#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headMIDNIGHT BULLS B-B-Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-09-07
latest 2014-07-11
Best ToY finish
#1702
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.73
last 3 Master vs avg 614.73 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.84
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.01)
Road miles
870
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 544 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
614.73 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
MIDNIGHT BULLS B-B-Q has 3 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 142 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.
#4251 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after MIDNIGHT BULLS B-B-Q did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
Level with MIDNIGHT BULLS B-B-Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4229 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 159.9656 | 149.0856 | 154.24 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 135.9428 | 151.01 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 149.6568 | 156.93 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 147.4056 | 152.56 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| OH | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.8 yrs
2013-09-07 → 2014-07-11
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OH
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
Pork
averages 156.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.01)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
614.73
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
29–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
870
3 mapped stops · furthest 544 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Red, White and Que
- Career-best overall score623.4056 Red, White and Que
- Peak power rating (1498) Red, White and Que
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.2628 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | 8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff | 2014-07-11 |
| -8.6 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2014-05-09 |
| -2.2 | 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 | 0% | top 86% | 85.6% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-11 | 8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH | 39 / 42 (604.4108) | 38 (149.0856) | 32 (158.2628) | 40 (149.6568) | 41 (147.4056) |
| 2014-05-09 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 64 / 80 (616.3884) | 67 (153.6572) | 78 (135.9428) | 22 (166.2628) | 44 (160.5256) |
| 2013-09-07 | Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ | 16 / 26 (623.4056) | 11 (159.9656) | 15 (158.8344) | 20 (154.8684) | 15 (149.7372) |
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 | #1702 (142 pts) | #1774 (142 pts) | #1753 (142 pts) | #1643 (157 pts) | #1755 (142 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1860 (96 pts) | #1797 (121 pts) | #1906 (101 pts) | #2077 (76 pts) | #1887 (101 pts) |