A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
STUBBORN BULL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
STUBBORN BULL BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
LATHAM HOUSE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-09
latest 2014-09-06
Best ToY finish
#1545
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
586.78
last 4 Master vs avg 586.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.00
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.71 · weakest Brisket (140.25)
Road miles
105
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
586.78 / 720
4 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.
LATHAM HOUSE BBQ has 4 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 128 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with LATHAM HOUSE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 147.3828 | 155.71 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.9028 | 134.8344 | 149.45 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 114.0228 | 141.36 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.8456 | 136.5372 | 140.25 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red, White and Que | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 86% | 2014-09-06 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2014-09-06
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NJ
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.71 · weakest Brisket (140.25)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
586.78
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
86
28–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
105
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #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
- Peak power rating (1485) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Red, White and Que
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.9028 Red, White and Que
- 2014
- Career-best overall score620.5944 New York City BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Red, White and Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | New York City BBQ Cookoff | 2014-04-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-08-09 |
| -9.7 | Red, White and Que | 2014-09-06 |
| -7.9 | Red, White and Que | 2013-09-07 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 68% | 86.2% | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 90% | 84.4% | 79.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-06 | Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 28 / 31 (579.4972) | 19 (158.9028) | 29 (140.0688) | 29 (138.8456) | 24 (141.6800) |
| 2014-04-11 | New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY | 17 / 37 (620.5944) | 10 (162.3200) | 24 (152.0116) | 5 (163.4172) | 27 (142.8456) |
| 2013-09-07 | Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 21 / 26 (607.3940) | 24 (147.3828) | 2 (170.9028) | 23 (149.1656) | 23 (139.9428) |
| 2013-08-09 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY | 27 / 27 (539.6344) | 15 (154.2400) | 26 (134.8344) | 27 (114.0228) | 22 (136.5372) |
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 | #1545 (158 pts) | #1350 (223 pts) | #1889 (123 pts) | #1293 (243 pts) | #1896 (123 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1716 (123 pts) | #1509 (158 pts) | #1018 (303 pts) | #1863 (113 pts) | #1717 (128 pts) |