The heartbreaker
1.7144
points from the title
Came within 1.7144 points of the Grand Championship at 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship (2019-09-20).
ROCK'S BARBQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-04-06
latest 2019-09-20
Best ToY finish
#1884
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.11
last 4 Master vs avg 664.11 (-0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.41
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.86)
Road miles
56
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
High-water mark
686.2400
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.2400 at 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-20
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 75% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIRATES OF THE PIG in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
4.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.4 years, then back at 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship (2017-09-15).
- last seen 2013-04-06
- back 2017-09-15
A September team
Top 20%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 28% the rest of the year
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.
ROCK'S BARBQUE 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 77 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.
#2021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with ROCK'S BARBQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after ROCK'S BARBQUE did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#2022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1557
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2018 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 9 contests, alongside a 56% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.1544 | 151.4286 | 166.99 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 140.5714 | 163.86 | top 37% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 160.5712 | 166.71 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 167.4056 | 165.6800 | 166.55 | top 32% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 20% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.5 yrs
2013-04-06 → 2019-09-20
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.86)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
664.11
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
124–40 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
56
4 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,050
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.4 yrs
2013-04-06 → 2017-09-15
Power rating
1537
peak 1537 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- First call Kings of the Que BBQ Championship
- 2017
- First overall top-10 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6916 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- 2019
- First overall podium 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- First Reserve Championship 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score686.2400 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1537) 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2019-09-20 |
| +16.5 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2017-09-15 |
| +4.5 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2018-09-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.9 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship | 2013-04-06 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 95.3% | 95.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-20 | 5th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship 🏅 | 2 / 44 (686.2400) | 8 (175.4056) | 8 (172.0000) | 7 (173.1544) | 22 (165.6800) |
| 2018-09-14 | 4th Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 19 / 43 (665.6344) | 29 (163.9772) | 10 (169.1544) | 22 (165.6800) | 15 (166.8228) |
| 2017-09-15 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 5 / 48 (685.6916) | 2 (177.1544) | 8 (173.7144) | 19 (167.4172) | 17 (167.4056) |
| 2013-04-06 | Kings of the Que BBQ Championship Woodland, CA | 18 / 33 (618.8570) | 25 (151.4286) | 30 (140.5714) | 15 (160.5712) | 2 (166.2858) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1884 (93 pts) | #2618 (58 pts) | #2621 (58 pts) | #1900 (108 pts) | #1123 (258 pts) |