CAPERSQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4090

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1481

peak 1511 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-17

latest 2018-06-22

Best ToY finish

#1502

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 64%

overall standings

Best overall

653.7484 / 720

Master · Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

629.35 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 632.72 (-3.37)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.5828

Pork Ribs · Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival

Consistency

±10.83

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.45 · weakest Brisket (151.91)

Road miles

3,062

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 1426 mi

Schedule strength

17%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)

Master avg

632.72 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.55 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 151.91
Chicken avg 161.45
1 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HawgWash BBQ. in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival (2013-08-17).

2013-08-17
26-team field

An August team

Top 56% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 56% across 4 contests, versus top 64% the rest of the year.

4 August contests
top 64% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,062 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,062 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,426 miles to Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival.

7 mapped stops
furthest 1,426 mi

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.

133 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Pura Vida BBQ

#4102 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1480

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

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4J CATTLE COMPANY

#4101 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1480

No shared contest yet.

Level with CAPERSQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-03-10

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THE RIB MAFIA

#4076 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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BIG BAD WOLF BBQ

#4080 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-07-10

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THE KETTLE COOKERS

#4082 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Get In My Belly BBQ

#4093 of the rated field

1481 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Dusty Rusty's BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Bad Azz BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BIGG SMOAK BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	0	171.9656	148.5828	161.45	top 53%
Pork Ribs	7	3	1	172.5828	145.1428	160.33	top 52%
Pork	7	3	1	168.0800	146.8344	159.03	top 57%
Brisket	7	1	0	160.5484	146.2628	151.91	top 76%

“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	Avg finish
ON	3	top 74%
MB	1	top 50%
CA	1	top 19%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 71%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 61%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival	3	5	0	top 50%	2016-08-19

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.8 yrs 2013-08-17 → 2018-06-22

Busiest season 2016 2 contests

Contests a season 1.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in ON 3 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.45 · weakest Brisket (151.91)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 6 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 632.72 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 79 58–90 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,062 7 mapped stops · furthest 1,426 mi

Schedule strength 1524 average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2014-08-16 → 2015-08-21

Power rating 1481 peak 1511 · #4090 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Aug 17 First tracked contest Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 First call Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 First overall top-10 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7484 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 Career-best overall score653.7484 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5828 Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
Aug 17 Peak power rating (1511) Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival
2018
Jun 22 Most recent contest Smoke on the Water (Day 1)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival	2013-08-17
+0.9	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival	2015-08-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival	2016-08-19
-7.6	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival	2014-08-16
-7.5	Triple B Festival	2016-05-21
-7.3	Triple B Festival Day 1	2017-06-23
-0.3	Smoke on the Water (Day 1)	2018-06-22

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	100%	top 65%	88.4%	88.4%
2017	1	0	0%	top 82%	85.6%	85.6%
2016	2	0	100%	top 78%	87.6%	87.3%
2015	1	0	100%	top 50%	88.5%	88.5%
2014	1	0	100%	top 73%	87.3%	87.3%
2013	1	1	100%	top 19%	90.8%	90.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-06-22	Smoke on the Water (Day 1) Kenora, ON	11 / 17 (636.5708)	5 (171.9656)	11 (158.8568)	15 (153.7256)	12 (152.0228)
2017-06-23	Triple B Festival Day 1 Kenora, ON	18 / 22 (615.9656)	17 (158.2628)	15 (154.8800)	17 (156.5600)	20 (146.2628)
2016-08-19	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, R3C5S5	20 / 25 (626.2740)	14 (165.6684)	25 (145.1428)	5 (165.7256)	22 (149.7372)
2016-05-21	Triple B Festival Kenora, ON	13 / 17 (630.7656)	5 (167.4172)	8 (165.7028)	17 (146.8344)	16 (150.8112)
2015-08-21	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg, MB	11 / 22 (637.1772)	4 (165.7488)	13 (156.5600)	8 (164.0228)	17 (150.8456)
2014-08-16	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg Manitoba Canada,	19 / 26 (628.5596)	25 (148.5828)	4 (168.5828)	18 (158.2856)	20 (153.1084)
2013-08-17	Winnipeg Barbeque And Blues Festival Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA	5 / 26 (653.7484)	17 (152.5372)	3 (172.5828)	2 (168.0800)	8 (160.5484)

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	#1502 (177 pts)	#1213 (272 pts)	#1506 (187 pts)	#1260 (257 pts)	#1679 (152 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2048 (81 pts)	#2818 (51 pts)	#1440 (201 pts)	#2117 (86 pts)	#2144 (76 pts)