A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
GIFFORD BANG BANG BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1498
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-09-12
latest 2016-09-09
Best ToY finish
#1501
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.64
last 4 Master vs avg 652.64 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.23
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.12)
Road miles
224
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
652.64 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smoke Masters Southern BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
GIFFORD BANG BANG 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 123 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.
#3256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1526
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GIFFORD BANG BANG BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GIFFORD BANG BANG BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3295 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#3285 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with GIFFORD BANG BANG BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3288 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
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#3287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 160.5944 | 165.69 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 153.1316 | 158.12 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 161.1200 | 166.71 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 157.0856 | 162.11 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Derby BBQ Festival | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 52% | 2015-09-11 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-09-12 → 2016-09-09
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.12)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
652.64
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
87
47–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
224
4 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
Power rating
1498
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Derby BBQ Festival
- First call Derby BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1484 Derby BBQ Festival
- 2015
- First overall top-10 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score661.6800 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1503) *Derby BBQ Festival
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 *Derby BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest *Derby BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2015-09-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.4 | Derby BBQ Festival | 2014-09-12 |
| -4.5 | *Derby BBQ Festival | 2016-09-09 |
| -0.9 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | 2014-10-17 |
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 74% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 90.3% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-09 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 28 / 38 (649.6344) | 27 (163.3828) | 34 (153.1316) | 8 (172.0228) | 31 (161.0972) |
| 2015-09-11 | *Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 7 / 26 (661.6800) | 8 (166.8228) | 10 (163.4400) | 15 (161.1200) | 5 (170.2972) |
| 2014-10-17 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 17 / 26 (649.0972) | 20 (160.5944) | 16 (161.6800) | 13 (166.8572) | 19 (159.9656) |
| 2014-09-12 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 29 / 38 (650.1484) | 6 (171.9772) | 33 (154.2400) | 21 (166.8456) | 29 (157.0856) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1720 (155 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1501 (156 pts) | #1644 (146 pts) | #1753 (126 pts) | #2007 (101 pts) | #1476 (176 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1575 (154 pts) | #1242 (254 pts) | #1613 (159 pts) | #1486 (194 pts) | #1747 (144 pts) |