A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SHOCK & AWE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2014-07-24
Best ToY finish
#1682
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.51
last 3 Master vs avg 619.51 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.32
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.62 · weakest Brisket (149.67)
Road miles
7
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
619.51 / 720
3 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.
SHOCK & AWE BBQ has 3 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 152 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.
#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with SHOCK & AWE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after SHOCK & AWE BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9998 | 140.5256 | 149.68 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 150.8232 | 156.54 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 152.5710 | 163.62 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 147.9998 | 149.67 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 78% | 2014-04-11 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-07-24
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.62 · weakest Brisket (149.67)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
619.51
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
61
19–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2014-04-11
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1486) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score631.2456 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8456 Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Days of 47 BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-04-05 |
| -7.9 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | 2014-07-24 |
| -2.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-11 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 87.7% | 86.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 25 / 31 (612.9944) | 29 (140.5256) | 24 (150.8232) | 4 (170.8456) | 23 (150.8000) |
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 18 / 29 (631.2456) | 26 (152.5144) | 11 (161.0972) | 6 (167.4284) | 18 (150.2056) |
| 2013-04-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 27 / 29 (614.2848) | 24 (155.9998) | 15 (157.7142) | 27 (152.5710) | 25 (147.9998) |
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 | #1682 (145 pts) | #1978 (110 pts) | #1501 (185 pts) | #946 (375 pts) | #1651 (155 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2671 (54 pts) | #2596 (59 pts) | #1897 (104 pts) | #2672 (54 pts) | #2676 (54 pts) |