A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PIT BOSS STARLING/HAYNES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2016-06-10
Best ToY finish
#1368
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.38
last 3 Master vs avg 653.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.12)
Road miles
93
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
653.38 / 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.
The comeback
2.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (2016-06-10).
- last seen 2013-08-09
- back 2016-06-10
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.
PIT BOSS STARLING/HAYNES 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 124 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.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT BOSS STARLING/HAYNES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3432 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before PIT BOSS STARLING/HAYNES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 157.6684 | 163.21 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 159.3944 | 161.12 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 161.6456 | 164.90 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 162.8112 | 164.15 | top 53% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.12)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
653.38
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
62–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
93
3 mapped stops · furthest 38 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2016-06-10
Power rating
1494
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest WNC Barbeque Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0284 WNC Barbeque Festival
- Career-best overall score661.0284 WNC Barbeque Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 WNC Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1504) WNC Barbeque Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | WNC Barbeque Festival | 2013-07-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2016-06-10 |
| -4.8 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | 2013-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 91.8% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 57 / 76 (646.1028) | 66 (157.6684) | 59 (159.3944) | 49 (163.9428) | 38 (165.0972) |
| 2013-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | 34 / 49 (653.0172) | 27 (166.8572) | 39 (159.9772) | 39 (161.6456) | 27 (164.5372) |
| 2013-07-26 | WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC | 20 / 48 (661.0284) | 30 (165.1088) | 22 (163.9884) | 12 (169.1200) | 26 (162.8112) |
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 | #1368 (172 pts) | #1608 (147 pts) | #1519 (162 pts) | #1282 (212 pts) | #1575 (147 pts) |