A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLACK EYE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLACK EYE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
NORTHSIDE PORKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-11
latest 2015-10-09
Best ToY finish
#1805
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.61
last 4 Master vs avg 636.61 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.42 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Road miles
49
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
636.61 / 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
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SILVER FOX BBQ in 3 of their 3 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.
NORTHSIDE PORKERS 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 124 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.
#3283 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1505
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to NORTHSIDE PORKERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team NORTHSIDE PORKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3297 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
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#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with NORTHSIDE PORKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- 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#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
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#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 154.8228 | 160.84 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 157.7144 | 161.42 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 152.4800 | 160.10 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7260 | 146.2056 | 154.25 | top 60% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 161.42 · weakest Brisket (154.25)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.61
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
78–94 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
49
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2860 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Career-best overall score650.2860 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Peak power rating (1502) Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- 2015
- First call Smoke on the Water
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5372 Smoke on the Water
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | 2014-10-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Smoke on the Water | 2013-10-11 |
| -3.9 | Smoke on the Water | 2015-10-09 |
| -0.3 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2015-06-05 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 89.3% | 88.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 21 / 33 (636.3892) | 25 (154.8228) | 25 (158.2288) | 7 (168.5372) | 22 (154.8004) |
| 2015-06-05 | 2015 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS | 37 / 64 (642.7544) | 25 (166.2628) | 32 (162.2856) | 55 (152.4800) | 27 (161.7260) |
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 12 / 37 (650.2860) | 13 (165.7372) | 14 (167.4516) | 12 (162.8228) | 17 (154.2744) |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 28 / 43 (617.0056) | 26 (156.5256) | 23 (157.7144) | 29 (156.5600) | 36 (146.2056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2042 (78 pts) | #2735 (58 pts) | #2737 (58 pts) | #1590 (163 pts) | #2127 (73 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1805 (127 pts) | #1926 (122 pts) | #1929 (117 pts) | #1892 (127 pts) | #2000 (102 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2459 (67 pts) | #2501 (67 pts) | #2035 (77 pts) | #2500 (67 pts) | #2496 (67 pts) |