High-water mark
681.6456
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6456 at Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-02-27
STEEL HOG Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-02-27
latest 2015-02-26
Best ToY finish
#1001
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.34
last 3 Master vs avg 663.34 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.75 · weakest Chicken (159.81)
Road miles
1,080
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 540 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Master avg
663.34 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 37 at their very first tracked contest, Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (2014-02-27).
- 2014-02-27
- 37-team field
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.
STEEL HOG Q 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 81 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.
#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after STEEL HOG Q did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with STEEL HOG Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2473 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.0228 | 150.2744 | 159.81 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 171.9772 | 163.9428 | 167.01 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 166.2628 | 168.75 | top 22% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 166.2628 | 167.77 | top 19% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 25% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 45% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 8% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 25% | 2015-02-26 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-02-27 → 2015-02-26
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.75 · weakest Chicken (159.81)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
663.34
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
102–53 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,080
3 mapped stops · furthest 540 mi
Schedule strength
1524
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Chicken) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall podium Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6456 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score681.6456 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0228 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- 2015
- Peak power rating (1520) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2014-02-27 |
| +3.2 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2015-02-26 |
| +1.9 | Smokin' On The Pecos | 2014-06-27 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 91% | 91% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50% | top 27% | 94.7% | 92.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-26 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 26 / 61 (655.3368) | 49 (153.1428) | 30 (163.9428) | 14 (168.5828) | 9 (169.6684) |
| 2014-06-27 | Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM | 27 / 60 (653.0512) | 53 (150.2744) | 29 (165.1084) | 12 (171.4056) | 14 (166.2628) |
| 2014-02-27 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 3 / 37 (681.6456) | 1 (176.0228) | 3 (171.9772) | 9 (166.2628) | 7 (167.3828) |
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 | #1001 (312 pts) | #968 (362 pts) | #1063 (312 pts) | #1137 (287 pts) | #1079 (297 pts) |