A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bald Hawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bald Hawg BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
REC BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-10-04
latest 2015-07-09
Best ToY finish
#1454
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.82
last 4 Master vs avg 641.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.77
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.69 · weakest Brisket (152.63)
Road miles
90
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Master avg
641.82 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BLUE SUEDE QUE in 4 of their 4 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.
REC 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 124 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.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Level with REC BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3432 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3429 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3428 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1495
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 162.8344 | 166.69 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 153.0972 | 163.40 | top 48% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 151.4056 | 159.10 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9540 | 144.4572 | 152.63 | top 70% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 53 | 0 | top 67% | 2015-07-09 |
| Squealin' on the Square | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 51% | 2014-10-03 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2015-07-09
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.69 · weakest Brisket (152.63)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
641.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
83–142 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
90
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1494
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
- First call Squealin' on the Square
- Peak power rating (1502) Squealin' on the Square
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8056 Squealin' on the Square
- Career-best overall score655.8056 Squealin' on the Square
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Squealin' on the Square
- 2015
- Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | Squealin' on the Square | 2013-10-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.5 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) | 2015-07-09 |
| -2.1 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2014-07-10 |
| -0.2 | Squealin' on the Square | 2014-10-03 |
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 73% | 88% | 88% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 91.1% | 90.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 46% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC | 66 / 90 (633.5424) | 46 (165.0856) | 74 (153.0972) | 83 (151.4056) | 37 (163.9540) |
| 2014-10-03 | Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC | 14 / 25 (655.8056) | 6 (171.4172) | 9 (169.1200) | 14 (165.0856) | 19 (150.1828) |
| 2014-07-10 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 53 / 86 (642.6628) | 46 (162.8344) | 15 (169.6800) | 55 (158.2168) | 66 (151.9316) |
| 2013-10-04 | Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC | 13 / 28 (635.2800) | 8 (167.4284) | 16 (161.6916) | 13 (161.7028) | 24 (144.4572) |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1454 (180 pts) | #1279 (240 pts) | #1201 (260 pts) | #1535 (180 pts) | #1651 (155 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1772 (113 pts) | #1603 (148 pts) | #1917 (98 pts) | #1863 (113 pts) | #2629 (58 pts) |