A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead in 100% of their meetings
CAVEMAN CUISINE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
MANLODGE SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-08
latest 2013-10-03
Best ToY finish
#1637
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.02
last 3 Master vs avg 631.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.35)
Road miles
466
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 466 mi
Master avg
631.02 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
MANLODGE SMOKERS 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 121 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.
#3203 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MANLODGE SMOKERS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MANLODGE SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MANLODGE SMOKERS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3198 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after MANLODGE SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with MANLODGE SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8684 | 158.2856 | 165.73 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 140.5714 | 152.35 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 149.6800 | 153.31 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 152.0228 | 159.63 | top 45% |
“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
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2013-03-08 → 2013-10-03
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.35)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.02
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
579
434–301 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
466
3 mapped stops · furthest 466 mi
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5600 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score656.5600 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8684 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Most recent contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 91.2% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 123 / 535 (656.5600) | 108 (168.0456) | 67 (169.1200) | 457 (149.6800) | 54 (169.7144) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 157 / 174 (629.6340) | 38 (170.8684) | 171 (147.3484) | 133 (159.3944) | 153 (152.0228) |
| 2013-03-08 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX | 24 / 29 (606.8568) | 18 (158.2856) | 28 (140.5714) | 24 (150.8570) | 11 (157.1428) |
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 | #1637 (134 pts) | #1481 (164 pts) | #1756 (129 pts) | #1743 (134 pts) | #1330 (199 pts) |