ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5987

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1433

peak 1508 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-04

latest 2019-10-04

Best ToY finish

#837

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

644.0004 / 720

Master · Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

599.29 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 616.88 (-17.59)

Walk rate

42%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Chicken · BBQ Gives Back

Consistency

±36.94

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.27 · weakest Brisket (151.14)

Road miles

1,835

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Purse competed for

$21K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.88 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 62%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 62%

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.14 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 26%.

Brisket avg 151.14
Chicken avg 161.27
1 calls in 18 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN DEEZE THAANGS in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

12 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared chicken entries.

An April team

Top 56% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 73% the rest of the year

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59 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PIG PIRATES BBQ

#5993 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

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Slappin'Butt BBQ

#5981 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

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NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO.

#5995 of the rated field

1432 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1432

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-09-20

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CROW CREEK BBQ

#5982 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2018-05-25

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Bare Bones BBQ

#5986 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Level with ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2022-07-23

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IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM

#5992 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JD'S SMOKIN MISFITS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
APORKALYPSE NOW	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LIFE IS GOOD BUT BBQ IS BETTER	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCE THIS BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKETASTIC BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
2 RHODIES BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED FLAG 500 BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	5	1	174.2972	149.6800	161.27	top 57%
Pork Ribs	19	1	0	172.0000	142.7772	156.46	top 65%
Pork	19	1	0	171.4172	136.5484	155.97	top 68%
Brisket	18	1	0	167.4516	135.9544	151.14	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	Avg finish
VA	15	top 72%
MD	2	top 80%
PA	1	top 77%
NC	1	top 81%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 76%
Large (40+)	12	0	top 72%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Jamboree (Day 1)	3	31	0	top 73%	2019-05-03
BBQ Gives Back	2	53	0	top 91%	2018-03-23

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.5 yrs 2014-04-04 → 2019-10-04

Busiest season 2017 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 15 of 19 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 19 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.27 · weakest Brisket (151.14)

Walk rate 42% a top-10 call in 8 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 19 contests

Master average 616.88 out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 384 228–641 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,835 19 mapped stops · furthest 170 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Purse competed for $20,500 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-04-17 → 2016-05-13

Power rating 1433 peak 1508 · #5987 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Apr 4 First tracked contest Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
Apr 4 First call Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
Apr 4 Career-best overall score644.0004 Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival
May 9 Peak power rating (1508) BBQ Jamboree
2017
Mar 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 BBQ Gives Back
Apr 28 10th tracked contest 4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition
2019
Oct 4 Most recent contest Que & Cruz

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival	2014-04-04
+5.6	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ	2016-08-26
+1.2	BBQ Jamboree	2014-05-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival	2014-05-30
-9.8	BBQ Gives Back	2018-03-23
-8.1	*Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic	2017-10-06
-6.6	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1)	2019-05-03
-6.4	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	67%	top 81%	88.8%	87.9%
2018	2	0%	top 88%	87.8%	76.3%
2017	6	33%	top 79%	88.9%	87.2%
2016	2	50%	top 60%	86.7%	86.2%
2015	1	0%	top 72%	87%	87%
2014	5	60%	top 62%	89.4%	85.9%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-04	Que & Cruz 🏅 Louisa, VA	20 / 28 (632.9372)	8 (171.9772)	22 (155.9772)	26 (154.2056)	23 (150.7772)
2019-05-03	BBQ Jamboree (Day 1) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	32 / 34 (625.5888)	29 (161.1316)	22 (161.6916)	32 (153.6684)	32 (149.0972)
2019-03-22	BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	48 / 63 (639.3720)	54 (155.4288)	52 (157.7260)	9 (171.4172)	52 (154.8000)
2018-05-25	*Gettysburg BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Gettysburg, PA	27 / 35 (631.8060)	30 (156.5144)	24 (160.5372)	21 (162.8000)	28 (151.9544)
2018-03-23	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	74 / 75 (466.7544)	64 (157.0972)	53 (157.1200)	67 (152.5372)	—
2017-10-06	*Devon Grube Memorial BBQ Classic Virginia Beach, VA	21 / 23 (622.8344)	20 (155.3828)	22 (146.8572)	19 (157.1544)	13 (163.4400)
2017-09-08	13th Annual Recovery Fest/8th Annual BBQ State Championship 🏅 Richmond, VA	25 / 35 (629.0404)	33 (151.4176)	18 (166.2972)	33 (147.3600)	15 (163.9656)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	38 / 47 (625.6004)	21 (164.5600)	13 (167.4516)	46 (141.6344)	38 (151.9544)
2017-05-12	*BBQ Jamboree-Day 1(JUDGES FULL) Fredericksburg, VA	46 / 54 (626.1144)	53 (149.6800)	25 (165.0972)	33 (160.5484)	46 (150.7888)
2017-04-28	4th Annual Pickin N Pullin BBQ competition Lanexa, VA	30 / 46 (639.9316)	35 (157.0972)	4 (172.0000)	20 (162.2744)	36 (148.5600)
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	53 / 64 (621.5888)	4 (174.2972)	57 (150.2632)	47 (157.6684)	60 (139.3600)
2016-08-26	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA	12 / 28 (624.5488)	10 (164.0000)	11 (157.7028)	14 (158.3316)	18 (144.5144)
2016-05-13	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	56 / 72 (616.3776)	59 (155.3484)	65 (142.8116)	23 (163.9772)	47 (154.2404)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	33 / 46 (626.7540)	33 (157.7028)	27 (159.9884)	34 (155.9540)	34 (153.1088)
2014-08-01	Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ Leonardtown, MD	43 / 59 (614.1372)	18 (164.5484)	52 (142.7772)	18 (162.2744)	46 (144.5372)
2014-06-27	Hogging Up BBQ Festival Winchester, VA	32 / 46 (615.8396)	15 (162.2628)	43 (147.3828)	29 (155.9656)	36 (150.2284)
2014-05-30	Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	26 / 30 (594.7888)	3 (173.1772)	23 (149.1088)	30 (136.5484)	29 (135.9544)
2014-05-09	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	31 / 64 (622.7656)	5 (168.0000)	40 (154.2856)	37 (154.7656)	48 (145.7144)
2014-04-04	Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA	13 / 41 (644.0004)	11 (164.5600)	18 (157.7260)	31 (154.2628)	7 (167.4516)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1180 (197 pts)	#1025 (267 pts)	#1223 (202 pts)	#1064 (257 pts)	#1272 (182 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1524 (120 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1584 (125 pts)	#1509 (140 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#943 (368 pts)	#739 (543 pts)	#672 (608 pts)	#932 (403 pts)	#841 (458 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1497 (178 pts)	#1499 (188 pts)	#1533 (183 pts)	#1602 (178 pts)	#1698 (148 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#837 (402 pts)	#482 (797 pts)	#934 (387 pts)	#939 (377 pts)	#802 (447 pts)