A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Boots Belts and BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-20
latest 2014-06-06
Best ToY finish
#1330
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
583.03
last 4 Master vs avg 583.03 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 152.97 · weakest Brisket (141.13)
Road miles
142
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
583.03 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
Going the wrong way
-26
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 26 points across 4 contests since 2013-09-20 — from 1487 down to 1461.
- 4 contests since 2013-09-20
- now 1461
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.
Boots Belts and BBQ 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 129 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.
#5040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Boots Belts and BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Boots Belts and BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Boots Belts and BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with Boots Belts and BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5056 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#5068 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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3944 | 138.8228 | 141.53 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8456 | 141.0856 | 152.97 | top 59% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5828 | 131.9084 | 147.40 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.9260 | 138.2284 | 141.13 | top 81% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2013-09-20 → 2014-06-06
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 152.97 · weakest Brisket (141.13)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
583.03
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
168
29–205 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
142
4 mapped stops · furthest 80 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hogs & Hops Dover
- Peak power rating (1487) Hogs & Hops Dover
- 2014
- Career-best overall score604.5484 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.8456 Pork In The Park BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | Hogs & Hops Dover | 2013-09-20 |
| -11.4 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | 2014-04-11 |
| -10.1 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2014-06-06 |
| -4.4 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 84% | 81.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 79.3% | 79.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-06 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD | 38 / 42 (582.6512) | 40 (139.9772) | 29 (155.9428) | 38 (145.0856) | 36 (141.6456) |
| 2014-05-09 | Pork In The Park BBQ Festival Salisbury, MD | 30 / 43 (604.5484) | 35 (147.3944) | 11 (158.8456) | 20 (156.5828) | 33 (141.7256) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 100 / 109 (574.1712) | 104 (138.8228) | 92 (141.0856) | 51 (156.0344) | 97 (138.2284) |
| 2013-09-20 | Hogs & Hops Dover Dover, DE | 42 / 45 (570.7656) | 45 (139.9428) | 25 (155.9884) | 44 (131.9084) | 32 (142.9260) |
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 | #1330 (210 pts) | #1413 (210 pts) | #1142 (280 pts) | #1313 (235 pts) | #1379 (210 pts) |