The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
BIG BLOCK BBQ has finished one call ahead of HIGH ON THE HOG MARYLAND 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
HIGH ON THE HOG MARYLAND
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1509 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2015-04-03
Best ToY finish
#968
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.93
last 4 Master vs avg 633.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.00 · weakest Brisket (149.26)
Road miles
118
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
633.93 / 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 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.
HIGH ON THE HOG MARYLAND 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 111 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.
#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
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#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with HIGH ON THE HOG MARYLAND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 158.8568 | 164.00 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.1200 | 150.8000 | 159.83 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8570 | 153.6800 | 160.84 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 144.5144 | 149.26 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-04-03
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.00 · weakest Brisket (149.26)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
633.93
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
131
86–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
118
4 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.5 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2015-04-03
Power rating
1504
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- First call Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8570 Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score646.7888 Pickin' in the Panhandle
- Peak power rating (1509) 3rd Annual High Point BBQ
- 2015
- Most recent contest The Ironman
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Pickin' in the Panhandle | 2013-09-06 |
| +2 | Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| +0.9 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ | 2013-10-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | The Ironman | 2015-04-03 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 89.8% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-03 | The Ironman Shady Grove, PA | 33 / 48 (619.8400) | 17 (165.1084) | 34 (150.8000) | 22 (159.4172) | 38 (144.5144) |
| 2013-10-11 | 3rd Annual High Point BBQ Clarksburg, MD | 16 / 31 (633.0856) | 12 (165.7372) | 3 (169.1200) | 23 (153.6800) | 24 (144.5484) |
| 2013-09-06 | Pickin' in the Panhandle Inwood, WV | 13 / 37 (646.7888) | 7 (166.2972) | 8 (164.5372) | 23 (159.3944) | 23 (156.5600) |
| 2013-06-14 | Central MD Swinetastic BBQ Festival Frederick, MD | 28 / 63 (635.9990) | 35 (158.8568) | 38 (154.8570) | 3 (170.8570) | 42 (151.4282) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #968 (298 pts) | #888 (363 pts) | #718 (463 pts) | #848 (388 pts) | #1294 (208 pts) |