TEAM BIB'S

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3231

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1513 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-26

latest 2016-07-22

Best ToY finish

#1429

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

655.8284 / 720

Master · WNC BBQ Festival-

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.25 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.68 (+0.57)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork · BBQ Capital Cookoff

Consistency

±5.06

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.26 · weakest Chicken (160.26)

Road miles

426

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

649.68 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 45%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of King's Cooking 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.

128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Bear's Den BBQ

#3214 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 6.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Taste of Freedom

#3215 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after TEAM BIB'S did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

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LUCILLE'S BBQ

#3221 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEAM BIB'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

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DOUBLE BARREL BBQ'D

#3211 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-08-02

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Blind Guys BBQ

#3216 of the rated field

1500 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

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YABBA DABBA QUE!

#3250 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-06-04

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	0	0	171.9656	153.6228	160.26	top 67%
Pork Ribs	6	1	0	0	169.1200	157.1426	162.25	top 52%
Pork	6	1	1	1	176.0000	160.5372	164.26	top 55%
Brisket	6	0	0	0	166.8228	151.9200	162.92	top 47%

“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
NC	5	0	top 54%
SC	1	0	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2	28	0	top 57%	2015-04-24

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.2 yrs 2013-04-26 → 2016-07-22

Busiest season 2014 3 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 164.26 · weakest Chicken (160.26)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 649.68 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 209 150–169 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 426 6 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.2 yrs 2015-04-24 → 2016-07-22

Power rating 1499 peak 1513 · #3231 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Apr 26 First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
2014
Apr 25 First call BBQ Capital Cookoff
Apr 25 First category win (Pork) BBQ Capital Cookoff
Apr 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.4228 BBQ Capital Cookoff
Apr 25 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 BBQ Capital Cookoff
Jun 20 Peak power rating (1513) Peak City Pig Fest
2016
Jul 22 Career-best overall score655.8284 WNC BBQ Festival-
Jul 22 Most recent contest WNC BBQ Festival-

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.8	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20
+4.8	BBQ Capital Cookoff	2014-04-25
+3.7	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2013-04-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2015-04-24
-5.8	WNC BBQ Festival-	2016-07-22
-2.3	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	2014-09-19

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 80%	91.1%	91.1%
2015	1	0	0%	top 75%	89.1%	89.1%
2014	3	1	67%	top 45%	90.9%	90.5%
2013	1	0	0%	top 39%	89.8%	89.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-07-22	WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC	39 / 49 (655.8284)	13 (171.9656)	43 (157.6456)	43 (160.5372)	33 (165.6800)
2015-04-24	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	45 / 60 (641.5660)	58 (153.6688)	42 (159.9544)	37 (164.5256)	28 (163.4172)
2014-09-19	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	21 / 35 (646.6856)	31 (153.6228)	13 (167.4056)	23 (160.5372)	15 (165.1200)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	18 / 48 (654.7312)	43 (157.1428)	9 (169.1200)	27 (161.6456)	11 (166.8228)
2014-04-25	BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC	24 / 62 (652.4228)	35 (162.2744)	25 (162.2284)	1 (176.0000)	50 (151.9200)
2013-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	28 / 71 (646.8566)	30 (162.8570)	40 (157.1426)	42 (162.2854)	17 (164.5716)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1429 (188 pts)	#1731 (148 pts)	#1299 (233 pts)	#954 (373 pts)	#1357 (218 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#1803 (115 pts)