A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GATHER AROUND BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2014-08-15
Best ToY finish
#1330
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.82
last 3 Master vs avg 654.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±1.27
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.11 · weakest Pork (158.83)
Road miles
124
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
654.82 / 720
3 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 CARSONS BBQ 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.
GATHER AROUND 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 114 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.
#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with GATHER AROUND BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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#3057 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ 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 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 151.4516 | 162.48 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 167.4400 | 170.11 | top 22% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 154.8000 | 158.83 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0344 | 154.7656 | 163.40 | top 48% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 45% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2014-08-15
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.11 · weakest Pork (158.83)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
654.82
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
76–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
124
3 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1504
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- First call Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- First category win (Brisket) Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5832 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Career-best overall score656.5832 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0344 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Peak power rating (1505) Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- 2014
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues | 2013-08-16 |
| +1.1 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.8 | Thunder in the Park | 2013-08-31 |
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 | 0% | top 52% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 49% | 91.2% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 31 / 60 (654.2284) | 19 (170.2628) | 12 (169.7600) | 48 (154.8000) | 35 (159.4056) |
| 2013-08-31 | Thunder in the Park Connersville, IN | 16 / 27 (653.6344) | 10 (165.7144) | 10 (167.4400) | 11 (165.7144) | 23 (154.7656) |
| 2013-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 23 / 60 (656.5832) | 56 (151.4516) | 5 (173.1200) | 43 (155.9772) | 1 (176.0344) |
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 | #2084 (75 pts) | #2001 (105 pts) | #1768 (140 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1330 (182 pts) | #1326 (202 pts) | #949 (327 pts) | #1343 (197 pts) | #867 (362 pts) |