On a Roll BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3260

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1505 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-22

latest 2017-03-24

Best ToY finish

#1594

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

658.8344 / 720

Master · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.24 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.27 (+6.97)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2856

Pork · 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin

Consistency

±12.57

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.91 · weakest Brisket (157.19)

Road miles

567

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

640.27 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.73 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 157.19
Chicken avg 161.91
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TAR RIVER BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.75% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.75% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.9% of a perfect score
8 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.

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

SMOKIN TIME

#3258 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

E.R. BBQ

#3248 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Level with On a Roll BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-09-04

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Stevedores smoke n grill

#3254 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-07-06

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K-Town Pit Que

#3251 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after On a Roll BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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Smokin A's

#3255 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Cosmic Q

#3270 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Serial Griller	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TAR RIVER BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
412Q	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	0	168.5600	157.1200	161.91	top 52%
Pork Ribs	8	1	169.7256	150.2860	161.28	top 50%
Pork	8	1	170.2856	149.0628	159.90	top 58%
Brisket	8	0	161.7144	149.6572	157.19	top 59%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
VA	6	0	top 53%
NC	2	0	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 57%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
VA BBQ Championships	2	17	0	top 42%	2015-08-21

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.6 yrs 2014-08-22 → 2017-03-24

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in VA 6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.91 · weakest Brisket (157.19)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 8 contests

Master average 640.27 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 218 155–214 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 567 8 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi

Schedule strength 1560 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Power rating 1499 peak 1505 · #3260 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 22 First tracked contest VA BBQ Championships
Aug 22 Peak power rating (1505) VA BBQ Championships
2015
Aug 21 First call VA BBQ Championships
Aug 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6804 VA BBQ Championships
2016
Apr 29 Career-best overall score658.8344 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
Apr 29 Career-best single call (Pork)170.2856 3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin
2017
Mar 24 Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.5	VA BBQ Championships	2015-08-21
+5.3	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin	2016-04-29
+5.1	VA BBQ Championships	2014-08-22
+2	BBQ Gives Back	2017-03-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.3	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09
-6.7	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2014-10-10
-3.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-08-12
-1.5	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition	2015-04-17

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0%	top 58%	90.4%	90.4%
2016	2	50%	top 58%	91.5%	90%
2015	3	33%	top 61%	91.3%	89%
2014	2	0%	top 58%	87.3%	87.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-03-24	BBQ Gives Back Urbanna, VA	37 / 64 (650.7888)	30 (168.5600)	13 (169.7256)	56 (153.1088)	32 (159.3944)
2016-08-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA	21 / 28 (637.0516)	21 (158.8572)	15 (164.5372)	16 (164.0000)	24 (149.6572)
2016-04-29	3rd Annual Pickin' N Pullin Lanexa, VA	20 / 48 (658.8344)	26 (163.4172)	23 (163.4172)	8 (170.2856)	23 (161.7144)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	39 / 49 (631.8284)	15 (167.4056)	21 (165.7028)	44 (149.0628)	43 (149.6572)
2015-08-21	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	20 / 46 (657.6804)	24 (161.1428)	7 (169.1660)	20 (166.8228)	24 (160.5488)
2015-04-17	2nd Annual Pickin' N' Pullin BBQ Competition Lanexa, VA	28 / 46 (631.9088)	29 (159.4172)	40 (150.2860)	23 (162.8228)	21 (159.3828)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	40 / 53 (625.5772)	29 (159.3712)	39 (155.9772)	40 (153.0972)	35 (157.1316)
2014-08-22	VA BBQ Championships Hampton, VA	17 / 43 (628.5028)	17 (157.1200)	26 (151.4172)	19 (159.9656)	17 (160.0000)

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	#1594 (158 pts)	#1813 (133 pts)	#1614 (173 pts)	#1278 (253 pts)	#1787 (128 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2171 (70 pts)	#2079 (80 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)