A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SPITFIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SPITFIRE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BILL-B-QUE-TX
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2014-08-30
Best ToY finish
#973
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.68
last 4 Master vs avg 651.68 (-0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.64
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.26)
Road miles
914
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 816 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Master avg
651.68 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BILL-B-QUE-TX 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 106 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.
#3167 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Level with BILL-B-QUE-TX on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3185 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3178 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#3164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 1 | 174.2856 | 150.2858 | 166.28 | top 36% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 155.9316 | 161.26 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4286 | 158.8572 | 162.57 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 156.5714 | 161.56 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 22% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2014-08-30
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.26)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
651.68
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
88–75 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
914
4 mapped stops · furthest 816 mi
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2013-07-12 → 2014-08-30
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- First call Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4284 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score659.4284 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2856 Smoking Knights BBQ Competition
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1501) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
| +2.7 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition | 2013-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Minnesota in May | 2013-05-17 |
| -4.8 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast | 2013-07-12 |
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 22% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 64% | 91.6% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 17 / 76 (656.4912) | 11 (167.9656) | 41 (160.5256) | 47 (158.8572) | 9 (169.1428) |
| 2013-07-12 | The Madelia Blazin' Barbeque Blast Madelia, MN | 16 / 23 (653.6460) | 4 (172.5944) | 22 (155.9316) | 13 (164.5828) | 18 (160.5372) |
| 2013-06-21 | Smoking Knights BBQ Competition Hutchinson, MN | 9 / 19 (659.4284) | 3 (174.2856) | 11 (165.7144) | 16 (159.4284) | 13 (160.0000) |
| 2013-05-17 | Minnesota in May Faribault, MN | 37 / 49 (637.1432) | 47 (150.2858) | 24 (162.8574) | 19 (167.4286) | 37 (156.5714) |
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 | #1867 (115 pts) | #1754 (145 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #1625 (160 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #973 (296 pts) | #663 (491 pts) | #1154 (256 pts) | #1029 (301 pts) | #1114 (261 pts) |