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TUMBLEWEED BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1490
peak 1490 · rated over 2 contests

Contests

2
in the data

First seen

2013-04-05
latest 2013-08-23

Best ToY finish

#1431
Master 2013

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 2 contests

Avg finish

top 69%
overall standings

Best overall

634.8568 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

50%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

165.6800

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 160.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.10)

Road miles

114
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Master avg

626.81 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Teams like this (closest power rating)

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TUMBLEWEED BBQ has 2 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 160 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.

Just Blowin Smoke
#3666 of the rated field
1490 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1504
No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2026-07-10
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Sugar Creek BBQ
#3651 of the rated field
1490 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1502
No shared contest yet.

Level with TUMBLEWEED BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2024-08-23
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V Licious BBQ
#3654 of the rated field
1490 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1503
No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2023-10-06
⚔ Head-to-head
Ribbin One Out
#3661 of the rated field
1490 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1506
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after TUMBLEWEED BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-11-01
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CAROLINA BLUE SMOKE BBQ
#3641 of the rated field
1490 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1490
No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-10-11
⚔ Head-to-head
DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE
#3683 of the rated field
1489 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1489
No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-06-14
⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 2 0 0 0 156.0000 154.9028 155.45 top 73%
Pork Ribs 2 0 0 0 159.4282 146.7772 153.10 top 71%
Pork 2 0 0 0 163.4286 151.4056 157.42 top 69%
Brisket 2 1 0 0 165.6800 156.0000 160.84 top 46%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NV10top 82%
UT10top 55%

The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.4 yrs 2013-04-05 → 2013-08-23
Busiest season 2013 2 contests
Cooks most in NV 1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 2 0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Chicken 2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat Brisket averages 160.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.10)
Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 2 contests
Master average 626.81 out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 50 19–42 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 114 2 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Power rating 1490 peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  3. Career-best overall score634.8568 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  4. First call Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
  5. Career-best single call (Brisket)165.6800 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out
  6. Most recent contest Wild West BBQ Shoot Out

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20132000 50% top 69% 88.2% 87.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2013-08-23 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV 28 / 34 (618.7656) 24 (154.9028) 32 (146.7772) 32 (151.4056) 10 (165.6800)
2013-04-05 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT 16 / 29 (634.8568) 22 (156.0000) 14 (159.4282) 13 (163.4286) 18 (156.0000)

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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2013 ↗ Master #1431 (158 pts) #1712 (133 pts) #1494 (168 pts) #1446 (173 pts) #1233 (223 pts)

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