A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Kentucky Kookers ahead in 75% of their meetings
Kentucky Kookers has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
STARRY NIGHT FARM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2015-10-16
Best ToY finish
#1750
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.61
last 4 Master vs avg 635.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.85 · weakest Chicken (156.25)
Road miles
186
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Master avg
635.61 / 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.
STARRY NIGHT FARM 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 148 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.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with STARRY NIGHT FARM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after STARRY NIGHT FARM did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 153.0972 | 156.25 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 158.8572 | 165.85 | top 45% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4286 | 150.8344 | 156.40 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 154.8456 | 157.12 | top 72% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 89% | 2015-10-16 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-10-16
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.85 · weakest Chicken (156.25)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
28–106 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
186
4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
1558
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2014-10-17
Power rating
1476
peak 1503 · #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 call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1503) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
- 2015
- Career-best overall score645.0172 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
- Most recent contest Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2014-10-17 |
| -8 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-10-16 |
| -7.7 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2015-10-02 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 89.6% | 88.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-16 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 30 / 34 (632.9944) | 33 (155.3600) | 21 (164.5600) | 34 (154.2516) | 27 (158.8228) |
| 2015-10-02 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 39 / 45 (645.0172) | 36 (163.3944) | 21 (169.6916) | 42 (157.0856) | 40 (154.8456) |
| 2014-10-17 | Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY | 29 / 32 (630.1488) | 32 (153.0972) | 7 (170.2744) | 32 (150.8344) | 25 (155.9428) |
| 2013-06-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Lexington, KY | 12 / 27 (634.2858) | 20 (153.1428) | 13 (158.8572) | 9 (163.4286) | 11 (158.8572) |
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 | #1811 (119 pts) | #1872 (119 pts) | #1596 (159 pts) | #1901 (119 pts) | #1876 (119 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2761 (57 pts) | #2758 (57 pts) | #1599 (162 pts) | #2766 (57 pts) | #2757 (57 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1750 (117 pts) | #2059 (77 pts) | #1856 (112 pts) | #1710 (137 pts) | #1768 (122 pts) |