High-water mark
674.2060
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2060 at Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-09-12
LOWE-N-SLOW BBQ GA
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-13
latest 2014-09-12
Best ToY finish
#1346
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.93
last 3 Master vs avg 658.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.37 · weakest Brisket (160.12)
Road miles
84
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
658.93 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WICKED QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
WICKED QUE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN 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.
LOWE-N-SLOW BBQ GA 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 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with LOWE-N-SLOW BBQ GA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 170.8228 | 172.37 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8572 | 158.8344 | 164.74 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 155.9544 | 161.70 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 149.0284 | 160.12 | top 60% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 39% | 2014-09-12 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-09-13 → 2014-09-12
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 172.37 · weakest Brisket (160.12)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
78
61–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
84
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7540 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1505) Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2014
- Career-best overall score674.2060 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
- Most recent contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | 2014-09-12 |
| +5.1 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2013-10-25 |
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 40% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 92.6% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-12 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA | 17 / 42 (674.2060) | 12 (174.2744) | 25 (164.5372) | 26 (164.5716) | 11 (170.8228) |
| 2013-10-25 | Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA | 32 / 41 (635.8172) | 9 (172.0000) | 29 (158.8344) | 37 (155.9544) | 37 (149.0284) |
| 2013-09-13 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA | 16 / 43 (666.7540) | 18 (170.8228) | 3 (170.8572) | 21 (164.5600) | 27 (160.5140) |
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 | #1905 (107 pts) | #1860 (132 pts) | #2605 (67 pts) | #2618 (67 pts) | #1793 (137 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1346 (179 pts) | #1145 (254 pts) | #1002 (309 pts) | #1541 (154 pts) | #1672 (134 pts) |