07-28).

last seen 2014-07-25
back 2017-07-28

Brisket nemesis

6 of 8 shared brisket entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.78% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.78% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

Boxer Q

#3107 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PINKIE'S BBQ)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

MANTUCKY MAYHEM

#3108 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-05-01

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Slow & Easy

#3125 of the rated field

1502 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1530

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BSA

#3109 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2020-10-30
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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WHAT WOOD JESUS QUE?

#3099 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Level with PINKIE'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2016-11-11

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Wilbur's Last Ride BBQ

#3106 of the rated field

1503 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-04-29

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
WILDCATTERS Q CREW	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY PIT BBQ COMPANY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	3	0	1	174.2972	151.4286	163.93	top 58%
Pork Ribs	10	2	1	2	179.4400	146.8116	163.65	top 54%
Pork	10	1	0	0	170.8570	146.2856	162.68	top 64%
Brisket	10	3	1	1	178.2858	160.0228	165.88	top 44%

“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	9	0	top 57%
OK	1	0	top 45%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 48%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2	12	0	top 61%	2014-06-20

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-04-12 → 2017-07-28

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 9 of 10 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 165.88 · weakest Pork (162.68)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 5 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 656.14 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 271 168–216 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,154 10 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2014-07-25 → 2017-07-28

Power rating 1502 peak 1506 · #3113 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1426 R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship
May 31 First call Valley Center Spring Fling
Jun 14 First category win (Brisket) Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
Sep 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show
2014
Jul 25 First overall top-10 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
Jul 25 Career-best overall score677.0972 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1506) Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
2017
Jul 28 10th tracked contest Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest
Jul 28 Most recent contest Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.9	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off	2014-07-25
+6.7	Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show	2013-09-06
+5.5	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2013-06-14
+3.1	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	2014-04-11
+1.8	Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic	2013-09-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.2	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship	2013-04-26
-8.2	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash	2014-06-20
-6.2	Smoke In The Spring	2013-04-12
-3.6	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest	2017-07-28

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	0	0%	top 70%	89.7%	89.7%
2014	3	1	0	33%	top 51%	94%	91.2%
2013	6	0	2	67%	top 56%	93.3%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-28	Dodge City Days National Beef Smokin' Saddles BBQ Contest Dodge City, KS	30 / 43 (645.6000)	22 (168.5372)	40 (146.8116)	27 (165.6684)	25 (164.5828)
2014-07-25	Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS	7 / 30 (677.0972)	7 (170.8228)	14 (168.5372)	13 (168.0000)	8 (169.7372)
2014-06-20	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	35 / 42 (645.5768)	30 (162.2284)	31 (162.8572)	37 (159.4056)	30 (161.0856)
2014-04-11	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	29 / 64 (647.9656)	44 (160.5600)	27 (163.4056)	36 (160.5828)	25 (163.4172)
2013-09-07	Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic Garden City, KS	14 / 26 (667.9888)	2 (174.2972)	23 (161.1316)	23 (162.2972)	9 (170.2628)
2013-09-06	Showdown on the Plains BBQ Challenge & Air Show Scott City, KS	11 / 28 (671.4168)	7 (172.5484)	1 (179.4400)	24 (159.4056)	23 (160.0228)
2013-06-14	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	12 / 31 (661.7142)	29 (151.4286)	22 (161.1428)	9 (170.8570)	1 (178.2858)
2013-05-31	Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS	18 / 34 (659.9996)	25 (161.1426)	3 (172.0000)	15 (166.2856)	16 (160.5714)
2013-04-26	R'Kansas City State BBQ Championship Arkansas City, KS	20 / 25 (649.1426)	21 (164.0000)	23 (153.1426)	12 (168.0000)	13 (164.0000)
2013-04-12	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	50 / 71 (634.8570)	55 (153.7142)	17 (168.0000)	68 (146.2856)	16 (166.8572)

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
2014 ↗	Master	#1028 (302 pts)	#1098 (302 pts)	#1234 (252 pts)	#1235 (257 pts)	#1093 (292 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#526 (594 pts)	#481 (669 pts)	#379 (819 pts)	#597 (559 pts)	#385 (814 pts)