SHADETREECOOKS

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

Power ranking

#2789

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1511

peak 1525 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2015-06-05

Best ToY finish

#363

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0172 / 720

Master · Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.81 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.54 (+7.27)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Chicken · 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Consistency

±17.88

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.05 · weakest Pork (161.52)

Road miles

2,206

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 271 mi

Schedule strength

25%

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

Master avg

656.54 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

681.0172 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0172 at Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-05-24

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 9 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.

9 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 41%

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.5 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.53 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 31%.

Pork avg 161.52
Chicken avg 167.05
1 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ALL OUT PIG OUT in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

9 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BLUE CHIP BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.48% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.2% of a perfect score
16 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.

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

DORAG Q

#2799 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1517

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SHADETREECOOKS)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2014-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

BLOWN AWAY BBQ

#2776 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

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RedHog BBQ

#2778 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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GRILLER INSTINCT

#2798 of the rated field

1511 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 15 contests, alongside a 53% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2021-09-25

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BBQguru.nl

#2777 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1549

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2019-11-30

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Animal House BBQ

#2773 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HOBBIE BAR-B-Q	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Pappy Q	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BLUE CHIP BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
RICE BROTHERS BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
ALL OUT PIG OUT	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
ACME BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Kentucky Kookers	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
MONTY PIGTHON & THE HOLY GRILL	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
EAT MOR BUTT BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
WeQ4U	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
BIG JT'S SMOKIN BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SON SEEKERS BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	5	1	177.1428	157.1428	167.05	top 44%
Pork Ribs	16	4	0	172.5828	148.0000	165.52	top 45%
Pork	16	1	1	171.9772	150.2628	161.52	top 64%
Brisket	16	4	0	173.7144	143.3828	162.45	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	Avg finish
KY	10	top 61%
TN	2	top 52%
IN	2	top 36%
MO	1	top 25%
IL	1	top 45%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 50%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2	23	top 75%	2014-10-17
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	19	top 50%	2014-10-03
Bands & BBQ at the Point	2	9	top 49%	2014-09-05

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2015-06-05

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KY 10 of 16 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.05 · weakest Pork (161.52)

Walk rate 56% a top-10 call in 9 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 2 of 16 contests

Master average 656.54 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 353 315–314 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,206 16 mapped stops · furthest 271 mi

Schedule strength 1533 average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests

Power rating 1511 peak 1525 · #2789 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Mar 29 First call Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off
Oct 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7884 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2014
Apr 3 First overall top-10 2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out
May 24 Career-best overall score681.0172 Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
Jun 27 10th tracked contest Super City Blues & Ques
Aug 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1428 22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1525) Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2015
Jun 5 Most recent contest Bourbon City BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.3	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out	2014-04-03
+9.9	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2014-09-05
+9.3	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2014-08-22
+7.9	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff	2014-05-24
+6.2	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff	2014-06-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Bourbon City BBQ Festival	2015-06-05
-7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-06-14
-6	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off	2013-03-29
-5.8	Bands & BBQ at the Point	2013-09-06
-5.7	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	2013-10-18

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	0%	top 82%	90.5%	90.5%
2014	9	2	67%	top 41%	94.6%	92.9%
2013	6	0	50%	top 68%	92.1%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-06-05	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Bardstown, KY	28 / 34 (651.3716)	32 (158.8228)	18 (165.7144)	19 (170.2744)	30 (156.5600)
2014-10-17	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	23 / 32 (651.8512)	9 (170.8228)	27 (158.8000)	25 (159.9884)	18 (162.2400)
2014-10-03	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	19 / 44 (676.4456)	34 (165.6568)	14 (171.9772)	29 (165.0972)	12 (173.7144)
2014-09-05	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	9 / 36 (678.2744)	11 (171.4400)	7 (170.8344)	20 (166.8572)	8 (169.1428)
2014-08-22	22nd Annual Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	13 / 52 (661.1196)	3 (177.1428)	5 (172.5828)	49 (150.2628)	22 (161.1312)
2014-07-25	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	31 / 44 (658.1720)	4 (175.4172)	40 (154.7888)	40 (154.8116)	7 (173.1544)
2014-06-27	Super City Blues & Ques Metropolis, IL	15 / 33 (666.7428)	16 (165.1200)	12 (169.1200)	21 (162.8228)	11 (169.6800)
2014-06-06	Bourbon City BBQ Festival Cookoff Bardstown, KY	13 / 34 (674.7996)	4 (175.4056)	10 (171.4284)	22 (166.2856)	23 (161.6800)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	14 / 41 (681.0172)	11 (173.1200)	27 (166.2400)	14 (171.9772)	17 (169.6800)
2014-04-03	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	10 / 64 (668.4800)	7 (171.9772)	11 (169.7144)	3 (170.8456)	47 (155.9428)
2013-10-18	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	31 / 40 (637.0512)	29 (158.2400)	10 (169.1428)	19 (166.2856)	37 (143.3828)
2013-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	23 / 41 (662.7884)	25 (165.1200)	14 (169.1200)	27 (160.5600)	15 (167.9884)
2013-09-06	Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY	25 / 34 (642.7888)	18 (166.8572)	11 (169.7144)	29 (155.9544)	27 (150.2628)
2013-06-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY	20 / 27 (614.2856)	16 (157.1428)	23 (148.0000)	18 (150.2856)	10 (158.8572)
2013-04-05	1st Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	28 / 50 (635.4282)	18 (161.7142)	25 (160.5714)	30 (158.2856)	31 (154.8570)
2013-03-29	Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook Off Benton, KY	28 / 40 (643.9994)	30 (158.8570)	23 (160.5714)	37 (153.7138)	7 (170.8572)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#2713 (59 pts)	#2714 (59 pts)	#2013 (94 pts)	#2072 (89 pts)	#2741 (59 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#363 (1014 pts)	#196 (1439 pts)	#325 (1084 pts)	#433 (879 pts)	#361 (1024 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#873 (341 pts)	#758 (431 pts)	#686 (481 pts)	#862 (381 pts)	#655 (496 pts)