A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HAMBONES BY THE FIRE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
B4BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-14
latest 2016-06-10
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.66
last 4 Master vs avg 643.66 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.27)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Master avg
643.66 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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 TEXAS RIB RANGERS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Oink, Cackle and Moo has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 47th
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.
B4BBQ 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 163 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
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 B4BBQ 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#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after B4BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 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-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 | 165.7028 | 159.9656 | 162.27 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 153.6800 | 158.27 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 156.0000 | 160.85 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4284 | 158.2400 | 162.27 | top 52% |
“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 | 4 | 47 | 0 | top 65% | 2016-06-10 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-06-14 → 2016-06-10
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.27)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
643.66
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
181
118–201 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Power rating
1490
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.4284 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Peak power rating (1501) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2016
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9428 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Career-best overall score651.9428 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2013-06-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.3 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2015-06-12 |
| -4 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2014-06-13 |
| -3.2 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2016-06-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-10 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 53 / 76 (651.9428) | 43 (165.7028) | 55 (160.5372) | 50 (163.4172) | 48 (162.2856) |
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 56 / 78 (634.7884) | 60 (159.9656) | 65 (153.6800) | 50 (160.0000) | 37 (161.1428) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 50 / 73 (645.0516) | 47 (162.2628) | 48 (160.5716) | 42 (163.9772) | 52 (158.2400) |
| 2013-06-14 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 47 / 97 (642.8572) | 49 (161.1430) | 51 (158.2858) | 74 (156.0000) | 25 (167.4284) |
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 | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |