A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
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 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.61
last 4 Master vs avg 635.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.27 · weakest Brisket (148.09)
Road miles
4
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
635.61 / 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
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of House of Swine in 3 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.
CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS 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 127 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
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS 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.
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#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with CRAWDAD FLATS SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 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#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7716 | 155.9772 | 161.57 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8116 | 158.8228 | 160.68 | top 63% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 161.1428 | 165.27 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 135.9088 | 148.09 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 77% | 2015-08-21 |
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 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.27 · weakest Brisket (148.09)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
73–169 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-08-15 → 2015-08-21
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
- First call Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7716 Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- Peak power rating (1500) Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- 2016
- Career-best overall score645.0060 Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2015-08-21 |
| -4.7 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
| -3.8 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festisval | 2016-08-19 |
| -0.4 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues | 2013-08-16 |
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 71% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
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 | 45 / 63 (645.0060) | 50 (160.0000) | 42 (162.8116) | 36 (162.8000) | 44 (159.3944) |
| 2015-08-21 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 54 / 64 (621.5432) | 57 (155.9772) | 46 (159.9772) | 22 (169.6800) | 61 (135.9088) |
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 42 / 60 (635.8856) | 51 (156.5256) | 32 (161.1200) | 17 (167.4400) | 47 (150.8000) |
| 2013-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 32 / 60 (640.0000) | 5 (173.7716) | 36 (158.8228) | 28 (161.1428) | 50 (146.2628) |
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 | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #1957 (115 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1970 (75 pts) | #1336 (200 pts) | #2043 (75 pts) | #2080 (75 pts) | #2034 (75 pts) |