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.
TWIN VITTLES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2015-04-17
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.60
last 4 Master vs avg 641.60 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.69 · weakest Brisket (157.25)
Road miles
149
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
641.60 / 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 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.
TWIN VITTLES 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 160 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with TWIN VITTLES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 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#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after TWIN VITTLES did, first appearing in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-head#3639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
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 | 165.6800 | 154.8116 | 160.11 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 149.7144 | 160.55 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 155.3712 | 163.69 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 145.1426 | 157.25 | top 63% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2 | 46 | 0 | top 69% | 2014-06-13 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2015-04-17
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
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
averages 163.69 · weakest Brisket (157.25)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
641.60
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
172
93–168 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
149
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8400 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score655.8400 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1496) 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1428 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2014-04-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
| -4 | 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-04-17 |
| -2 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2014-06-13 |
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 71% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 91.1% | 90.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-17 | 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 29 / 41 (639.8628) | 34 (154.8116) | 13 (169.1428) | 14 (165.1084) | 35 (150.8000) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 46 / 73 (648.4000) | 35 (165.6800) | 41 (162.8116) | 62 (155.3712) | 36 (164.5372) |
| 2014-04-18 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 25 / 55 (655.8400) | 47 (157.6800) | 31 (160.5144) | 13 (169.1200) | 14 (168.5256) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 73 / 97 (622.2856) | 44 (162.2858) | 84 (149.7144) | 35 (165.1428) | 88 (145.1426) |
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 | #1589 (150 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1416 (210 pts) | #1405 (205 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |