A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
LAWNEY'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-16
latest 2016-08-19
Best ToY finish
#1970
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.85
last 3 Master vs avg 588.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±88.29
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.87)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
588.85 / 720
3 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval (2016-08-19).
- last seen 2014-08-15
- back 2016-08-19
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.
LAWNEY'S BBQ 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 133 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.
#3989 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LAWNEY'S BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LAWNEY'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after LAWNEY'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with LAWNEY'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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 | 168.6172 | 157.7372 | 163.05 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 149.1200 | 157.87 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 157.6800 | 162.63 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 153.6800 | 157.95 | top 68% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-16 → 2016-08-19
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.05 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.87)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
588.85
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
48–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2016-08-19
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0628 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score661.0628 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.6172 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.3 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues | 2013-08-16 |
| -4.9 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | 2016-08-19 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 89% | 89% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 64.5% | 64.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-19 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval Madison, IN | 47 / 63 (640.9600) | 44 (162.8000) | 52 (157.6572) | 30 (166.8228) | 53 (153.6800) |
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 28 / 60 (661.0628) | 22 (168.6172) | 19 (166.8228) | 30 (163.3944) | 31 (162.2284) |
| 2013-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 60 / 60 (464.5372) | 42 (157.7372) | 55 (149.1200) | 35 (157.6800) | — |
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) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2092 (90 pts) | #2006 (105 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #2073 (75 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | — |