#2813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headSLUG BUG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1511
peak 1512 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2014-07-11
Best ToY finish
#1129
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.59
last 3 Master vs avg 635.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.81 · weakest Brisket (152.18)
Road miles
86
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
635.59 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
SLUG BUG BBQ has 3 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 89 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.
#2797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after SLUG BUG BBQ did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with SLUG BUG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 161.7028 | 163.42 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 145.7144 | 156.19 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7142 | 160.5600 | 163.81 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 145.0972 | 152.18 | top 64% |
“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 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 46% | 2014-07-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2014-07-11
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.81 · weakest Brisket (152.18)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
635.59
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
61–43 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
86
3 mapped stops · furthest 57 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-07-05 → 2014-07-11
Power rating
1511
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Masters in May
- First call The Masters in May
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score645.7142 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1512) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-07-05 |
| +3.8 | The Masters in May | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-07-11 |
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 62% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 89.7% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 18 / 29 (637.6344) | 16 (161.7028) | 4 (170.2744) | 16 (160.5600) | 27 (145.0972) |
| 2013-07-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 9 / 30 (645.7142) | 9 (165.1428) | 28 (145.7144) | 3 (169.7142) | 6 (165.1428) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Masters in May Fremont, WI | 19 / 48 (623.4282) | 9 (163.4286) | 31 (152.5714) | 12 (161.1428) | 38 (146.2854) |
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 | #2006 (89 pts) | #2039 (99 pts) | #1426 (204 pts) | #2052 (99 pts) | #2793 (54 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1129 (243 pts) | #1037 (298 pts) | #1765 (128 pts) | #886 (368 pts) | #1178 (243 pts) |