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.
USA COOKTEAM has 2 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 107 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team USA COOKTEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with USA COOKTEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 159.9656 | 163.11 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9884 | 160.0228 | 162.01 | top 50% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.2000 | 157.1544 | 159.18 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 153.1316 | 155.98 | top 66% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
| 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 73% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-04 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 51 / 70 (634.3200) | 45 (159.9656) | 44 (160.0228) | 41 (161.2000) | 64 (153.1316) |
| 2014-03-14 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 8 / 29 (646.2400) | 9 (166.2628) | 11 (163.9884) | 14 (157.1544) | 12 (158.8344) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1647 (149 pts) | #1801 (139 pts) | #1883 (124 pts) | #2000 (109 pts) | #1915 (119 pts) |