The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
KC AND THE SMOKESHACK BAND has finished one call ahead of LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2014-05-24
Best ToY finish
#949
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.25
last 4 Master vs avg 634.25 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.81
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.42 · weakest Pork (152.55)
Road miles
504
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
634.25 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with LOCKED-N-LOADED BAR-B-Q TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2692 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7716 | 155.9996 | 163.15 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 155.9772 | 163.42 | top 29% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 140.5600 | 152.55 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8684 | 143.9998 | 155.13 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2014-05-24
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NY
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.42 · weakest Pork (152.55)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
634.25
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
139–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
504
4 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Podunk Pig Party
- First call Podunk Pig Party
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8572 Podunk Pig Party
- 2014
- Career-best overall score647.4628 Roc City Rib Fest
- Peak power rating (1513) Roc City Rib Fest
- Most recent contest Roc City Rib Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9 | Roc City Rib Fest | 2014-05-24 |
| +8.1 | Oinktoberfest | 2013-09-20 |
| +1.3 | Troy Pig Out | 2013-07-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.3 | Podunk Pig Party | 2013-06-07 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 49% | 89.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | 21 / 86 (647.4628) | 6 (169.7716) | 31 (160.5828) | 59 (154.2400) | 27 (162.8684) |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 19 / 71 (644.4568) | 29 (159.9772) | 11 (166.2628) | 22 (162.2512) | 33 (155.9656) |
| 2013-07-13 | Troy Pig Out Troy, NY | 16 / 32 (621.0744) | 4 (166.8572) | 16 (155.9772) | 29 (140.5600) | 10 (157.6800) |
| 2013-06-07 | Podunk Pig Party Springwater, NY | 14 / 20 (623.9992) | 16 (155.9996) | 3 (170.8572) | 12 (153.1426) | 18 (143.9998) |
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 | #1970 (95 pts) | #1497 (190 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #949 (307 pts) | #870 (372 pts) | #715 (467 pts) | #1147 (257 pts) | #1040 (287 pts) |