A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
STUBBORN BULL BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
STUBBORN BULL BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
FORK QUE TOO
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-09-14
latest 2014-09-13
Best ToY finish
#970
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
614.09
last 5 Master vs avg 614.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 156.44 · weakest Brisket (147.51)
Road miles
221
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
614.09 / 720
5 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.
The weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.93 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 147.51
- Pork avg 156.44
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of 2 BQ'D in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Going the wrong way
-25
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 25 points across 5 contests since 2013-09-14 — from 1495 down to 1470.
- 5 contests since 2013-09-14
- now 1470
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.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after FORK QUE TOO did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with FORK QUE TOO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| STUBBORN BULL BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE AND A HALF MEN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DOWN BELOW | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 144.5600 | 156.23 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 140.5256 | 153.92 | top 70% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 151.3828 | 156.44 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 131.9432 | 147.51 | top 74% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
| RI | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| NH | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 58% | 2014-09-13 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-09-14 → 2014-09-13
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MA
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 156.44 · weakest Brisket (147.51)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
614.09
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
44–134 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
221
5 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #4611 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- First call Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1495) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1544 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
- Career-best overall score634.2512 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2014-09-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest | 2014-05-31 |
| -11.9 | Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships | 2014-07-18 |
| -4.6 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | 2013-09-14 |
| -3.9 | The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash | 2014-05-10 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 75% | 88.1% | 85% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-13 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 21 / 43 (634.2512) | 15 (164.5484) | 33 (151.3828) | 28 (156.0228) | 14 (162.2972) |
| 2014-07-18 | Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI | 32 / 33 (591.9428) | 32 (144.5600) | 32 (140.5256) | 26 (158.2628) | 31 (148.5944) |
| 2014-05-31 | Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH | 40 / 48 (611.3832) | 41 (149.1428) | 10 (169.1544) | 23 (161.1428) | 48 (131.9432) |
| 2014-05-10 | The Polish Hungry for Que BBQ Bash Gardner, MA | 12 / 17 (611.3600) | 11 (156.6172) | 14 (153.7144) | 14 (151.3828) | 11 (149.6456) |
| 2013-09-14 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 28 / 42 (621.5200) | 6 (166.2628) | 30 (154.8344) | 30 (155.3712) | 34 (145.0516) |
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 | #970 (326 pts) | #973 (361 pts) | #1084 (303 pts) | #1079 (306 pts) | #920 (366 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2459 (67 pts) | #1406 (182 pts) | #2499 (67 pts) | #2500 (67 pts) | #2496 (67 pts) |