A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sons of a Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sons of a Brisket has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SOMEWHERE IN THYME
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2016-08-12
Best ToY finish
#2016
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
575.55
last 4 Master vs avg 575.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±67.79
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 152.44 · weakest Chicken (128.16)
Road miles
2
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)
Master avg
575.55 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
SOMEWHERE IN THYME 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 125 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with SOMEWHERE IN THYME on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
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#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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#5021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.3200 | 20.0000 | 128.16 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3828 | 145.0972 | 148.68 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 134.2972 | 152.44 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0116 | 128.4916 | 146.27 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 3 | 26 | 0 | top 94% | 2015-08-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-08-12
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 152.44 · weakest Chicken (128.16)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
575.55
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
9–91 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1487) Holy Smoke BBQ Contest
- 2016
- First call Holy Smoke BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score635.4172 Holy Smoke BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3200 Holy Smoke BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Holy Smoke BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2013-08-23 |
| -13 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2014-08-22 |
| -9.7 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest | 2015-08-21 |
| -2.3 | Holy Smoke BBQ Competition | 2016-08-12 |
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 | 100% | top 75% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 65.1% | 65.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-12 | Holy Smoke BBQ Competition Liberty, MO | 12 / 16 (635.4172) | 3 (174.3200) | 14 (150.2400) | 9 (165.7028) | 14 (145.1544) |
| 2015-08-21 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 26 / 28 (632.5716) | 20 (163.4400) | 28 (145.0972) | 18 (168.0228) | 22 (156.0116) |
| 2014-08-22 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 28 / 29 (565.6688) | 18 (154.8684) | 25 (148.0116) | 29 (134.2972) | 27 (128.4916) |
| 2013-08-23 | Holy Smoke BBQ Contest Liberty, MO | 29 / 31 (468.5484) | 30 (20.0000) | 24 (151.3828) | 28 (141.7256) | 14 (155.4400) |
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 | #2016 (106 pts) | #1382 (216 pts) | #2164 (96 pts) | #1835 (126 pts) | #2139 (96 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2831 (53 pts) | #2108 (78 pts) | #2828 (53 pts) | #2074 (88 pts) | #2166 (68 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2798 (54 pts) | #2102 (89 pts) | #2794 (54 pts) | #2799 (54 pts) | #2793 (54 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2640 (56 pts) | #2650 (56 pts) | #2577 (61 pts) | #2645 (56 pts) | #1826 (111 pts) |