A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 100% of their meetings
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DAT-DA1-BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1500 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-02
latest 2015-05-01
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Best overall
653.5776 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.70
last 3 Master vs avg 650.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
176.0116
Consistency
±3.66
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.54 · weakest Brisket (161.08)
Road miles
83
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
650.70 / 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.
DAT-DA1-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 145 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.
#3744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to DAT-DA1-BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DAT-DA1-BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
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#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after DAT-DA1-BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with DAT-DA1-BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 159.9772 | 163.40 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8456 | 159.9544 | 165.54 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 148.5028 | 161.68 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 151.3372 | 161.08 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 58% | 2015-05-01 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-05-02 → 2015-05-01
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.54 · weakest Brisket (161.08)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
650.70
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
189
73–177 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
83
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1488
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- First call The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5776 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Career-best overall score653.5776 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0116 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Peak power rating (1500) The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- 2015
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) | 2014-05-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest | 2014-09-19 |
| -2.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 63% | 90.8% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 40 / 63 (652.9828) | 22 (170.2628) | 27 (167.3944) | 63 (148.5028) | 23 (166.8228) |
| 2014-10-18 | I Grill Because I CARE (Competitor's Series) New Hope, AL | — | 15 (161.0972) | 3 (170.8456) | — | — |
| 2014-09-19 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | 54 / 75 (645.5428) | 56 (159.9772) | 55 (159.9544) | 54 (160.5256) | 36 (165.0856) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 33 / 62 (653.5776) | 40 (162.2516) | 33 (163.9772) | 4 (176.0116) | 54 (151.3372) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2118 (75 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2141 (70 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1589 (150 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1091 (300 pts) | #1664 (150 pts) |