A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
DESIGNATED SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-10-10
latest 2015-10-09
Best ToY finish
#1676
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.64
last 3 Master vs avg 632.64 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.57 · weakest Chicken (156.34)
Road miles
125
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)
Master avg
632.64 / 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.
DESIGNATED SMOKERS 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 149 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3911 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after DESIGNATED SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
Level with DESIGNATED SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3916 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 143.3376 | 156.34 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 153.1088 | 160.57 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 151.9656 | 158.26 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5488 | 146.7772 | 157.47 | top 62% |
“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
1 yrs
2014-10-10 → 2015-10-09
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.57 · weakest Chicken (156.34)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
632.64
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
40–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
125
3 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
1535
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
- Peak power rating (1490) Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
- 2015
- First call Peak City Pigfest
- Career-best overall score647.9316 Peak City Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4400 Peak City Pigfest
- Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown | 2014-10-10 |
| -4.1 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown | 2015-10-09 |
| -1.1 | Peak City Pigfest | 2015-06-19 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 90% | 89.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-09 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC | 35 / 49 (638.1716) | 21 (165.7028) | 41 (157.1544) | 10 (168.5372) | 45 (146.7772) |
| 2015-06-19 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 26 / 45 (647.9316) | 35 (159.9772) | 6 (171.4400) | 41 (151.9656) | 20 (164.5488) |
| 2014-10-10 | Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC | 46 / 53 (611.8064) | 53 (143.3376) | 45 (153.1088) | 38 (154.2628) | 26 (161.0972) |
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 | #1676 (120 pts) | #1669 (140 pts) | #1286 (235 pts) | #1458 (195 pts) | #1629 (145 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |