A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BROTHERS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG BROTHERS BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
MAD JACK'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1506 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2015-06-26
Best ToY finish
#1724
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.06 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 627.25 (-1.18)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.86 · weakest Chicken (152.85)
Road miles
627
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
627.25 / 720
7 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.
The weak link
−6.0
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.01 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 14%.
- Chicken avg 152.85
- Pork avg 158.86
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN ON THE FLAT 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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4803 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1466
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MAD JACK'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MAD JACK'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4782 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4802 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with MAD JACK'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4767 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4777 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Attack BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| AWW HELL | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BROTHERS BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| iBQ'n | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SWEET RACKS & SMOKIN' BUTTS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Kalamazoo Pit Posse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' IN THE D | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 142.2056 | 152.85 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 146.8232 | 157.28 | top 62% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.1772 | 145.6684 | 158.86 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 145.0740 | 158.26 | top 55% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2015-06-26
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 158.86 · weakest Chicken (152.85)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
627.25
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
138
82–178 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
627
7 mapped stops · furthest 92 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1467
peak 1506 · #4786 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
- First call Taste of Grand Rapids
- First category win (Pork) Taste of Grand Rapids
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5488 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best overall score660.5488 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Peak power rating (1506) Taste of Grand Rapids
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7372 Blues, Brews & Barbecue
- 2015
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.2 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Dam Good BBQ Championship | 2013-08-09 |
| -8.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-06-26 |
| -6.8 | Blues, Brews & Barbecues | 2013-08-23 |
| -5.2 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 | 2014-07-25 |
| -4.6 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | top 70% | 88.8% | 87.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 64% | 91.7% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI | 27 / 30 (612.4912) | 29 (142.2056) | 15 (159.4056) | 13 (162.3200) | 26 (148.5600) |
| 2014-09-12 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 30 / 43 (638.1940) | 25 (162.8228) | 21 (163.9772) | 20 (166.3200) | 41 (145.0740) |
| 2014-08-22 | Blues, Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI | 27 / 39 (639.4056) | 37 (149.1200) | 34 (153.6800) | 28 (158.8684) | 1 (177.7372) |
| 2014-07-25 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI | 39 / 55 (613.5776) | 18 (163.9772) | 44 (146.8232) | 49 (151.4056) | 39 (151.3716) |
| 2013-08-23 | Blues, Brews & Barbecues Birch Run, MI | 23 / 31 (626.6512) | 29 (150.7884) | 21 (154.2400) | 25 (154.2400) | 5 (167.3828) |
| 2013-08-09 | Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI | 26 / 31 (599.8512) | 30 (143.3484) | 21 (154.2628) | 29 (145.6684) | 21 (156.5716) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 13 / 39 (660.5488) | 31 (157.6572) | 12 (168.5828) | 1 (173.1772) | 18 (161.1316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #1954 (105 pts) | #1923 (115 pts) | #2783 (55 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1724 (122 pts) | #1847 (112 pts) | #1567 (152 pts) | #1874 (112 pts) | #1126 (257 pts) |