A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
ACES HIGH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
ACES HIGH BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
KNUCKLEHEADS BAR AND GRILL BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1449
peak 1449 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2016-06-03
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 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
560.94
last 4 Master vs avg 560.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±66.57
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 153.55 · weakest Brisket (143.56)
Road miles
111
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
560.94 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smokin in Steele (2016-06-03).
- last seen 2014-05-30
- back 2016-06-03
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
PIG APPROVED BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
KNUCKLEHEADS BAR AND GRILL BBQ 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 107 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.
#5541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
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#5555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after KNUCKLEHEADS BAR AND GRILL BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
Level with KNUCKLEHEADS BAR AND GRILL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5563 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5552 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4168 | 143.4744 | 149.15 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 140.5028 | 151.97 | top 84% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 144.5600 | 153.55 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 131.3944 | 143.56 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in Steele | 2 | 51 | 0 | top 97% | 2016-06-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2016-06-03
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 153.55 · weakest Brisket (143.56)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
560.94
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
144
6–217 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
111
4 mapped stops · furthest 43 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-05-30 → 2016-06-03
Power rating
1449
peak 1449 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Minnesota in May
- Career-best overall score611.4286 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Pork)164.5716 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1486) Minnesota in May
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smokin in Steele
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.3 | Minnesota in May | 2013-05-17 |
| -14.3 | Minnesota in May | 2014-05-16 |
| -11.9 | Smokin in Steele | 2014-05-30 |
| -10.6 | Smokin in Steele | 2016-06-03 |
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 96% | 62.1% | 62.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 83.9% | 82.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-03 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 51 / 53 (447.2800) | — | 52 (140.5028) | 50 (147.9200) | 33 (158.8572) |
| 2014-05-30 | Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN | 65 / 67 (603.9424) | 63 (155.4168) | 48 (160.0000) | 58 (157.1312) | 66 (131.3944) |
| 2014-05-16 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 58 / 58 (581.1084) | 58 (143.4744) | 47 (151.3828) | 58 (144.5600) | 53 (141.6912) |
| 2013-05-17 | Minnesota in May Faribault, MN | 47 / 49 (611.4286) | 48 (148.5712) | 42 (156.0000) | 29 (164.5716) | 48 (142.2858) |
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) | — | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1589 (150 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1668 (150 pts) | #1664 (150 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2354 (74 pts) | #2413 (74 pts) | #2393 (74 pts) | #2408 (74 pts) | #2400 (74 pts) |